OldBoy Climax scene | explains why he was imprisoned for 15 years

This scene explains why Oh Dae-su was imprisoned for the last 15 years.

[@nostalgia9338]

Unfortunately the twist is so popular that you are lucky to watch this movie without knowing about it. Such an amazing movie.

[@MocroPowerzz999]

i was lucky, my jaw dropped for 3 minutes without exaggeration lol

[@davidalkhed3368]

nostaljiaa I didn’t even know that there was supposed to be a twit, so I remained speechless for the rest of the day.

[@NavidIsANoob]

I just watched it and I had no idea beforehand. Oh my god. Fucking mind blowing

[@shawklan27]

@@NavidIsANoob same

[@rosiez8058]

Even knowing the twist, the movie is still masterful. Many movies with twist endings completely rely on the shock value of the ending but Oldboy is a masterpiece from start to finish. Thankfully, the reveal about Woo-jin's sister is less well known and that scene is just as shocking and impactful as this one.

[@Heisenbulla]

Se7en: I have the most disturbing box reveal Oldboy: Hold my hammer

[@dk418]

lol, underrated comment!

[@IceCreemeMan]

that was not the mot disturbing scene in seven

[@alexandrealves308c]

In both films the protagonist was constantly being manipulated by the antagonist to do exactly what he wanted.

[@Simskau]

What about Star Wars? XD

[@juxe411]

I contemplated her being his daughter for like 2 seconds earlier in the movie but shrugged it off when he learns that she was adopted by a Swedish family which was a lie. As soon as I saw the first picture in the book i knew where it was going and I couldn’t believe it. Great movie

[@realg9820]

SAME MAN SAME

[@deborah9186]

Sameee

[@87alsjth]

I watched this last night for the first time and I too thought about her being his daughter for a second then forgot about it as well 😂 we were all disgustingly bamboozled. Good film!

[@guess7576]

Dude came here after watching movie ,and got my mind blown away second time after seeing your comment.You literally commented my thoughts.

[@laneythelame]

God that was so hard to deal with, i legit felt his pain

[@Ironheart73]

What you got to understand is that this movie is not about incest. Its about revenge. Two men would fall to their respective tragedies because they got so consumed with taking revenge on each other. From Oh Dae-Su's perspective, he thought that his quest for revenge would reward him with redemption. Instead he only dug himself a deeper hell hole he is never going to get out of. Whatever burden he had before has now become much heavier and he has to live with it. From Lee Woo-Jin's perspective, he should be celebrating because he was the more successful in taking revenge. But what will he celebrate? Nothing of what was lost was brought back. He still has all that pain he carries. Except now he really has nothing left to live for having dedicated his existence for his revenge. In both perspectives, nothing of what was lost was really taken back. And that is the truth about revenge.

[@yennefer440]

Your last few lines made me tear up.

[@killwish0019]

Absolutely correct

[@jeonseoulmusic1916]

용서만큼 완벽한 복수는 없다. - 조쉬 빌링스 (한국영화를 인상깊게 감상해주셔서 감사합니다. 🙇‍♂️)

[@robyn3590]

Nailed that one to a tea. I just watched it recently and oh my life I didn't expect that plot twist at the end. I actually felt sick in the stomach. Such a great film. Brilliant cast

[@GamerscoreOfThrones]

Thank you for taking the time to write this. This perfectly encapsulates the message I took away from the film

[@Twofirmfeet1024]

First movie that made me feel sick... idek how to explain it. I was shocked. Even after the movie, I was like wtf man... this is evil to another level.

[@dharnasahu2506]

Wait till u watch i saw the devil

[@Twofirmfeet1024]

I’ll check it out this weekend !

[@dharnasahu2506]

@@Twofirmfeet1024 sure, it's a south Korean movie, and the leading antagonist is Choi min sik himself

[@user-yx8pc1bm4y]

magnetar 511 I saw the devil was awesome 👏 twisted and sick af

[@ben7994]

Glad to see I wasn't the only one. I was so pissed because I loved the movie but I couldn't watch the last 10mn. That was really the first time a movie did that to me. I felt sick, terrified, horrified and depressed at the same time. I didn't even know a film could do that to someone.

