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Film · 2017

A Taxi Driver

Original titleTaeksi Woonjunsa

Directed by Hun Jang · starring Ryu Jun-yeol, Park Hyuk-kwon and David Joey Albright

  • 3.0 AverageMovieNCo
  • 0.6 Users1 vote
  • 5.3 Critics6 reviews
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Synopsis

Based on a real story. May 1980, South Korea. Man-Seob, a taxi driver from Seul (Song Kang-Ho), meets an offer too good to be real: if he takes and brings back a foreigner from Seul to Gwangju before the curfew, he will be paid 100,000 won, a money more than enough to cover the rent, which he hasn't paid in a few months. Without asking any details, Man-Seob decides to pick up the German journalist Peter (Thomas Kretschmann) and starts his journey. He's detained by the police at the entrance of Gwangju, but Man-Seob is decided to win that extra money and he manages to find a way into the city. There, both him and Peter will encounter students and citizens joined in a riot agains the government.

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The essentials

Runtime
137 min2 hours and 17 minutes
Budget
₩15,000m
Box office
$833,339in US
Rating
15Suitable only for 15 years and over
How long is A Taxi Driver?
2 hours and 17 minutes (137 minutes).
Who directed A Taxi Driver?
Hun Jang.
Who is in A Taxi Driver?
It stars Ryu Jun-yeol, Park Hyuk-kwon, David Joey Albright and Yoo Hae-jin.
How much did A Taxi Driver make?
It took $833,339 in US. It cost ₩15,000 million.
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Cast

Full cast (9)
Director
Hun Jang

Videos and trailers

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'A Taxi Driver' Trailer 1:5010 March 2018

Photos and posters

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Reviews

All 10 reviews
0.6 1 vote

What the critics say average 5.3 from 6 outlets

  • 7.0 CinemaníaCarlos Marañón The look on that part of the population that looked away is the counterpart to the kind face of a proposition based on a real story where action also takes place, and action is the specialty of the… Read
  • 6.0 El MundoFrancisco Marinero Song Kang-ho (who has participated in 'Memories of Murder', 'The Host' and 'Snowpiercer', three excellent Korean movies released here) is the best possible performer of that driver desperate for… Read
  • 5.0 Roger EbertSimon Abrams Song is even good enough to make the otherwise canned scene where he tearfully breaks down, and talks about how hard it was to lose his wife. As he sobs uncontrollably, Song makes you wish that this… Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget ₩15,000m
  • US $833,339

Soundtrack

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  1. Short HairCho Yong, pil

Trivia

  • Censhorship

    The film is forbidden in China because of the plot of "suppression of the masses by the armed government with tanks", something similar to what happened in China in 1989.

  • On the race for the Oscar

    The film was South Korea's submission to the Foreign Language Film Award of the 90th Annual Academy Awards.

  • Not exactly him

    Daniel Joey Albright's voice is dubbed over in his brief appearance as a BBC reporter.

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