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Dae-su is held captive for without explanation. Through the TV, he learns his wife has been murdered and that he is the prime suspect. To stay sane, he shadow-boxes against the walls and keeps a journal of every person he might have ever wronged. He eventually begins tunneling through the wall with a stolen spoon, fueled by a singular obsession: revenge . The Release