In the climactic scene at Lee Woo-jin's penthouse, he is threatening to tell Mi-do the truth about how she really had sex with her own father just after Oh Dae-su had learned it for himself. To get this to happen, Lee Woo-jin had Oh Dae-su's wife murdered and his daughter Mi-do ( Kang Hye-jung) hypnotized to ensure that the two would fall for one another once Oh Dae-su was released. As a result, the real revenge plot was to subliminally get Oh Dae-su to fall in love with his own daughter, who was only four when he disappeared. The real act of revenge wasn't just to lock Oh Dae-su away for fifteen years, but it was actually to make him feel the same levels of pain as Lee Woo-jin had gone through.
The 2003 film however did such a good job at presenting the theme of revenge that it has won a plethora of awards over its lifetime, such as the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival or how it won the Best Film at both the Grand Bell Awards and the Korean Film Awards. Oldboy was also remade in 2013 by director Spike Lee, though it was seen as a mediocre reinterpretation that failed to add anything substantial to the narrative. It should be noted that these films are linked thematically and not narratively. It was the second film, coming after Sympathy for Mr. In fact, the film itself is part of a trilogy of films titled The Vengeance Trilogy that all center around the theme of revenge. It is the single most important goal that fuels all of their actions, and it is the centerpiece upon which the entire film is built around. However, for the protagonist and antagonist of 2003's Oldboy, revenge could not be more serious of a topic for them. This concept alone isn't one that is unfamiliar to many, as I am sure we have all had our moments of small, petty revenge for things that would be seen upon looking back as not necessarily being worth getting revenge for in the first place. Sometimes these emotions can mix in a volatile way that can cause us to seek revenge over one another. It is both one of our best strengths and greatest weaknesses, as while rampant emotions can lead us to doing things that we may later regret, without them, we lose a huge chunk of what makes us human in the first place. As humans, we are prone to a plethora of emotions throughout our lives.
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