Old Boy (manga)
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Cover to Vol. 1
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オールドボーイ―ルーズ戦記 (Ōrudo Bōi Rūzu Senki) |
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| Genre | Crime fiction |
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| Written by | Garon Tsuchiya |
| Illustrated by | Nobuaki Minegishi |
| Published by | Futabasha |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Manga Action |
| Original run | 1996 – 1998 |
| Volumes | 8 |
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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.
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.
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.
The main character of the story who was kidnapped and locked up for 10 years.
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.
A writer and former teacher. She was Goto and Kankinuma's 6th grade teacher.
A lady who became Goto's girlfriend. She is actually a paid actress under hypnosis placed upon her by Kakinuma.
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