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A Taxi Driver is a 2017 South Korean action drama film directed by Jang Hoon. The cast includes Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hai-Jin, and Ryu Jun-yeol. The film was distributed by SHOWBOX Co., Ltd., Netflix, and Hulu. It was released on video on demand. The narrative is set in Gwangju and Seoul. It depicts the Gwangju Uprising and Jürgen Hinzpeter.
The film has a runtime of 138 minutes according to one source and 137 minutes according to another. It was produced with a budget of 12,820,005 and a capital cost of 15,000,000,000. The revenue was 81,927,980, with a box office total of 86,252,940. The original language is Korean. The film editor is Kim Sang-bum and the composer is Jo Yeong-wook.
Review scores for the film include 7.3 out of 10, 69 out of 100, 97 percent, and an average vote of 8.035. An IMDb rating of 7.9 is also recorded. The film is based on true events. Keywords associated with the work include taxi, protest, and democracy.
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8.0May, 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.
Cast
- Song Kang-ho as Kim Man-seob
- Thomas Kretschmann as Jürgen Hinzpeter
- Yoo Hai-jin as Hwang Tae-sul
- Ryu Jun-yeol as Gu Jae-sik
- Park Hyuk-kwon as Reporter Choi
- Choi Gwi-hwa as Civvies Leader
Themes
- taxi
- taxi driver
- protest
- based on true story
- democracy
- historical event
- 1980s
- gwangju uprising
- gwangju
- democratization movement
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- South Korea
- Original language
- Korean
- Depicts
- Jürgen Hinzpeter
- Director
- Jang Hoon
- Cast member
- Ryu Jun-yeol
- Composer
- Jo Yeong-wook
- Narrative location
- Seoul
- Duration
- 137
- FilmAffinity ID
- 333973
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2017-08-11
- title
- 택시 운전사
- film editor
- Kim Sang-bum
- distributed by
- Hulu
- review score
- 97%
- capital cost
- 15000000000
- box office
- 84448023
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