A Taxi Driver
Original title: 택시운전사
“Based on true events, an untold story of a taxi driver.”
8.0(1,206)20172h 18mKO
Directed by Jang Hoon
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.
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Budget $12.8MBox office $81.9M
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
Park Min-hee
Lieutenant Colonel Kwon
Lee Jung-eun
Hwang Tae-sool's wife
