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Oldboy : Opening Sequence

Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) saves a man (Oh Dal-su) from committing suicide. Dae-su begins to tell this man the story of how he was kidnapped 15 years ago.

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direct address, flashback, hard cut, jump cut, music, title, natural lighting, opening sequence, shock cut, soundtrack, superimposed titles, title sequence

Diversity in Media Representation

Asian, Asian: East Asian, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Cisgender Person, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man

"Opening Sequence" in Oldboy. Directed by Park Chan-wook, Show East, 2003, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3558

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Sid Bell

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