A Taxi Driver

A Taxi Driver

8.0IMDb Score
Released:2017-08-02
Genre:Action, Drama, History
Duration:138 min
Country:South Korea
Director:Jang Hoon
Actors:Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hai-jin, Ryu Jun-yeol, Park Hyuk-kwon
Production:The LAMP, Showbox

Overview:

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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