Oldboy
August 16 - 24, 2023
20th anniversary re-release of Park Chan-wook's 2003 masterpiece, Oldboy. Restored and remastered in 4k.
Screenings include a recorded introduction by Director Park Chan-wook as well as a 13 minute Q&A following the film.
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.
- Director: Park Chan-wook
- Principal Cast: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Gang Hye-jung
- Country: South Korea
- Year: 2003
- Running Time: 120 min.
- Producer: Dong-Joo Kim, Syd Lim
- Screenplay: Park Chan-wook, Joon-hyung Lim, Jo-yun Hwang
- Cinematographers: Chung-hoon Chung
- Editors: Jae-beom Kim, Kim Sang-beom
- Music: Cho Young-wuk
- Filmography: The Handmaiden (2016), Oldboy (2003) and Decision to Leave (2022)
- Language: Korean
- US Distributor: NEON