Oldboy Page #2

Synopsis: An average man is kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. He then is released, equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes. As he strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge, Oh Dae-Su soon finds out that his kidnapper has a greater plan for him and is set onto a path of pain and suffering in an attempt to uncover the motive of his mysterious tormentor.
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Chan-wook Park
Production: Tartan Films
  38 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.4
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
2003
120 min
$637,778
Website
7,962 Views


VlSlTS NORTH KOREA

WORLD CUP lN KOREA

Thirteen years.

ROH MOO-HYUN ELECTED PRESlDEN

Fourteen years.

I'll be out in a month.

I'll be out in just one month.

I'll be out. I'll be out in one month's time.

I'll be out of here.

I'll be out in a month. In exactly one month.

I'll need money when I get out,

so what should I do?

Should I steal or rob?

What shall I eat first?

Kimchee soup? Barbecued eel?

Anything but fried dumplings.

But where am I?

With all the car horns, it must be the city.

The most important thing

is what floor I'm on.

What if I break through the wall

and I'm on the 52nd floor?

Even if I plunge to my death,

I'll still be getting out.

I'm getting out.

In one month, I'm getting out.

Picture yourself...

Iying in a field.

When you hear the bell...

you will turn your head...

and look down.

You will see...

an endless field of green grass.

The sun is shining brightly.

There's a cool breeze.

It's a human being.

Don't stop me!

Mister!

Even though...

I'm no better than a beast...

don't I have the right to live?

Even though...

I'm no better...

than a beast...

don't I have the right...

to live?

Yes?

Yes.

The alley with the phone booth

was just here.

Now there's an apartment building.

So he releases me onto the roof.

What a fool.

I want to tell you my story.

Die later.

What?

What the hell?

I see.

Now I'll tell you my story.

The reason...

I want to die is....

Hey, mister!

That's a female human being.

Laugh...

and the world laughs with you.

Weep...

and you weep alone.

My home is gone.

I cannot call my friends or relatives...

because they say I murdered my wife.

I am a fugitive.

You dickshit!

Dickshit.

A new word.

Television doesn't teach you swear words.

Can 10 years' worth of imaginary training...

be put to use?

Apparently, it can.

Rock bream.

Oplegnathus fasciatus.

Lives in the warm waters of coastal reefs.

This fish has weak reflexes...

but can resist powerfully

when caught on a hook.

In the Kyongsang Province, its offspring....

What is that smell?

Don't bother asking me any questions.

I don't know anything.

Yes?

I said I want to eat something alive.

Oh, right.

Long time, no see.

This is my first time here.

Maybe I'm wrong.

But she looks familiar.

You look very familiar.

Have we met before?

Search for the Best Chef.

Thursdays at 6:
30 on MBC.

"The youngest female chef

of Japanese cuisine."

Oh, that?

They said the ratings are low,

but someone must watch it.

Women's hands are usually warm,

so they cannot make sushi.

Well, you certainly know your stuff.

Who are you?

Do you...

Iike your clothes?

Why?

Why did you imprison me?

Who do you think I am?

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