A Taxi Driver
Original title: 택시운전사
“Based on true events, an untold story of a taxi driver.”
8.0(1,242)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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taxitaxi driverprotestbased on true storydemocracyhistorical event1980sgwangju uprisinggwangjudemocratization movementsouth koreaexcited
Budget $12.8MBox office $81.9M
