Oldboy vs The Great Killing
Oldboy has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.5/10 for The Great Killing). The Great Killing is the shorter watch at 1h 58m compared with 2h . The Great Killing is the older of the two (1964 against 2003). Both are action, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Oldboy
The Great Killing| Oldboy | The Great Killing | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 1964 |
| Length | 2h | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Action, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Eiichi Kudō |
| Main cast | Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Byeong-ok, Choi Min-sik, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-su | Kōtarō Satomi, Tōru Abe, Mikijiro Hira, Yoshio Inaba, Chiezo Kataoka |
Synopsis
Oldboy
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
The Great Killing
A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the conspirators are captured and tortured.
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