Oldboy
A man is taken off a Seoul street and kept in a private cell for fifteen years, fed dumplings, trained to fight by the television. Released as abruptly as he was taken, he is given five days by his captor to work out who did this and why. Revenge tragedy conducted at the pace of a puzzle.
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- parallels ↑ Oedipus Rex
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Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
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Closest analogues
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