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This article contains major spoilers for Oldboy (2003).
So what actually happens at the end?
Oldboy (2003) directed by Park Chan-wook, runs 120 minutes, sits in the drama genre. Plot setup: With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors. The film carries the tagline "15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance." through to its closing act. The scene-by-scene breakdown of the closing act follows below.
Plot recap leading into the ending
Oldboy (Korean: 올드보이) is a 2003 South Korean action thriller film directed and co-written by Park Chan-wook. A loose adaptation of the Japanese manga Old Boy by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi, the film follows Oh Dae-su, who is imprisoned for 15 years without knowing the identity of his captor or his captor's motives. When he is released, Dae-su finds himself trapped in a web of conspiracy and violence as he seeks revenge against his captor who promises that if Dae-Su cannot find him within five days, the captor will kill himself and thus ensure that Dae-Su will never find the truth behind his capture. His quest becomes tied in with romance when he falls in love with a young sushi chef, Mi-do.
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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.
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