Oldboy (2003) - Quotes

Taglines: End of confrontation, one must die.

Taglines: Imprisoned for 15 years... ...5 days to seek revenge

Taglines: 15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance

Woo-jin Lee: [[w:prison|prison] How's life in a bigger ], Dae-su?

Woo-jin Lee: And now... now, what joy will I have left to live for?

Woo-jin Lee: [[w:pregnant|pregnant] Your tongue got my sister ]! It wasn't Woo-jin Lee's dick; it was Dae-su Oh's tongue!

Woo-jin Lee: Oh Dae-su talks too much.

Woo-jin Lee: Your gravest mistake wasn't failing to find the answer. You can't find the right answer if you ask the wrong questions.

Woo-jin Lee: I'm going to kill every woman you love until you die. You're notorious for not protecting your women.

Woo-jin Lee: You really are the very monster I created, aren't you? But you won't find out the "why" of this if you kill me. Fifteen years of being curious would go to waste.

Woo-jin Lee: What I am isn't important. Why is important.

Woo-jin Lee: Remember this: "Be it a rock or a grain of sand, in water they sink as the same.

Oh Dae-su: [''When licking his hands touched by the first raindrops he felt in 15 years after digging with a chopstick through the wall''] One month...I'm out in one month...One month, just one month...I'm out in one month! What if I am on the 50th floor? I don't care if I fall right down on the ground...I would still be out!

Oh Dae-su: If you see a man whose face is hidden behind a violet umbrella...then... my advice is that you become good friends with Television.

Oh Dae-su: [''Responding in his mind to Mido about visiting his wife's grave''] No...first I have to kill the bastard!

Oh Dae-su: I have truly become a monster...

Oh Dae-su: [''Dae-Su to the man owing the complex where he was imprisoned''] I will avenge for my fifteen years... for every tooth I pull out...you will age by one year.

Oh Dae-su: [''Before eating a live octopus and then faints at sushi bar counter''] I said... I want to eat something alive.

Oh Dae-su: Laugh, and the world laughs with you... weep, and you weep alone.

Oh Dae-su: [''Dae-su tries to sexually assault Mi-do and gets clobbered''] Can fifteen years of imaginary training really be put to use? No. It can't.

Oh Dae-su: [''Dae-su fights a gang of thugs''] Can fifteen years of imaginary training really be put to use? Apparently, it can.

Oh Dae-su: [''The hypnotist quoting a line from his journal''] Even though I'm no better than a beast, don't I have the right to live?

Oh Dae-su: If they had told me it was going to be fifteen years, would it have been easier to endure?

Oh Dae-su: [[w:Television addiction|The TV is both a clock and a calendar. It's your school, your home, your church, your friend...; Dae-su [[w:masturbate|masturbate] ] ]s to a pop star onscreen] ... and your lover. But... my lover's song is too short.

Oh Dae-su: [[w:life|life] I thought I'd lived a simple ]. But I've sinned too much.

Oh Dae-su: Please. Don't tell Mido. What has she done wrong? You know it was all my fault... I have committed an unforgivable sin, against your sister. And I also... did you wrong. But, please leave Mido alone... If by any chance Mido finds out the truth, you son of a bitch, I'll tear you limb from limb. And your remains will never be found. Why? Because I'm going to swallow every last bit.

Oh Dae-su: Erasing my memory and telling me to find the truth was cowardly. I won. So die like you promised.

Oh Dae-su: As I expected, I can't get along with anyone today either.

Oh Dae-su: [''To a mob of thugs in hallway''; [w:ABO blood group system|AB blood type; ''Three thugs raise their hands''] Anyone here with an ], raise your hand.

Oh Dae-su: [[w:Kolokol-1|Valium gas; [w:Federal Security Service|the Russians used; [w:Guerrilla phase of the Second Chechen War|those Chechen; [w:terrorist|terrorist] When the melody turns on, gas comes out. When the gas comes out, I fall asleep. I found out later it's the same ] ] on ] ]s.