It would be a sin to reveal too much about this riveting and bizarre thriller from Korean director Chan Wook Park, except to say that it's about a man named Dae-Su (Choi Min-Sik) who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae Su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and strangeness. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls for an attractive sushi chef (Gang Hye-Jung), who feeds him live octopus and who may or may not be involved with the bizarre mystery. This is all served up in a striking palette of purples and dark reds; oozing with post-neo-noir style, and stuffed with insanely malicious twists and turns. Choi Min-Sik is terrific in the lead, counterbalancing over-the-top hysterics with deadpan cool to run the gamut of Asian antihero traits. There are intense fight scenes (Dae Su's favorite weapon is a hammer), look-away moments of torture and self-mutilation, sex, and gallons of black humor. Not for the squeamish, but for those seeking something wholly original and daring, this cinematic entree is alive--it's hard to imagine a better slice of psycho-shock sensationalism.

THEATRICAL RELEASE: MARCH 25, 2005 (LIMITED)
OLDBOY is based on a Japanese manga of the same name.

Blu-ray Disc Features:

Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English, Korean
DTS-HD master Audio Surround 6.1 Uncompressed - Korean
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX - Korean
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Disc 1: OLDBOY (Blu-ray Disc)
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Director's Commentary
2. Director and Cast Commentary
3. Director and Cinematographer Commentary
Deleted Scenes - Deleted Scenes with Opional Commentary
Trailer - Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2: Standard Definition Bonus Disc
5-Behind The Scenes Documentaries
Featurette - 1. Making The Film - The Cast Remembers
2. Production Design
3. The Music Score
4. CGI Documentary
5. Flashback.
6. 'Le Grand Prix At Cannes'
Interview - Cast & Crew Interviews
Trailers - Tartan Asia Extreme Trailers

Choi Min-Sik: Korean Actor
Bo-Kyeong Kim: 
Yoo Ji-tae: Actor, DITTO

Chan Wook Park: Korean Director - JSA - JOINT SECURITY AREA

Chan Wook Park: Korean Director - JSA - JOINT SECURITY AREA

"Park Chan-Wook is a tremendous craftsman....He ratchets up the sadistic suspense in a variety of fruit flavors."
"The brio and glee that Koran bad-boy filmmaker Park Chanwook brings to the gaudy psycho-shockeroo OLDBOY is undeniable, even impressive."
"OLDBOY ventures to emotional extremes, but not without reason."
"A master of composition, Mr. Park makes some of the snazziest-looking pulp fiction going."
"[With] rigorously inventive direction and an emotional undertow that builds to a startling level of intensity."
"Park's direction is bristlingly inventive, and his themes are ancient Greek in scope."
Ranked #5 in Entertainment Weekly's Top Ten DVDs Of The Year -- "Fans of Tarantino and films with surprise endings that are actually surprising should flock to this Korean import..."
Ranked #10 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "[A]n explosively exciting revenge drama..."
"[A]n explosively exciting psychosexual revenge drama from Korean powerhouse Park Chanwook that makes movies feel alive again."