[@cell4439]

2:00 클라이막스 내내 비웃던 이우진의 표정이 굳었던 장면. 소문이 두려워 누나의 손을 져버린 자신을 용서하지 못한 날. 이우진은 이 사건을 오대수의 탓으로 돌려 그를 가두고 심판하려고 한다. 누나를 져버린 자신 또한 그가 규정한 죄에 포함되어 있는 사실을 알면서도 오대수만을 집요하게 괴롭힌 것이다. 결국 오대수에게 복수한 후 그는 곧 엘레베이터에서 그간 외면하던 자신의 죄를 대면하고 자신을 용서하지 못한 이우진은 자살하고 만다. 올드보이란 제목은 누나가 죽은 시점에서 정신적 성장이 멈춘 이우진에게도 참 어울리는 제목인 것 같다.

[@vishalkanwar2333]

Wow never thought how Lee considered himself responsible. I thought it was completely dae sus mistake

[@plaidawan]

This movie is brilliant and what makes this scene more poignant is the fact that he is dressing himself so meticulously practically for his own funeral while connecting the last pieces of his revenge to Dae-Su. Just adds a layer to Woo-Jin that makes his character that much more interesting.

[@NairaSt]

Wow, never thought about it!

[@lance8354]

이해석 미쳣다 시부레

[@zerotan1383]

i watched this movie two decades ago and i just noticed that funeral costume....damn

[@PhilChandlerArts]

I’ve never had a movie make my jaw literally drop like this one did when I saw this for the first time.

[@romilpatel6506]

Watch Saw! It had my jaw drop too

[@ryandiraaaa]

Go watch Following by Christopher Nolan. And make sure you keep in your mind that this was his debut with 6,000 dollar budget

[@sinlesscondemned]

You should watch Incendies then.

[@BeenDeliveredToday]

the movie Saw is also extremely unforgettable

[@ngaishing]

The mist 2007?

[@obdiane]

Yoo Ji-Tae is gorgeous.... I will never get sick of looking at him.

[@tokatchazretleti7076]

True

[@jess-jd5iz]

@White Lives Matter shut the fuck up 💕

[@aprentissdaye]

Facts.

[@deadlyfemboy4289]

@@pearlspacejam8639 so what i like him too and im male

[@pearlspacejam8639]

@@deadlyfemboy4289 yes

[@thesilentman.]

This villain is so good that i don’t know how to describe him

[@leonardoamaralconstante9533]

The most evil of all at the minimum

[@richardsantanna5398]

@@leonardoamaralconstante9533 But one of the most sympathetic villains as well.

[@muaddib5079]

@I drink your milkshakesympathy for Mr vengeance

[@billpuertas8062]

Yeah, Odaesu certainly is an incredible villain.

[@spencerreid2086]

I'd say he's a monster Dae Su didn't do anything wrong in telling someone about what Woo Jin and his sister did yet Lee Woo Jin ruined multiple people's lives for revenge even people who had absolutely nothing to do with it like Mido and her mother. really bugs me that Dae Su didn't at least get to kill him after Woo Jin called Mr Pak to not tell Mido the Truth the ending wouldn't have changed much just that Dae Su after he makes the phone call goes into a blind rage and grabs Woo Jin who just accepts his fate and Dae Su stabs him to death or something.

[@ChodeMaster]

Who needs subtitles when you know all the lines anyway

[@cTo_ceej]

I do

[@kieraneric2549]

Me too

[@wangson]

Ha! Excellent point! I remember watching this film so many times that I too had no need for the subtitles - I'd memorized all the lines after about 15 watches....

[@dathunderman4]

@@wangson I thought I was the only one lol I’ve watched this over so 58’es. But I am also fluent in Korean so it’s a bit different for me

[@ulisesdemostenes7074]

@@dathunderman4 How did you learn to speak korean?

[@yanderefangirl8317]

Fun Fact: This movie was based off of a manga, but the twist and many other things were completely different. Like the reason why he was imprisoned, and he doesn’t have a daughter in the manga.

[@martymitch8375]

I just finished reading the manga now. Utterly disappointed, abysmal finale. This is a rare case of an adaptation better than the original work.

[@milkiioreo5622]

But I learned one thing thanks to Wikipedia. The Main characters both fell in love with a woman who turned out to be hypnotized paid actress

[@lukess.s]

@@milkiioreo5622 Mido isn't a paid actress in the film

[@milkiioreo5622]

I get it, so their roles are reversed

[@tahzibayyan8935]

@@martymitch8375 Director Alfred Hitchcock was once asked whether or not he would make a film adaptation of Dostoevsky's 'Crime & Punishment'. He replied that he would never do it. He further elaborated that its possible to make a great film out of a bad novel; its also possible to make a great film adaptation of a good novel. However, it's impossible to make a better film adaptation of a great novel. As the film would always suffer in comparison. The problem with most of the film adaptations is that they adapt it from great novels or books believing that it would be as good as the original work. And, the producers finance it due to the popularity of the original work.

[@sammahoney9343]

This is how you pull off a twist, absolutely devastating.

[@rohitrockzz6139]

At last villain becomes hero and hero becomes villain

[@kimmyfreak200]

a Revelation

[@choedagame]

영어 캡션이 있을 줄 알았는데 없어서 놀람. 자막이 없는 클립인데도 이렇게 해외에서 사랑받는다는 게 얼마나 올드보이가 명작인지 실감난다

[@augusttttttt]

해외에서는 기생충보다 올드보이를 더 위로 보는 관객들이 많다네요 저도 물론 올드보이를 더 좋아합니다ㅋ

[@choedagame]

@@augusttttttt 저도 기생충 명작이라 생각하지만 올드보이가 더 좋네요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 제 인생 최고의 영화입니다!!!1

[@user-wu3rg4dj4b]

저도 올드보이가 더 명화라고 봄

[@DJ_Lee_]

올드보이는 음악이 참 명곡이죠

[@hksohn2345]

사실 올드보이가 명작이지 기생충도 참 잘만들었는데 영화보고난 느낌은 너무 기분이 나빴음

[@ivankim78]

Dae Su was basically been “marinated” for 15 years by Woo Jin, meticulously and methodically all in the purpose of completing the plot. When we watch the movie for the first time, we were all lead to believe that it’s Dae Su’s revenge, but the revelation reveals that it was in fact, Woo Jin’s revenge afterall. Woo Jin lost his own sister and 15 years imprisonment was to agonize Dae Su, and at the same time to block his contact with his own family (especially his own daughter, who will be the main ingredient for Woo Jin’s revenge). Woo Jin’s glimpse of his elevator past scene and his own suicide also shows us the glimpse of his own psyche and also hints that he too was suffering all this time, but to linger on to finish/complete his revenge for his own sister’s death and finally to kills himself to follow/meet his sister at last. Very powerful film and many MANY subtle double meanings in this film…. Brilliantly made

[@kaizenzx_kzx]

Not to mention, killing the mom and framing Oh Dae-Su as well...

[@yuane45632]

Great part when Woo Jin reveals that he didn’t hypnotize him to make Oh dae su not remember but that he just simply forgot because it wasn’t important to him. Something that Oh dae su did that was so in consequential to him was so devastating to Woo Jin.

[@garammaru3272]

But for Oh Dae-Su, it is quite absurd. If you watch the flashback, all Oh Dae-Su did was simply told Ju-Hwan 'Hey, that pretty girl in your class, she was with another guy.' He also told Ju-Hwan to not tell anybody about it and after telling that story to Ju-Hwan, he moved to Seoul so there's no way he realize it became a rumor. One of his former classmate, barber, remembers Soo-Ah as innocent and well-mannered girl but she was seeing some guy, which is accurate. She heard from fellow classmate Choon-Shim, who knew Ju-Hwan, so rumor was from Dae-Su -> Ju-Hwan -> Choon-Shim. Up until Choon-Shim, it was quite accurate but it appears some people start adding more stuffs which ended up making Soo-Ah as slut. Also, we should remember it was 1970s~1980s of Korea. Back then, even if you are dating someone, you can be considered as lecherous.

[@beardedbloke2521]

I'm beyond words at how someone could even think of such a plot twist - beyond shocking!!

[@CrashHoax]

This whole movie is partly an adaptation of the play Oedipus Rex. In the play it's the mother, not the daughter, and he gauges out his eyes, not his tongue.

[@minggumalam4363]

진짜 올드보이는 볼 때마다 새로운 영화같은 인상을 주죠. 다시 볼 때마다 이미 영화 장면 하나하나마다 힌트가 있었음에도 대부분 뭔가 종점이 올 때쯤에야 알아채립니다. 유지태를 감독으로 최민식을 관객이라고 보고 이 장면을 보면 진짜 감독이 피식 웃으면서 여기까지 보고도 상황파악이 안되냐고 말하는 듯한 느낌도 있어서 재밌습니다 ㅎㅎ

[@DrunkenCoward1]

I wonder if Oh Dae-su knew what was coming when he saw the first picture and continued looking out of fear, to hopefully disconfirm what he thought it really was or if he just thought back to his wife and child for a second.

[@andresgagge6977]

that's basically how I felt, when I first saw the pictures I was like "oh no, it can't be", I ghasped when he finally reached the last picture

[@RIPOBJ]

100% agree but just so I can throw so other thoughts. Maybe it could've ended with like his wife and daughter dead in the same picture considering the fact he already killed is wife. Obviously like this better.

[@RetepAdam]

I think the first picture was a painful reminder of what he had lost. But by the third or fourth picture, I think he started to realize.

[@quyenoan5320]

@@andresgagge6977 same, i did not really grasp much of the idea of the movie up until this point but that 1st picture got me paused for several minutes as everything instantly started coming together. Several horror minutes...

[@corue]

twist was so brutal that it impacted my whole day

[@dathunderman4]

Day? It’s been months and I still haven’t been able to stop thinking about this movie lol. This film is a damn masterpiece

[@KLK.Love2]

이게 벌써 20년이 지났구나...대학생때 극장에서 본 그 충격은 잊을 수 없다.

[@Brutalearll]

Only on my third viewing of this film I fell in love with the whole laser point humming part. Now makes the whole third act even more phenomenal which I didn’t know was possible. Such a stylish film/ trilogy he made. All three are exceptional

[@user-ke6lv6hc3f]

Trilogy?

[@Brutalearll]

The vengeance trilogy, sympathy for mr vengeance, old boy and lady vengeance. Can be sympathy for Mrs vengeance depending what country

[@basketballj1000]

@Dogukan Demirel No all different stories that aren't connected, but all deal with the themes of vengeance and revenge.

[@albertoeinsteino8852]

A guy with Walter white as pfp wouldn't watch shitty film...

[@cothinker680]

@@albertoeinsteino8852 what Bro? ????

[@MetalizedButt]

Do yourself a favor and do not watch the spike lee hollywood remake. It is the lowest form of garbage compared to this masterpiece.

[@rodrigoizzo6604]

It is sad to see such garbage

[@dionisio7719]

Yeah! right! Lee have kill the title of the Wook's movie

[@NNMAGE13]

I don't know dude I prefer the Remake sending just for the fact that Josh Brolin character decided to put himself back in isolation rather than what this guy did and wanted to be hypnotized so he could still have a loving relationship with his daughter as his girlfriend that's just disturbing

[@MetalizedButt]

Noah Millwood he had already gone mad, even before discovering of her true identity. the years of isolation in the hotel prison made him mad, and his acting pulled that off convincingly. Brolin’s on the other hand, didn’t give you the same sense of desperation to get out that the original character had. It also didn’t really give you a good time frame of how long he was locked up for, unlike the original. It’s not only the acting, but the directing that was a total flop. I could go on and on with the comparisons. Anyway, the cool part is that in the end we will never truly know if the hypnotism worked or not, that is up to the audience to ponder and interpret.

[@MetalizedButt]

Sax Beat done and dusted. some parts a tad bit too biased, but I agree with it overall, good analysis.

[@Hyunseok_kim]

자꾸 틀린 질문을 하니까 맞는 대답이 나올리가 없잖아

[@spencerreid2086]

Woo Jin is the true Oldboy of the film since he never grew up and accepted responsibility for his sister's death which was his own fault instead he Blamed Dae Su Unfairly and ruined multiple lives just to make himself feel Better.

[@zerotan1383]

damn.....old boy meant Woo Jin....truly it is... for twenty years i thought old boys meant Daesoo. damn..there are so many good interpretation in replies....

[@yusufmohamed6653]

Legendary scene, perfect movie in all aspects. Truly the pinacle of filmmaking here.

[@redd1tstories998]

It never made sense to me that why a beautiful girl would be attracted to a man like him.. Hypnosis could be the only explanation

[@nostalgia9338]

Also there maybe a scientific reason. When parents and children such as a father and daughter have been estranged and are finally reunited, they unfortunately develop attraction. It's called Genetic Attraction Disorder and its gross.

[@poiuytrewqjackass]

The only movie that taught me "Sometimes you don't have to root for anyone"

[@spitfire7953]

I was so shocked by this twist, I wasn't paying attention to the fight until Woo Jin shoots Han. A Greek tragedy dialed up to 11. This movie is a fucking masterpiece.

[@jshah1961]

Back when this first came out we watched it as part of my film club it was just so original and amazing never took a smoke break the whole time no one got up to get food it just kept us on the edge of our seats! The whole vengeance trilogy was great but this film is truly a gem!

[@KL-jr2kj]

6:11 that tuba from the soundtrack always gives me goosebumps, every time

[@amrhussien2171]

Exactly. I have the same feeling

[@iluvlafferty]

*Be it a stone or a grain of sand, in water they sink as the same* - Woo-Jin holds Dae-Su responsible for Soo-Ah's death for 2 reasons: 1) Dae-Su spied on them having sex because he was jealous (he had flirted with Soo-Ah), and it's why he exposed them to his friend - who goes around cruelly slut-shaming her. 2.) Dae-Su was so self-involved that he forgot the whole thing. This majorly offends Woo-Jin, because the gossip led to Soo-Ah's mental breakdown.

[@Gunner_K]

Literally man what a genius person was woojin . But if we see rationally both were wrong and right at the same time . One wanted revenge for her sister suicide and one wanted reason for his isolation for 15 frickin years, one had to face consequences for speaking too much and one for his bad way of taking revenge . Such a mad movie .

[@spencerreid2086]

except Dae Su didn't do anything wrong in telling other people about this as Woo Jin and his sister were wrong in what they were doing and really they needed to be exposed so they could get help.

[@Gunner_K]

​@@spencerreid2086 I agree to it. but people made it a big mess which lead to woojin sister committing suicide.

[@spencerreid2086]

@@Gunner_K not Dae su's fault tho telling someone else about something illegal that you saw is not a crime nor is it morally wrong. and literally no one could have predicted the phantom pregnancy stuff.

[@KneeGrow1]

자꾸..틀린질문만 하니까 맞는대답이 나올리가없잖아? 왜 이우진은 오대수를 15년간 가둿을까?가 아니라.. 왜 15년만에 풀어줬을까?란말이야..

[@user-go4ok8zu3s]

해석 좀... 이해가 안 돼 ㅜㅜ

[@rcktdn962]

@@user-go4ok8zu3s 가둔이유를 찾는게 1순위가 아니라 죽을때까지 가두지않고 15년뒤에 풀어준 이유를 궁금해했어야했다는 거죵 풀어준 이유는 딸이 자랄때까지 기다린 거구요

[@user-go4ok8zu3s]

@@rcktdn962 👍👍👍

[@leonel1982]

I was literally going "No... no!" even though I knew already what was coming

[@ChiNguyen-ym6pr]

Oh boy, same🥺

[@francispark6209]

20년 전 영화라고 믿기지 않을 세련된 미쟝센, 연출.

[@akhilkumar3275]

I didn't even understand any single word in this movie but this is a mind blowing movie.. Love from india❤️

[@jeetlaha9627]

Use subtitles

[@iflostpleasereturn6135]

That was one hell of a twist. Like I don’t generally care much about spoilers but this was one of those times were the plot twist was truly so shocking I actually wasn’t breathing properly for like a few minutes lol

[@cynicalstubs360]

"IT'S JUST A PRANK BRO" The prank:

[@vip-wg1qb]

공포영화가 다른게 없고 이게 진정한 공포다 ,,,,,

[@user-vq2pp3zw6x]

말 하나에 임신했던 수아처럼 말로 암시를 걸어서 사랑하게 만들었던 것도 인상깊다.

[@user-dn1ty2wo4c]

말의 힘이 얼마나 무서운지를 전체적으로 보여주는 영화인거 같아요

[@mookeunkim7860]

.

[@zinobig-c3q]

좀 뜬금없지만 이걸보면서 남녀가 진짜 친구가 될수 있을까 논쟁도 생각남. 둘이 서로 사랑해라 라고 최면을 건게 아니라 특정 장소에서 특정 행동을 하라고만 지시했는데 결국 두사람이 잠자리하고 사랑하게 된거처럼 남사친 여사친 관계도 특정 상황(단둘이 술을 먹는다던지)을 허용하냐 안하냐에 달려있는듯

[@user-us1zj4qu1l]

" 자꾸 틀린 대답을 하니까 맞는 대답이 나올리가 없잖아 "

[@poiuytrewqjackass]

Only 3 movies ever gave me goosebumps. Only 1 scene gives me goosebumps every time I just even think of it. Cult Classic!

