In 1988, businessman Oh Dae-su is arrested for drunkenness, causing him to miss his daughter's fourth birthday. His friend Joo-hwan collects him, but Dae-su disappears and awakens in a sealed hotel room. Takeout food is delivered through a pet door, and his only diversion is a television; from it, Dae-su learns that he has been framed for his wife's murder. As years pass, Dae-su grows deranged from solitude and attempts suicide by wrist-cutting, but is resuscitated. Dae-su then begins practicing martial arts against the wall and attempting to dig an escape tunnel.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
Country: | Republic of Korea |
Produced By: | Dong-Ju Kim, Jae-Duk Han, Syd Lim, Dong-Joo Kim |
Directed By: | Chan-Wook Park |
Written By: | Joon-Hyung Lim, Chun-Hyeong Lim, Chan-Wook Park, Jo-Yun Hwang, Garon Tsuchiya, Nobuaki Minegishi |
Cast: | Tae-Kyung Oh, Su-Kyeong Yun, Steve Kramer, Hye-Jeong Kang, Su-Hyeon Kim, Kirk Thornton, Joe Cappelletti, Michael McConnohie, Ji-Tae Yu, Yi Yong, Kari Wahlgren, Dae-Han Ji, Dae-Han Chi, Byeong-Ok Kim, Seung-Shin Lee, Min-Sik Choi, Jin-Seo Yoon, Crispin Freeman, Seung-Jin Lee, Sherry Lynn, Kwang-Rok Oh, Il-Han Oo, Mari Devon, Dae-Yeon Lee, Dal-Su Oh, Myeong-Shin Park, Yeon-Suk Ahn, Stephanie Sheh |
In Theaters: | Nov 21, 2003 |
Runtime: | 2 hours |
Production: | CJ Entertainment, Egg Films, Show East |
Budget: | $3,000,000 |
Box Office: | $2,458,200 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |