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Synopsis: An average man is kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. He then is released, equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes. As he strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge, Oh Dae-Su soon finds out that his kidnapper has a greater plan for him and is set onto a path of pain and suffering in an attempt to uncover the motive of his mysterious tormentor.
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Chan-wook Park
Production: Tartan Films
  38 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.4
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
2003
120 min
$637,778
Website
9,512 Views


because they say I murdered my wife.

I am a fugitive.

You dickshit!

Dickshit.

A new word.

Television doesn't teach you swear words.

Can 10 years' worth of imaginary training...

be put to use?

Apparently, it can.

Rock bream.

Oplegnathus fasciatus.

Lives in the warm waters of coastal reefs.

This fish has weak reflexes...

but can resist powerfully

when caught on a hook.

In the Kyongsang Province, its offspring....

What is that smell?

Don't bother asking me any questions.

I don't know anything.

Yes?

I said I want to eat something alive.

Oh, right.

Long time, no see.

This is my first time here.

Maybe I'm wrong.

But she looks familiar.

You look very familiar.

Have we met before?

Search for the Best Chef.

Thursdays at 6:
30 on MBC.

"The youngest female chef

of Japanese cuisine."

Oh, that?

They said the ratings are low,

but someone must watch it.

Women's hands are usually warm,

so they cannot make sushi.

Well, you certainly know your stuff.

Who are you?

Do you...

Iike your clothes?

Why?

Why did you imprison me?

Who do you think I am?

-Yoo Heung-sam?

-Wrong.

-Did Lee So-young pay you?

-Wrong again.

Lee Jong-yong?

Kang Chang-suk?

Hwang Joo-yeun? Kim Na-sung?

Park Jin-woo?

Im Duk-yoon? Lee Jae-pyung? Kuk Su-ran?

-Who the hell are you?

-Me?

I'm a sort of scholar.

And my field of study is you.

A scholar studying Oh Dae-su.

An expert on Oh Dae-su.

Who I am isn't important.

What's important is why.

Think hard.

Study your whole lifetime.

School has finished,

now it's time for your homework, isn't it?

Keep this in mind:

"Whether it be a grain of sand or a rock...

"in water they both sink alike. "

Let me ask you one thing.

You hypnotized me in there, didn't you?

What did you do to me?

I miss you.

Come quickly.

Here you are.

It's alive, okay?

Now can I slice it up for you?

I must be a different breed of woman.

My hands are very cold.

Why is she doing this?

Sir.

Sir, wake up.

Keep this in mind.

"Whether it be a grain of sand or a rock...

"in water they both sink alike. "

Are you awake?

Is all this true?

That fever remedy works well.

Why did you faint if you've done

so much physical training?

A lack of vital sunlight leaves one

depleted of vitamins A and E.

Thus, one's immunity to influenza

is weakened.

Do you always talk like that?

The lock on the bathroom door is broken.

Don't get any bright ideas...

or I'll gut you like a fish.

What's this?

Suppositories. You fainted,

so how else could I give you medicine?

Can 15 years' worth of

imaginary training be put to use?

Apparently not.

That was an unforgivable sin.

I brought you back here

and then turned you down.

I can see why you're angry.

I really can.

You know,

I brought you here because I like you.

But...

you don't even know my name yet.

It's Mi-do.

You see...

Iater on...

when I'm really ready...

I swear on my life that I'll go through with it.

That song in your diary,

The Face I Want to See, that will be the sign.

When I sing it...

get ready.

I may try to resist you again...

in the heat of the moment.

But no matter what, don't stop.

Just give it to me!

Give it...

to me.

The ants...

do you still see them?

Do you still feel that way?

Yeah, if you're alone, you see ants.

People I have met who are very lonely

have all hallucinated about ants.

I tried once to work out why.

Ants move around in groups, you know.

So I suppose very lonely people

keep thinking of ants.

Although I have never done that.

She called from overseas

five or six years ago...

asking if her dad had come back.

She doesn't even know

that he killed her mother.

She has hardly any relatives,

so she calls us.

Her Korean has gotten worse.

I think her Swedish foster parents

are both doctors.

You journalists must know.

Dae-su...

is he really still on the run?

Your daughter's address is on the front...

and on the back is a map of

your wife's grave.

EVA VON LJUNGBERG

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

Eva.

Stockholm.

Eva.

Do you want to call her?

Shall I call her?

Shall we visit the grave tomorrow?

No, first I have to kill that bastard.

BLUE DRAGON:

Well?

I haven't tasted it yet.

BLUE DRAGON:

So?

Did it taste the same?

I could taste food from 100 restaurants...

but I will never forget

the food I tasted for 15 years.

BLUE DRAGON:

Shall I create an lD for you,

so you can log in?

Do you have a favorite film or song?

I've already been talking...

to him.

The Count of Monte Cristo?

There's no one by that name here.

How's life in a bigger prison, Oh Dae-su?

Who are you?

Who are you?

The lonely prince in the high tower.

Who is he?

I don't know who he is.

I just chat to him sometimes.

We talk about sushi.

Where are you going?

Where are you going?

I can't trust you.

VlOL

BLUE DRAGON:

Violet Blue Dragon. What does that mean?

Why did they order

from a place so far away?

I've already passed five Chinese restaurants.

I think my lungs are

on the verge of exploding.

You there, tell your cooks...

to put less scallions in the dumplings.

Okay.

-Leave it there and go.

-Yes, sir.

We don't take on anyone

who uses bodyguards.

Some companies specialize in that.

You should go to them.

We just take the small fry.

If the stay is over six months,

transportation is free.

Yes, of course.

Why did you imprison me, you...

dickshit.

In our business on floor 7.5...

client confidentiality is our livelihood.

I am going to avenge myself for all 15 years.

Each tooth I extract

will age you by one year.

Keep still.

Do you want to talk?

I don't know.

I didn't see his face.

I made recordings.

OH DAE-SU

All those who are blood type AB,

raise your hand.

Go. Shoo! He has lost a lot of blood.

Piece of sh*t.

Is he dead?

I can't seem to...

get through today, either.

Now I have become a monster.

When my vengeance is over...

can I return to being Oh Dae-su?

Mister, are you alright?

Look at all this blood.

What happened to you?

Saewoon Apartments, Eung-am,

Building 8. Take care of him.

Thank you.

Not at all.

Well, then...

farewell, Oh Dae-su.

Farewell...

Oh Dae-su.

Farewell.

Farewell.

The bastard you hate, but don't dare kill.

The b*tch you detest,

who deserves a fate worse than death.

We are at your service.

Won't he go crazy

if he's locked up for a long time?

Well, if you don't want that,

we can drug his drinks.

There's a thing called "Risperdal solution. "

It's a reliable drug

used to treat schizophrenia.

But it depends on the length

of the treatment...

so how long will he....

Fifteen years.

Is that possible?

What did he do?

Oh Dae-su, you see...

talks too much.

Go to sleep.

Tomorrow, you will visit

Joo-hwan's lnternet cafe.

Sit wherever you like.

Joo-hwan.

Oh Dae-su, you see...

talks too much.

Have you heard this voice before?

Who do you think hates me this much?

Those 260 women you've had....

No way to remember the names

of their husbands.

USER lD:
monster[at]nate[dot]com

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