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Korean Live-Action Oldboy Cinema Reissue on August 2

Arrow Films has confirmed to ANN that there will be a limited cinema reissue of Park Chan-Wook's South Korean film Oldboy on August 2, in a newly mastered 4K restoration. The film is based on the Japanese manga Old Boy.

Arrow Films describes the story:

"Based on the Japanese manga of the same name, the film tells the horrific tale of Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik), a businessman who is inexplicably kidnapped and imprisoned in a grim hotel room-like cell for 15 years, without knowing his captor or the reason for his incarceration.

Eventually released, he learns of his wife's murder and embarks on a quest for revenge whilst also striking up a romance with a young, attractive sushi chef, Mi-do (Kang Hye-jung). He eventually finds his tormentor, but their final encounter will yield yet more unimaginable horrors..."

The original manga by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi has the protagonist imprisoned for a different number of years and does not have the Korean film's added plot twist ending.