Oldboy (2003 film)

Oldboy is a 2003 South Korean neo-noir action film co-written and directed by Park Chan-wook. It is based on the Japanese manga of the same name written by Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya. Oldboy is the second installment of The Vengeance Trilogy, preceded by Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and followed by Sympathy for Lady Vengeance.

The film follows the story of Oh Dae-su, who is imprisoned in a cell which resembles a hotel room for 15 years without knowing the identity of his captor or his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae-su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and violence. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls in love with an attractive young female sushi chef.

Scene Summary
During the films climax we learn that the young sushi chef is in fact Oh Dae-Su lost daughter Mi-do (Kang Hye-Jeong). The main antagonist Lee Woo-jin (Yoo Ji-Tae) had both Mido and Oh Dae Su hypnotized to fall in love. Horrified by this revelation, Oh Dae Su visits the hypnotist (Lee Seung-Shin) and asks her to erase the memories of what has happened.