A Taxi Driver (2017)

South Korea

Action, Drama, History

The LAMP, Showbox

Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hai-jin, Ryu Jun-yeol, Park Hyeok-kwon, Ko Chang-seok

Jang Hoon

Eom Yu-na, Jo Seul-yeah

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

taxi, taxi driver, protest, based on true story, democracy, historical event, 1980s, gwangju uprising, gwangju, democratization movement, south korea

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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