[@aaronbrown125]

This is the part where you get asked what are the other 2 movies?

[@mudassirhasan9022]

What a masterpiece, movie and the WARDROBE !

[@panakgin]

So I guess the title of this video must be he reveals why daesu had been freed after 15 years of imprisonment

[@JK-re7ld]

no ka Yeah that’s what woojin said in Korean in the video

[@bababarkouma]

Crazy foreshadowing when she put on the angel wings she was supposed to get 15 years earlier

[@shannyoh03]

I remember when i watched this movie for the first time i was questioning myself like is that sex scene necessary?? I was kinda uncomfortable with those excessive and very strong sex scenes, but then after this scene everything made sense and i understood why those sex scenes were necessary... it gave me goosebumps.

[@sqp958]

4:17 How can someone who asks the wrong question get an answer?!

[@dhkdckd]

One of the best villains of all time.

[@Niklys32]

En el pasado a mí me sucedieron cosas peores que a Lee Woo Jin... Pero yo soy fuerte, y no me convertí en villano ni nada de eso.

[@JRSRLN]

I asked my brother what this movie was about and asked him what happens at the end (Stupid, I know... Lol). I'm so glad he refused to tell me and told me to watch it for myself. Also, not so glad I found out, I felt physically ill after all of it.

[@jackchapelle4133]

Him humming that music is so creepy

[@thesilentman.]

His humming gives me chill.

[@jnivinvasanthjegan9421]

This is what called 'master piece"

[@user-lg1zn9ny8w]

와아 젊은 유지태 지나치게 잘생겼고 연기도 잘했었구나

[@mrwolf84]

one of the best twists ever, and it is "twisted" in every mean!

[@TheMonsterterrific22]

woon-ji was right he created a monster.. created by a monster

[@user-rp2fz7qn7s]

korean movie old boy(2003) is based on japanese manga old boy(1996 to 1998). btw the old boy is lee woo jin. he was the old boy.

[@user-hq9mg1dj6x]

유지태 발성 너무 좋네

[@maxholloway1155]

Please do not watch this one spoiler before watching oldboy

[@chethanmnaik49]

Guess what I literally got a spoiler that she was his daughter, but when I saw the movie I shrugged it off after the movie said she was adopted by someone. I was mindblown by this scene.

[@charloteagari5120]

I can’t stop watching this

[@CrashHell]

“Laugh, and the World laughs with you. Cry, and you cry alone.”

[@dreaminglucid1316]

웃어라, 온 세상이 너와 함께 웃을 것이다. 울어라, 너 혼자 울 것이다. Thanks to you, I noticed it!!!

[@OTT23Detroit]

The orchestra did a good job

[@FunnyValentine]

Best movie ever. Period

[@coenmoon-id6rm]

One of the best cinema of our lifetime.

[@CultureDTCTV]

Damn it! I wish I had seen this movie before somebody spoiled the twist for me

[@dathunderman4]

Man I’m sorry that happened to you. This movie is such a masterpiece it deserves to be watched without any spoilers.

[@hahas507]

기생충도 그렇고 올드보이도 그렇고 1초도 집중력이 흐트러지는 장면이 없다.. 미친 몰입력이다 후..

[@Rmjan8779]

The way my jaw dropped at this scene.

[@Shiro642]

best villain I have seen in awhile!

[@user-yj9fl2in1d]

0:50 꼭 관객보고 이야기하는거같아

[@chamanlaltiu2079]

Dissapointed in Woo jin for punishing dae su for his sister's suicide. Woo jin was the main reason for her suicide

[@nikhilmahar5894]

Yes, but dae su was the one who spread the rumors (not defending anyone).

[@maciek8159]

Come on if you saw a sister and brother having sex you wouldn’t tell anyone?

[@iluvlafferty]

Then you missed the point of Woo-Jin's key quote "be it a stone or a grain of sand, in water they sink as the same." Oh Dae-Su exposed them out of jealousy. It may have seemed unimportant to you, but it sparked off a chain of events that 100% led to Soo-Ah's suicide. Dae Su's friend went around slut-shaming her, causing her to periods to stop and her belly to swell. Do you not realize how frightening & mentally damaging that would be for a teenage girl?

