‘Oldboy’ at 20: How Park Chan-wook’s Violent Mind-Bender Kickstarted the Korean Wave

‘Oldboy’ at 20: How Park Chan-wook’s Violent Mind-Bender Kickstarted the Korean Wave

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For the lucky few who caught Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy during its original, limited U.S. theatrical release in 2005, the film landed with the full force of the Korean cultural wave that was yet to come. Here, seemingly out of nowhere, was a viscerally disturbing cinematic vision — live…

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