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A Taxi Driver

Original title: 택시운전사

Based on true events, an untold story of a taxi driver.

2017 · 2h 18m

Directed by Jang Hoon

8.0

TMDB audience score
1,247 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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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

  • Yu Eun-mi
    Kim Eun-jeong

  • Seo Hyun-woo
    Security Command

  • Ko Chang-seok
    Sang-gu's Father

  • Jeon Hye-jin
    Sang-gu's Mother

  • Joey Albright
    BBC Reporter David John

  • Jung Jin-young
    Reporter Lee