Oldboy (2003)
올드보이
Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Action • 2h
Director: Park Chan-wook
Cast: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung, Kim Byeong-ok, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-su, Lee Seung-shin, Yoon Jin-seo, Oh Tae-kyung, Yoo Yeon-seok, You Il-han, Lee Young-hee, Kim Young-ae, Lee Mi-mi, Han Jae-duk, Kwak Jung-ae, Kim San, Jang Chae-soo, Im Seol-a, Syd Lim, Choi Chang-hak, Shin Bi-joon, Seong Seok-jae, Choi Jae-sup, Yoon Jin-yul, Mun Seong-bok, Park Jae-woong, Oh Soon-tae, Lee Hong-pyo, Park Geun-seok, Heo Myeong-haeng, Kim Won-jung, Park Sung-gyu, Lee Jung-pil, Han Seon-rang, Shin Beom-sik, Han Jung-ok, Baek Dong-hyun, Ju Myeong-cheol, Park Ji-hun, Choi Choon-beom, Seo Myeong-seok, Jeon Woo-jae, Cho Sang-kyung, Oh Young-joo, Ji Joong-hyun, Moon Sang-moo, Oh Kwang-rok, Lee Dae-yeon, Park Myung-shin, Kim Su-hyun, Yong-ih
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Overview
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
Director: Park Chan-wook
AUS Madman 4K Blu-ray
Decal Releasing USA 4K Blu-ray - October 2026
HDR: GER Plaion 4K Blu-ray
SDR: AUS Madman 4K Blu-ray
Italy/Germany Plaion 4K Blu-ray for Atmos
Director: Park Chan-wook
Sources: dvdcompare.net (opens in a new tab)
Stereo mix: Tartan DVD
5.1 mix: France The Jokers 4K Blu-ray
Atmos: Japan Amuse Soft Blu-ray
Comparison between different extras: https://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=56142
Director: Lewis Teague
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray disappointing
R1 DVD
R1 DVD sounds best and has the original mono and a Dolby Stereo remix
Director: Ron Shelton
Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray disappointing, nice new master, but poor encode, grain completely crippled in some scenes, artifacts abound, etc, makes Kino Lorber look like FiM.
Director: William Friedkin
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
Plaion have also released a BD sourced from Arrow's recent 4K remaster, holds up strongly in comparison https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=19341&d2=19005&c=5415
Director: John Carpenter
Sources: blog.sporv.com (opens in a new tab)
1997? Signature Collection LD
Good: 2017 Arrow and 2016 Shout! Factory Blu-ray have the original audio options.
the only track on Universal 4K, which is in DTS:X, has a mixing error of around 6dB too low on side channels, otherwise very similar to other 5.1 mixes.
Director: Rob Reiner
Arrow 4K Blu-ray releasing December 14 2026
Director: Brian De Palma
Arrow 4K Blu-ray has a better encode than the Kino Lorber and Capelight 4K Blu-rays. Capelight 4K Blu-ray looks low-passed in comparison to the Arrow but is slightly closer to the Arrow in PQ than the Kino Lorber.
Director: Bob Clark
Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray
UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray in December
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Sian Heder
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Has full and forced English subtitles
Apple TV 4K Blu-ray with Atmos
(Eagle Pictures is 5.1)
Director: Celine Song
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
UK StudioCanal Blu-ray is the better release. Plaion Italy 4K Blu-ray has macroblocking and chroma noise issues, and the US Lionsgate Blu-ray has elevated gamma levels and macroblocking https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=22310555&postcount=31
Director: Dennis Hopper
BFI Blu-ray renders grain structure better than Severin 4K Blu-ray’s disappointing encode, although Severin does feature an HDR grading with Dolby Vision. Furthermore, Severin’s soundtrack is worse due to the noise reduction applied.
Severin 4K Blu-ray has very good extras that are more relevant to the film
Kino Lorber Blu-ray or Germany Blu-ray but no comparison available
Germany Blu-ray doesn’t have good encoding, with visible blocking and banding etc.
Germany Blu-ray lacks English subtitles. Kino Lorber Blu-ray has English subtitles but is OOP
Kino Lorber Blu-ray retains both the French and German dialogue in their native languages.
Director: Phil Joanou
UK Second Sight Blu-ray maybe better than all the other Blu-rays?
Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray is disappointing with DNR and poor compression
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