A Taxi Driver
A struggling Seoul cabbie desperate to provide for his young daughter accepts a lucrative fare from a foreign journalist, only to be thrust into the chaotic heart of a political uprising where every mile could cost lives.
“Based on true events, an untold story of a taxi driver.”
Synopsis
In May 1980, Man-seob is a struggling taxi driver in Seoul, supporting his young daughter on his own. When he hears about a foreigner offering a generous sum for a ride to Gwangju, he takes the job without realizing the passenger is a German journalist with a secret purpose.
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Principal cast & crew: 20
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Kim Jae BeomShot by Nak Seon GoScored by Cho Young WukDesigned by Cho Hwa Sung
Box Office
2017 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.4× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$81.9M
US & Canada: $1.5M — 2% of worldwide · International: $80.4M (98%)
Opening weekend: $332K — 22% of its US run.
Opening week (7-day): $577K — 38% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 41 theaters
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- A Taxi Driveren
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Cast & Crew
20 unique people credited
Top billed 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
Cha Soon Bae
as Driver Cha
Shin Dam Soo
as Driver Sin
Seong Hyeon Ryoo
as Driver Ryoo
Um Tae Goo
as Illegal checkpoint Sergeant First Class Park
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