Oldboy Trivia Questions

He ate four live octopuses for the scene; PETA condemned it, but the film defended it as culturally authentic Korean cuisine.

Choi Min-sik ate four live octopuses across multiple takes. The scene did not require 20 takes, and he performed the act without gagging, making the claim false.

Lee Woo-jin was never imprisoned; his sister was institutionalized following their incestuous relationship, which drove his revenge against Dae-su.

The theatrical ending shows Dae-su with the hypnotist; the snow death ending is from the manga, not the film.

Spielberg and Will Smith acquired rights in 2004 to adapt it, but the project stalled and eventually became Spike Lee's 2013 remake.

Park cited side-scrolling beat-em-up games as an influence for the hallway fight, but the hammer weapon came from the original manga.

Oldboy received the Grand Prix, the second-highest prize, at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, where the jury was led by Quentin Tarantino.

The scene contains a hidden cut, digitally stitched when the camera passes behind an extra's back, so it is not a single unbroken take.