Old Boy (manga)
Manga written by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old Boy (Japanese: オールド・ボーイ, Hepburn: 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 | |
オールドボーイ―ルーズ戦記 (Ōrudo Bōi Rūzu Senki) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Garon Tsuchiya |
Illustrated by | Nobuaki Minegishi |
Published by | Futabasha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Action Comics |
Magazine | Manga Action |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 1996 – 1998 |
Volumes | 8 (List of volumes) |
Live-action films | |
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.