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Based on a real-life story, “A Taxi Driver” is a 2017 historical action film directed by Jang Hoon. After the passing of his wife, Kim Man Seob (Song Kang Ho) is left with an overwhelming number of hospital bills and a young daughter, whom he now has to raise on his own. A hard-working taxi driver traversing the streets of Seoul in 1980 ...
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- Song Kang Ho
Feb 9, 1976 · Taxi Driver: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Diahnne Abbott, Frank Adu, Victor Argo, Gino Ardito. A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
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- Martin Scorsese
- R
- Crime, Drama
A Taxi Driver. In this powerful true story set in 1980, a down-on-his-luck taxi driver from Seoul is hired by a foreign journalist who wants to go to the town of Gwangju for the day. They arrive to find a city under siege by the military government, with the citizens, led by a determined group of college students, rising up to demand freedom.
- Jang Hoon
- Ryu Jun-Yeol
In this powerful true story set in 1980, a down-on-his-luck taxi driver from Seoul is hired by a foreign journalist who wants to go to the town of Gwangju for the day. They arrive to find a city under siege by the military government, with the citizens, led by a determined group of college students, rising up to demand freedom. What began as an easy fare becomes a life-or-death struggle in the ...
Many scenes occur and eventually, the movie is shifted forwards to the present where we see a video of the Korean taxi driver reading a newspaper of the now elderly foreigner who comes to Gwangju to receive an award for filming the political massacre.
Aug 11, 2017 · Synopsis. In this powerful true story set in 1980, a down-on-his-luck taxi driver from Seoul is hired by a foreign journalist who wants to go to the town of Gwangju for the day. Instead, they arrive to find a city under siege by the military government, with the citizens, led by a determined group of college students, rising to demand freedom.