Old Boy Volume 1

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?

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.