SOUTH KOREA · 2003

Oldboy

Park Chan-wook
Korean New Wave revenge imprisonment mystery redemption violence
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With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

Year2003
CountrySouth Korea
DirectorPark Chan-wook
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Cinema DNA 8 films · 5 countries
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  1. Le Cercle rouge 1970 · Jean-Pierre Melville France
  2. Eraserhead 1976 · David Lynch United States
  3. Vengeance Is Mine 1979 · Shohei Imamura Japan
  4. A Better Tomorrow 1986 · John Woo Hong Kong
  5. Twin Peaks 1990 · David Lynch United States
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