An ordinary man named Oh Dae-su, who lives with his wife and adorable daughter, is kidnapped and later wakes up to find himself in a private makeshift prison. Dae-su makes numerous attempts to escape and to commit suicide, but they all end up in failure. All the while Dae-su asks himself what made a man hate him so much enough to imprison him without any reason. While suffering from his debacle, Dae-su becomes shocked when he watches the news and hears that his beloved wife was brutally murdered. At this very moment, Dae-su swears to take revenge on the man who destroyed his happy life. Fifteen years later Dae-su is released with a wallet filled with money and a mobile phone. An unknown man calls Dae-su and asks him to figure out why he was imprisoned.

GENRE: Thriller, Drama, Action/Adventure
MPAA RATING: R
RUN TIME: 1h 59m
RELEASE DATE: December 31, 1969
STARRING: Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yoo, Kang Hye-Jeong, Ji Dae-Han, Kim Byeong-Ok
DIRECTOR(S): Park Chan-Wook
PRODUCER(S): Syd Lim, Dong-Joo Kim
WRITER(S): Park Chan-Wook, Jo-Yoon Hwang, Joon-Hyung Im, Garon Tsuchiya, Chun-hyeong Lim
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