Release Year: 2005 Rating: R Duration: 120 minutes Director: Chan Wook Park Producer: Seung-yong Lim, Syd Lim Distributor: Tartan Films
synopsis
One day in 1988, an ordinary man named Oh Dae-su, who lives with his wife and an adorable baby daughter, is kidnapped right in front of his house. He later wakes up to find himself in a private makeshift prison. While suffering from his debacle, Dae-su becomes shocked when he watches the news and hears that his beloved wife was brutally murdered. The police suspects Dae-su to be the murderer after finding his blood on the murder site. Shocked by the news, Dae-su examines his arm and finds a needle mark. Dae-su makes an attempt to commit suicide, but it ends up in failure. As time passes, he begins to write down all the things that he had done which might have brought trouble or pain to other people. He mutters to himself, "I hurt too many people...And I'm sure the man who imprisoned me and murdered my wife is one of them." Since then, Dae-su adjusts to the cell's darkness while training his mind and body. He swears to take revenge on the man who destroyed his happy life. By the time Dae-su's whole body becomes covered with tattoos, revealing his long sentence, sleeping gas is sprayed into the room and Dae-su passes out. Coming to his senses, Dae-su discovers that he's been released with a wallet filled with cash and a mobile phone. While he eats in a Japanese restaurant, a strange man calls Dae-su and asks him to figure out why he was imprisoned.
cast
Ji-tae Yu as Woo-jin Lee Min-sik Choi as Dae-su Oh
quote
Mr. Park: [hands Dae-Su a business card while grinning a big gold-toothed grin] This dentist is really good.
