Korean Version VS. US Version of Old Boy

Korean version pay attention on emotion and to stress atmosphere, I love the director use music to stress the sense of atmosphere and use a lot of protagonist’s monologue to spread out the story, especially he use some predictions and some sentences contain strong sense of philosophy, moreover, ant-illusion is an awesome element which bring a kind of mysterious sense for the whole film.The villain of the story as a direct participant in high school are more in line with such a profound thirst for vengeance. In the film,father and daughter’s love because arrangements, hypnosis, the incest is forced by others. But the villain’s incest is naturally occurring, also they get rejection and discrimination by ethical world, we still can go through the music to feel actually the director’s attitude is positive,but protagonist repeatedly says “ your son is your nephew” the film also exists for such incestuous love’ struggle. The Korean version of the ending, blabbermouth in the infinite suffering of incest he cut his own tongue, but finally got relief in hypnosis, and her daughter finally together. Look back titles credits to emphasize the word "even though the animals, are not eligible to survive?", Which is the creator of an acquiescence to incest, even though Nie Yuan, but love can exist. In addition Throughout the entire movie, two Avengers because love, love with his sister, and his wife love with her daughter's love, the love, sad and beautiful.

      The US version of the film is to reorganize the whole logic of clues, the story is even more coherent, realistic. Woman umbrella as a whole trail guide revenge, the main reason for men not know her daughter also explain in more detail, the male with her daughter more like a meet scheduled in blood because of reasons have feelings, but unfortunately did not think father and daughter and the possibility of falling into the trap villain. Step by step throughout the film closely, very consistent. The performance of the film when the male oppression imprisoned situation, it is more realistic performance by some of the action to reflect, such as mice, and blood-red boxing bandages and blood graffiti pillowcase. The US version of the ending is less the total collapse of the male heart of the defense and the dignity of self-injurious behavior that give up, just to show their pain by crying, the outcome is actually a more prominent villain revenge for his appreciation of the outcome, the music sounded, the villain with open arms, Embrace all join together to create their own revenge outcomes such as appreciation of their own personally made art in general, there is enjoyment expression, it is a relief, finally freed from the shadows of revenge out of pleasure. People sounded "the killer is not too cold" in the metamorphosis of police officers. Eventually the male go into exile, women in ignorance Enron survive. From the US version of the episode, including his sister incest father villain romance rush passing, villain a tragic ending, and finally with the Korean version of the male is quite different from other circumstances, the creator of American culture or incest extreme exclusion, which has been ascribed to whether there is love, entirely was a bad romance. From relatively prominent Korean version of love, the US version of "Old Boy" is biased in favor of the family, because the villain into the woods and revenge, father, daughter's family and revenge, the male is the daughter objects to write, is to regain the desire to survive Perhaps the author to her daughter ...... It is hoped that through this love and incest injuries after a huge contrast to reflect the tragedy.

        In fact, there is a difference between the two versions is the portrait of his cell, the Korean version is a messy head, then everyone says laughing smile apologetically, but a man cry tears. The US version is a hip-hop image. Korean version of his cell to create an atmosphere of fear repressed, while the US version slightly ridicule and trampling of human nature. This is also reflected in the Korea-US cultural differences. Finally, about two movies in common, is the essence of the story did not change the most, and that is this revenge. Coupled with the villain, "answered the wrong question is not terrible, terrible thing is asking the wrong question, you may never get the right answer." The male from being locked up, he has doubts that he was related reasons, came out A guide as if the two issues, but did not want to present myself to the life imprisonment, but after 15 years out of reason, in fact, these words also tell the audience, that's all thing are not just revenge. 

    -Dean Wu