Old Boy Volume 5

Zusammenfassung Ten years locked away in a private prison with only a TV set and a jailer's voice for company — but why? What had Goto done to deserve this unexplained forced isolation! and why was he unceremoniously released! again without given reason? Could this decade of torment really be about a schoolyard grudge? Is an adolescent vendetta worth the millions of yen required to imprison a man for a decade? And is allowing the brutal Goto the opportunity to pursue his revenge just another opportunity to watch him twist on a hook? Informationen zum Autor 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: Okawabata 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 . Klappentext Ten years locked away in a private prison with only a TV set and a jailer's voice for company - but why? What had Goto done to deserve this unexplained forced isolation! and why was he unceremoniously released! again without given reason? Could this decade of torment really be about a schoolyard grudge? Is an adolescent vendetta worth the millions of yen required to imprison a man for a decade? And is allowing the brutal Goto the opportunity to pursue his revenge just another opportunity to watch him twist on a hook?

Product details

• Authors: Nobuaki Minegishi, Garon Tsuchiya
• Assisted by: Nobuaki Minegishi (Illustration)
• Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2007
• EAN: 9781593077143
• ISBN: 978-1-59307-714-3
• No. of pages: 216
• Subject: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire > Comic