Oldboy

Park’s wilfully grotesque fable about an abductee trying to fathom the mysteries of his past.

Dae-Su, a troubled drunk, is abducted and imprisoned over the course of 15 years, with only a TV for company. Upon his sudden release, he begins a violent journey to discover who his captor was. A winner at Cannes and a cult classic that solidified Park as one of Korea's finest directors, Oldboy's mix of ultraviolence and a puzzle-box plot has become a touchstone for a generation of filmmakers.

In one scene a man eats a live octopus. While at least one animal was killed in order to create this sequence, octopuses are invertebrates and therefore do not comprise 'protected animals' within the meaning of the Animal Welfare Act 2006. This means there are no grounds on which to intervene under the terms of the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937. However, some viewers may find the scene disturbing or upsetting