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Actors: Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Oldboy |
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OLDBOY is a Korean movie co-written and directed by Chan-wook Park (Joint Security Area, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) in 2003. This film earned the Grand Prize of the Jury of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and five South Korean Academy Awards.
One evening, in 1986, Dae-su Oh is kidnapped and locked in a room. During 15 years, he will stay in this room unaware of the identity and the motives of his kidnappers and with only a TV set as companion. Once released, lead by the desire of vengeance, Dae-su starts his investigation. He meets Mi-do, a young girl who'll take care of him and help him in his search.
Dae-su Oh's kidnapper is Woo-jin Lee, one of his old schoolmates. One day in school, Dae-su had spied on Woo-jin making love to his own sister Yoo and spread the world around him. When Yoo, unable to bear the rumor, committed suicide, Woo-jin Lee decided to take revenge on Dae-su.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Oldboy |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal kidnappers
Kind of story:
- incest (ick!)
Criminal enemy is...
- crazed boy/girlfriend/spouse
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- longhair/girliemon (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- average (woman)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- businessman, big
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Other Asian
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- the Koreas
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
Non-American film?
Yes
Subtitles?
- Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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