Old Boy (manga)

Old Boy
Cover to Vol. 1
オールドボーイ―ルーズ戦記 (Ōrudo Bōi Rūzu Senki)
Genre	Action[1] Psychological thriller[2]
Manga
Written by	Garon Tsuchiya
Illustrated by	Nobuaki Minegishi
Published by	Futabasha
English publisher	NA: Dark Horse Comics
Imprint	Action Comics
Magazine	Manga Action
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1996 – 1998
Volumes	8 (List of volumes)
Live-action films
Oldboy (2003) Zinda (2006) Oldboy (2013)

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 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.