[@iluvlafferty]

@@maciek8159 Dae-Su told on them because he was angry that Soo-Ah rejected him. I'm not sure he even knew they were brother and sister at that point; he exposed them out of jealousy. He told the worst possible person about it, because his friend was a huge gossip and gave a false impression of Soo-Ah to the whole school. It was wrong of them both to slut-shame her and caused her mental breakdown.

[@misterbobby8913]

Yup they were bound to get caught eventually, the Truth always comes to light in the end.

[@kimmyfreak200]

iconic scene: when he opens the photo album....5:52 makes my heart sink

[@sciencefiction6060]

How much more painful would it be if before these sequences of scenes, back in the love hotel, there was a scene where: Instead of only a short time before Oh Dae-Su was to meet Lee Woo-Jin in the penthouse, Lee Woo-Jin hid throughout the city for months. Mido exits from the bathroom. Oh Dae-Su is lying down in the bed, exhausted after a long love session. Mido walks slowly towards Oh Dae-Su until she suddenly stops. He looks at her, curious. Mido takes out something she's hiding behind her back. A pregnancy test that's positive. They think they'll run off into some faraway place where they'll live out the rest of their lives happily ever after. Then the scene of Lee Woo-Jin starts, where he explains everything including Mido's planned pregnancy.

[@bharatdiwan3348]

Please dude i can't bear this anymore 😭😭😭😭😭

[@dathunderman4]

Dude oh Dae su already suffered enough why do you wanna make him suffer even more

[@Ecumeneinc]

Take notes Neil Drunkman, this is how you make a revenge story.

[@sayanjyotibhuyan3869]

It's Neil Druckmann...

[@Ecumeneinc]

@@sayanjyotibhuyan3869 oh, thanks.

[@aeonlincoln5474]

If he wrote this exact same story, you'll be whining about how he "disrespected the main character", "a revenge tale that doesn't end with revenge" and what not. I find it odd to see this comment here, my guess is that you were complaining about how terrible TLOU2's story is and someone who likes that game told you to watch Oldboy. Of all the complaints I read about TLOU2 I think to myself, "Man, if these people watch Oldboy, they'd probably gouge their own eyes out" 😂😂

[@dathunderman4]

@@aeonlincoln5474 nah. TLOU2 would’ve been much better if they took notes from Oldboy, and Abby instead actually bested Ellie in her path to revenge. If Oldboy was instead like TLOU2, Oh Dae Su would have had Woo-Jin at knife point, only to spare him due to having a flashback of MiDo. TLOU2 isn’t bad because Ellie didn’t get to complete her revenge, it was bad because the “revenge is futile” theme wasn’t properly executed. Makes no sense for Ellie to have no problems killing hordes of ppl, traveling hundreds of miles across the county in an apocalypse, only to spare her villain’s life at the very end. That just doesn’t seem like something a real character would do.

[@sooriyanarayana8843]

Never gossip.

[@ultimateme3049]

just finished watching the movie, 0 context, didn't know what it was about, did not expect this twist, now I'm fucking broken.

[@nict5828]

wow, just saw it today for the first time. Jaw dropping ending

[@sahilparab663]

3:41.....😮😮

[@heliosd2787]

Woo-Jin's humming makes that laser scene creepier and more beautiful

[@supercharlie4094]

This acting is top tier, up there with breaking bad and prisoners

[@troubleshootq]

I kept on saying wtf after that reveal like seriously wtf

[@sadamfaiz7829]

Regular movie ending: The protagonist avenged perfectly Oldboy ending : The Antognist avenged perfectly.

[@aidacailar1126]

It's wrong if I find Woo Jin smoking hot?

[@liquidsnake6956]

Aida Cailar no

[@alexeiharp7676]

Yes. You should go to jail.

[@chick1000123]

it's always better when the villains are hot

[@guitar11diary]

That korean actor actually used to be a fashion model in korea before he became an actor.

[@gabriellechingdeihlian2192]

He drove me crazy for a year

[@Alain-Delon]

Best plot twist from France.

