A Taxi Driver (2017)
25/08/2017 (GB)
Action, Drama, History
2h 18m
- 81% (1060 votes)
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Based on true events, an untold story of a taxi driver.
Overview
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.
- Jang HoonDirector
- Eom Yu-naWriter
Original Title
택시운전사
Status
Released
Original Language
Korean
Budget
$12,820,005
Revenue
$81,927,980
Keywords
- taxi
- taxi driver
- protest
- based on true story
- democracy
- historical event
- 1980s
- gwangju uprising
- gwangju
- democratization movement
- south korea
- excited
Top Billed Cast
Song Kang-ho
Kim Man-seob
Thomas Kretschmann
Jürgen Hinzpeter
Yoo Hai-jin
Hwang Tae-sul
Ryu Jun-yeol
Gu Jae-sik
Park Hyuk-kwon
Reporter Choi
Choi Gwi-hwa
Civvies Leader
Cha Soon-bae
Driver Cha
Shin Dam-su
Driver Sin
Ryu Sung-hyun
Driver Ryoo
Um Tae-goo
Illegal checkpoint Sergeant First Class Park
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