Often cited as one of the best films of the 2000s and possibly
the definitive example of extreme Asian cinema, Oldboy tells the
horrific tale of Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik), a businessman who is
kipped and imprisoned for 15 years, without knowing his
captor. Eventually released, he learns of his wife’s murder and
embarks on a quest for revenge which will yield yet more
unimaginable horrors...
Directed with flair by Park Chan-wook (The Handmaiden), Oldboy
blazed a trail at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival where it was
lauded by the President of the Jury, director Quentin Tarantino.
The film went on to blow audiences minds with its filmmaking
virtuosity, ingenious plotting, violence and pathos. Now, this
masterpiece has been restored in 4K and is presented here with
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance (the other two
films in Park Chan-wook’s Vengeance Trilogy), the feature-length
documentary Old Days, and a massive array of extras.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
* Four-disc set including Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,
Lady Vengeance and the feature-length documentary Old Days
* Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork
by Matt Ryan Tobin
* Limited edition 100-page hardbound book featuring new writing
by Simon Abrams, Kat Ellinger, and archival articles
* Double-sided fold-out
DISC ONE – OLDBOY
* Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative
supervised by director Park Chan-wook
* High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
* Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 stereo
* Original Korean and English soundtracks
* Music and effects track
* Newly translated, optional English subtitles for the deaf and
hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
* Newly translated English subtitles for the Korean soundtrack
* Audio commentary with director Park Chan-wook
* Audio commentary with Park Chan-wook and cinematographer Jung
Jung-hoon
* Audio commentary with Park Chan-wook, and actors Choi Min-sik,
Yu Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung
* New audio commentary with critic Jasper Sharp and writer Simon
Ward
* Out of the Past, new video appreciation by Asian film expert
Tony Rayns
* Deleted scenes with optional director commentary
* Behind the scenes featurettes
* Extensive cast and crew interviews
* Trailers and teasers
* Image gallery
DISC TWO - OLD DAYS
* Old Days: An Oldboy Story, accled feature-length 2016
documentary about Park Chan-wook’s masterpiece
* Autobiography of Oldboy, a three and- a-half-hour video diary
of the making of Oldboy
DISC THREE - SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE
* High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
* Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 stereo
* Newly translated English subtitles
* Audio commentary by director Park Chan-wook and filmmaker Ryoo
Seung-wan
* Screaming for Vengeance, Kim Newman on the Vengeance Trilogy
and the tradition of revenge films
* Extensive archival making-of featurettes, behind the scenes
featurettes and cast and crew interviews
* Trailers
* Image gallery
DISC FOUR - LADY VENGEANCE
* High Definition Blu-ray(1080p) presentation of two versions of
the film, the original theatrical version and the fade to black
and white version
* Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 stereo
* Newly translated English subtitles
* Audio commentary by director Park Chan-wook, director of
photography Jung Jung-hoon and art director Joh Hwa-seong
* Audio commentary by director Park Chan-wook and actress Lee
Yeong-ae
* Audio commentary by academic Richard Peña
* Archival making-of featurettes, behind the scenes featurettes,
cast and crew interviews and deleted scenes
* Trailers
* Image gallery