Oldboy Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
9 of the most interesting Oldboy easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Oldboy movie message.
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.
Genre
Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director
Chan-wook Park
Stars
Min-sik Choi, Ji-Tae Yoo, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji
IMDB score
8.4
Oldboy movie hidden details
Woo-jin appears on a wanted poster above Dae-su.
The young woman Joe encounters near the start is wearing angel wings that are almost identical to the ones worn by the protagonist of the original Korean film the remake is based on.
. The villain Lee woo Jin is obsessed with the color purple. Examples include his umbrella, handkerchief, and the box. Purple not only symbolizes wealth and royalty (the guy is filthy rich) but was also the color his beloved sister wore when she died
When Browning asks about the crossword puzzle question, and Joe replies "The Count Of Monte Cristo", which this film is a modern retelling of
When Oh Dae Su enters an internet caf?, you can just barely spot someone playing Starcraft: Brood War in the background.
. The melody that plays when Oh Dae Su is gassed and his phone's ringtone are both the villain's theme song.
Oh Dae-su, after questioning and torturing the foreman of the prison in which he spent 15 years, knows which cassette tape contains his enemy's conversation because it is the oldest in the tin.
Detail in the Restaurant Scene in Oldboy
Tally marks appear multiple times. One of the victims killed with a hammer falls on the table, and in a brief shot the blood in his head forms tally marks.
