Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Oldboy (Korean: 올드보이; RR: Oldeuboi; MR: Oldŭboi) is a 2003 South Korean action-thriller film [4] [5] directed and co-written by Park Chan-wook.A loose adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name, the film follows the story of Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik), who is imprisoned in a cell resembling a hotel room for 15 years without knowing the identity of his captor or his captor's motives.
The Vengeance Trilogy (Korean: 복수 삼부작) is a South Korean thematically-linked film trilogy directed by Park Chan-wook, comprising Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003) and Lady Vengeance (2005). Each film deals with the themes of revenge, [7] ethics, [8] violence and salvation. The films are not narratively connected and ...
Oldboy: Park Chan-wook: Choi Min-sik Yoo Ji-tae: Thriller Drama: Won the Grand Prix at Cannes: Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield: Lee Joon-ik: Park Joong-hoon Jung Jin-young: Oseam: Seong Baek-yeob: Animated: Papa, Daddy, Father: Park Ji-won: Plastic Tree: Eo Il-seon: Jo Eun-sook Kim In-kwon Kim Jung-hyun: Please Teach Me English: Kim Sung-su ...
Into the Mirror (2003) My Sassy Girl (2008) My Sassy Girl (2001) The novel My Sassy Girl (Kim Ho-sik) Oldboy (2013) Oldboy (2003) The manga Old Boy (Nobuaki Minegishi, Garon Tsuchiya) Possession (2009) Addicted (2002) The Uninvited (2009) A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) The folk tale "Janghwa Hongryeon jeon"
The film is the third and final installment in Park's Vengeance Trilogy, following Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and Oldboy (2003). It stars Lee Young-ae as Lee Geum-ja, a woman released from prison after serving the sentence for a murder she did not commit. The film tells her story of revenge against the real murderer.
South Korean films began attracting significant international attention in the 2000s, due in part to filmmaker Park Chan-wook, whose movie Oldboy (2003) won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and was praised by American directors including Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee, the latter of whom directed the remake Oldboy (2013). [8] [40]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Park Chan-wook (Korean: 박찬욱; IPA: [pak̚ tɕʰanuk̚]; born 23 August 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic.He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of South Korean cinema as well as 21st-century world cinema. [1]