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Goto's search to unearth the identity of his mysterious tormentor has led to one dead end after another, until he receives a tip that an old high school classmate may have orchestrated the kidnapping that began Goto's ten years of isolation and imprisonment. But many years have passed since Goto's seen his schoolmate, and he looks much different than Goto remembers. Has Goto found the true path to his final vengeance, or has he swallowed another piece of poisoned bait? ""Old Boy"" is an intense, bare-knuckled urban thriller in the tradition of ""Pulp Fiction"" and ""Payback"" and is the manga that inspired the critically acclaimed 2003 film from director Chan-wook Park that took the Grand Jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

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Garon Tsuchiya is a manga writer who is best known for Old Boy, with artist Nobuaki Minegishi, which won an Eisner Award in 2007 and was adapted in mystery-thriller noir film by director Park Chan-wook. His other credits include Astral Project and Reverse Edge: Ōkawabata Tanteisha. Nobuaki Minegishi is a manga artist. He is best known as the illustrator of the acclaimed manga Old Boy, which was adapted into the award-winning movie Oldboy by Park Chan-wook. In 2007 Old Boy won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material--Japan. Minegishi has also worked on series such as Aburemon, Jungle, Tenpai, Hoozuki, Joi Reika, and Maboroshi No Kakero.

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