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A Taxi Driver (2017)

A Taxi Driver (2017)

택시운전사
138 minutes KO Action , Drama , Drama , History , History
Based on true events, an untold story of a taxi driver.
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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Song Kang-ho
Kim Man-seob
Song Kang-ho
Kim Man-seob
Yoo Hai-jin
Hwang Tae-sul
Yoo Hai-jin
Hwang Tae-sul
Ryu Jun-yeol
Gu Jae-sik
Ryu Jun-yeol
Gu Jae-sik
Park Hyeok-kwon
Reporter Choi
Park Hyeok-kwon
Reporter Choi
Ko Chang-seok
Sang-gu's Father
Ko Chang-seok
Sang-gu's Father
Production companies: The LAMP, Showbox
Production countries: South Korea
Budget: $12,820,005
Revenue: $81,927,980

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