Oldboy - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Oldboy"
올드보이 (2003)
Timing:
2:0 (120 min)
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Actors and characters
Ji Dae-han
Character No Joo-hwan
Lee Seung-shin
Character Hypnotist
Oh Tae-kyung
Character Young Dae-su
You Il-han
Character Young Joo-hwan
Lee Young-hee
Character Clock Store Lady
Lee Mi-Mi
Character Dental Nurse
Han Jae-duk
Character Night Teacher
Kwak Jung-ae
Character Nun Teacher
Kim San
Character Electronics Store Owner
Chae-soo Jang
Character Woo-jin's Doctor
Seol-a Im
Character Nurse
Syd Lim
Character Rude Man
Chang-hak Choi
Character 1988 Guard
Bi-Joon Shin
Character 1988 Guard
Seok-jae Seong
Character 1996 Guard
Choi Jae-sup
Character 2003 Guard
Yoon Jin-yul
Character Woo-jin's Bodyguard
Mun Seong-bok
Character Woo-jin's Bodyguard
Park Jae-Woong
Character Cheol-woong's Gang
Lee Hong-pyo
Character Cheol-woong's Gang
Geun-Seok Park
Character Cheol-woong's Gang
Heo Myeong-haeng
Character Cheol-woong's Gang
Kim Won-jung
Character Cheol-woong's Gang
Sung-Gyu Park
Character Cheol-woong's Gang
Jung-pil Lee
Character Cheol-woong's Gang
Seon-Rang Han
Character Cheol-woong's Gang
Beom-sik Sin
Character Cheol-woong's Gang
Jung-ok Han
Character Cheol-woong's Gang
Baek Dong-hyun
Character Cheol-woong's Gang
Ju Myeong-cheol
Character Cigarette Thug
Park Ji-hun
Character Cigarette Thug
Choon-Beom Choi
Character Cigarette Thug
Seo Myeong-Seok
Character Cigarette Thug
Jeon Woo-jae
Character Cigarette Thug
Cho Sang-kyung
Character Dae-su's Wife
Oh Young-joo
Character Young Mi-do
Lee Ji-hye
Character Young Mi-do
Joong-hyun Ji
Character Stunts
Sang-moo Moon
Character Stunts
Oh Kwang-rok
Character Suicidal Man
Park Myung-shin
Character Young-ja
Yong-ih
Character Delivery Man
Kim Won-jung
Character Cheol-woong’s gang member
What's left behind the scenes
- For his role in the film, Choi Min-sik rigorously trained in the gym for six weeks and lost 10 kg, after which he performed almost all of the stunts himself.
- The phrase “Laugh, and the whole world laughs with you. Weep, and you weep alone,” which appears repeatedly in the film, is a quote from the poem “Solitude” by American poet Ella Wilcox.
- The fight scene in the prison corridor was filmed in one take, took three days to shoot, and used very little computer graphics – only the knife sticking out of Oh Dae-su’s back was digitally added.
- In the scene where Oh Dae-su dances with toy wings at the police station, actor Choi Min-sik asked the cinematographer to include his feet in the shot – he wanted to imitate Michael Jackson’s famous “moonwalk”.
- 300 actresses auditioned for the role of Mi-do, and in the end, Kang Hye-jung was unanimously chosen.
- For the role of Lee Woo-jin, the director wanted to find an actor who would appear as little like a villain as possible, and initially wanted to cast Han Suk-kyu, who had previously played the rival of Choi Min-sik's character in the film 'Shiri'.
- The chairman of the Cannes Film Festival jury, Quentin Tarantino, called the film an absolute masterpiece and voted for it to be awarded the Palme d'Or, but the film was one vote short of winning the prize.
- The final scene in the snowy forest was filmed in New Zealand.
- The scene of eating a live octopus was filmed in four takes.
- In Korea, they do indeed eat live octopuses, but they are usually cut into pieces beforehand. Having won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, the director publicly thanked the octopus alongside the actors and the film crew.
- Actor Choi Min-sik is a Buddhist, and before eating the live octopus, he had to pray.
- Quentin Tarantino admitted that the film deeply touched him – he cried along with the antagonist and was surprised by his own reaction, because by that point he had already come to hate him.
- In one interview, Park Chan-wook said that he deliberately made the ending of the film ambiguous, so that viewers could decide for themselves whether Oh Dae-su had managed to bury his memories or not.
- For his role in the film, Choi Min-sik rigorously trained in the gym for six weeks and lost 10 kg, after which he performed almost all of the stunts himself.
- In the dance scene with Oh Dae-su and the toy wings at the police station, actor Choi Min-sik asked the cameraman to capture his legs – he wanted to imitate Michael Jackson's famous "moonwalk".
- For the role of Lee Woo-jin, the director wanted to find an actor who seemed as little like a villain as possible and initially wanted to cast Han Suk-kyu, who had already played the rival of Choi Min-sik's character in the film "Shiri".
- During the scene where Oh Dae-su dances with toy wings in the police station, actor Choi Min-sik asked the cameraman to include his feet in the shot—he wanted to imitate Michael Jackson's famous "moonwalk".
- For the role of Lee Woo-jin, the director wanted to find an actor who would appear as little like a villain as possible, and initially wanted to cast Han Suk-kyu, who had already played the rival of Choi Min-sik's character in the film 'Shiri'.
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