[@user-bj7sg7io3s]

와 진짜 마지막 장면 내 기준에서 시체 보는 살인물 보다 충격적이고 최악이였음 ㅠㅠ

[@강민책]

If you have any questions about the lines, ask me. I am Korean.

[@amanred9337]

What makes this movie unique from other shit revenge movies like Kill Bill is the unique way that the film explores the impact of revenge and what it does to the human spirit. Both this and Dead Man Shoes are the best revenge films ever made in my opinion. They literally shit on most other revenge films!

[@kushee2001]

what are your thoughts on the other entry in vengeance trilogy, sympathy for mr. vengeance and lady vengeance??

[@amanred9337]

@@kushee2001 I believe I saw Lady Vengeance. I liked it but didn't think it was as accomplished as Old Boy. Old Boy is exceptional though.

[@civotamuaz5781]

@@amanred9337 I saw the revemge trilogy in reversed order. Somehow i believe that's the absolutely best way to watch it. Mr vengeance is in my opinon more of a horror than a drama.

[@amanred9337]

@Panty Sniffer Completely agree. Tarentinos films are usually poor versions of the films he is copying. I didn't realise his appreciation for Korean films though. That's interesting.

[@dathunderman4]

@@amanred9337 yeah Tarantino loved Oldboy, he was the main reason why it was in the Cannes, also he said he cried hysterically during the final flashback scene where Woo-Jin let’s go of his sister. He also pushed for Bong Joon Ho’s films before he was well known among the Western audience.

[@alfie4234]

This is one of the best and most subversive revenge movies. You thought it was about the hero getting revenge on the villain, when it was the other way around the whole time.

[@Babs.vte.90]

Fantastic twist, eloquently done.

[@TheBermudaMan]

Personally, if I were in Dae-Su's shoes (and thank God I'm not), I would've gone public with everything this bastard had orchestrated with his vast wealth, just to show the entire human race what the 1% are really capable of if allowed to reign unopposed - not to mention the people who happily follow their orders, regardless of what they entail, if the paycheck is big enough. Mi-do might have gone mad from the revelation, but it would be the only other way for Dae-Su to achieve justice after Woo-jin's sadistic masterplan had already reached fruition.

[@dathunderman4]

He couldn’t go public because he was framed for his wife’s murder, making him a wanted man to the eyes of society.

[@unchartedknight0193]

He has 0 proof and is a suspected murderer by everyone and the other dude could easily pay off the media to ignore it

[@thentherewas1167]

agreed that would probably be the best option in this situation.

[@Jazmin_GG]

Why do I always see this picture of Woojin pointing his head with the gun and blood in his forehead but in the movie he was clean, that scene never actually happened or did miss something?

[@ivanmaealinsug9121]

He shot himself on the elevator

[@user-dr5nt2is7f]

How tf you guys watch this without subtitles? I didn't expect so many english comment here

[@thepoleontheroad]

"NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH, I MADE YOU HAVE SEX WITH YOUR DAUGHTER, NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH!" For real, this twist absolutely destroyed and shocked me. That absolutely brilliant scene with the photo album was so perfect for a horrific realization. Once I saw where this was headed, I was like "No. No, it can't be. No." This was the most unexpected direction to take the story, swaying from usual revenge movies. Makes sense Woo-jin would meticulously plan what happens to Dae-su after holding him for so long, but this was the ultimate evil thing he could do. Wonder what Soo-ah would do if she could know what her brother did to a man who caused her death in the most unwitting way possible.

[@9f81rsd00]

First time I watched this film, the only thing going through my head was, “he buttons his shirt from top to bottom, not bottom to top!” 👀

[@truonganh2478]

Isn't it how people do it?

[@rivers5628]

I button mines from top to bottom

[@anandhua.b4589]

that's how people normally do it right??

[@jillianramirez8071]

What? That's weird?

[@nishab1615]

My mind was fucked

[@fairytales8893]

Best ever movie i have watched 👌👌

[@YoungGrizzly82]

Manga: imprisoned 10 years Korean Film: imprisoned 15 years American remake: imprisoned 20 years

[@Gkm-]

She was 15 years old when she drowned

[@MrGoodsalesman]

The music.

[@maniac_tofu]

영화를 보기전에는 당연히 오대수가 복수하는건줄 알았다 근데 진짜 특이하게도 빌런인 이유진의 복수극이다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 보고 난뒤에는 너무 명작이어서 이걸 왜 이제 봣나..싶더라