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Illustrated by
  
English publisher
  
Magazine
  
Weekly Manga Action

Genre
  
Crime Fiction

Adaptations
  
Oldboy (2003)

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Written by
  
Garon Tsuchiya

Published by
  
Demographic
  
Copyright date
  
2006

Illustrator
  
Marley Carib

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Authors
  
Marley Carib, Nobuaki Minegishi

Publishers
  
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Old Boy (オールド・ボーイ, Ōrudo Bōi) is a Japanese manga series written by Garon Tsuchiya and illustrated by Nobuaki Minegishi. The narrative follows the protagonist Shinichi Gotō, a man who, after a decade of incarceration in a private prison, is suddenly freed. After his release, Gotō must find his captors and discover the reason for his confinement.

Contents

Old Boy was serialized in the Futabasha magazine Weekly Manga Action from 1996 to 1998, with a total of 79 chapters among eight collected volumes released during that time. The series was picked up for North American localization by Dark Horse Comics and released between 2006 and 2007. The manga was also adapted into an award-winning South Korean film, directed by Park Chan-wook in 2003. In 2013 Spike Lee directed an American remake of the 2003 Park Chan-wook film.

Plot

Twenty-five-year-old Shinichi Gotō was kidnapped one fateful night and locked up in a private jail for unknown reasons. After ten years of solitary confinement in a maximum security cell, with only a television for company, he is suddenly released. The story follows his mission to hunt down the identities of his captors and uncover the reason behind his imprisonment.

Characters

  • Shinichi Gotō (五島 慎一, Gotō Shin'ichi)
  • The main character of the story who was kidnapped and locked up for 10 years.

  • Takaaki Kakinuma
  • He is the main villain of the story, Was once a high school classmate seeking revenge because Shinichi inadvertently caused the death of his sister.

  • Yukio Kusama
  • A writer and former teacher. She was Goto and Kankinuma's 6th grade teacher.

  • Eri
  • A lady who became Goto's girlfriend. She is actually a paid actress under hypnosis placed upon her by Kakinuma.

  • Kyoko Kataoka
  • Takaaki Kakinuma's henchwoman.

    Manga

    Old Boy was serialized in the Futabasha magazine Weekly Manga Action from 1996 to 1998. A total of 79 chapters among eight tankōbon (collected volumes) were released in Japan from May 28, 1997 to October 28, 1998. Between June 19 and July 17, 2007, Futabasha re-released the entire series in five, larger volumes. In 2005, Dark Horse Comics bought the rights to make an English translation of the book for its customers worldwide. All eight volumes were released from July 5, 2006 to October 10, 2007.

    Films

    In 2003, it was adapted into the award winning Korean film Oldboy by South Korean director Park Chan-wook. The film was a huge international success and went on to win various awards including the Grand Prix of the Jury at the 57th Cannes Film Festival awards ceremony.

    In 2006, an Indian version titled Zinda and directed by Sanjay Gupta received acclaim for its unofficial remake.

    A subsequent American film adaptation was directed by Spike Lee in 2013.

    Reception

    In 2007, the Old Boy manga won an Eisner Award in the category of "Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan." Eduardo Chavez of Mania.com noted that "titles like Old Boy... take their time to create a wonderful of paranoia and drama". Anime News Network's Carlo Santos praised the artwork, which "fits the tone of the series well" and the pacing of the story, but mentioned poorly developed characters.

    References

    Old Boy (manga) Wikipedia


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