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A Taxi Driver
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.
2017 · Directed by Jang Hoon · 138 min · Action · Drama · History · 22 frames
Tagline
Based on true events, an untold story of a taxi driver.
Crew
- Written by: Eom Yu-na
- Cinematography: Go Rak-sun
- Edited by: Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-beom
- Production design: Jeong Yi-jin, Cho Hwa-sung
- Produced by: Park Un-kyoung
Cast
- Song Kang-ho as Kim Man-seob
- Thomas Kretschmann as Jürgen Hinzpeter
- Yoo Hai-jin as Hwang Tae-sul
- Ryu Jun-yeol as Gu Jae-sik
- Park Hyuk-kwon as Reporter Choi
- Choi Gwi-hwa as Civvies Leader
- Cha Soon-bae as Driver Cha
- Shin Dam-su as Driver Sin
- Ryu Sung-hyun as Driver Ryoo
- Um Tae-goo as Illegal checkpoint Sergeant First Class Park
Production
- Country: South Korea
- Language: Korean, Japanese, English, German
- Studios: The LAMP, Showbox
- Budget: $12,820,005
- Box office: $81,927,980
- Themes: taxi, taxi driver, protest, based on true story, democracy, historical event, 1980s, gwangju uprising, gwangju, democratization movement
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