A Taxi Driver

A Taxi Driver Movie Details:

A Taxi Driver Movie Cast & Characters:

• Song Kang-ho as Kim Man-seob, A widowed taxi driver.
• Thomas Kretschmann as Jürgen Hinzpeter, A German reporter.
• Yoo Hae-jin as Hwang Tae-sool, A kindhearted local taxi driver.
• Ryu Jun-yeol as Gu Jae-sik, A naive university student who knows English.
• Park Hyuk-kwon as Reporter Choi
• Choi Gwi-hwa as Leader of Plainclothes DSC Officer
• Uhm Tae-goo as Sergeant first class Park of ROK Army 31st Infantry Division
• Yoo Eun-mi as Eun-jeong
• Kim Man-seob’s daughter.
• Cha Soon-bae as Driver Cha
• Shin Dam-soo as Driver Shin
• Ryoo Seong-hyeon as Driver Ryoo
• Park Min-hee as Kwon Joong-ryeong
• Lee Jung-eun as Hwang Tae-sool’s wife
• Kwon Soon-joon as Kang Sang-goo
• Yoon Seok-ho as Hwang Tae-sool’s son
• Heo Jeong-do as Seoul pregnant wife’s husband
• Lee Bong-ryun as Seoul pregnant wife
• Lee Ho-cheol as Hong Yong-pyo
• Lee Young-yi as Hong Yong-pyo’s wife
• Han Geun-sup as University student protester
• Hong Wan-pyo as University student protester

Storyline:

Based on a real-life story, the film follows a widowed father and taxi driver who drives a German reporter from Seoul to Gwangju to cover the 1980 uprising, and soon finds himself regretting his decision after being caught in the violence around him.

About A Taxi Driver Movie:

A Taxi Driver (Korean: 택시운전사) is a South Korean historical action drama film starring Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hae-jin, Ryu Jun-yeol, Park Hyuk-kwon, Choi Gwi-hwa, and Uhm Tae-goo. The film was directed by Jang Hoon, written by Eom Yu-na, and produced by Park Un-kyoung and Han Seung-ryeong

Based on a real-life story, the film centers on a taxi driver from Seoul who unintentionally becomes involved in the events of the Gwangju Uprising in 1980.

Filming began on June 5, 2016, and was completed on October 24, 2016.

A Taxi Driver was released on August 2, 2017, in South Korea. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised its unique approach to depicting the Gwangju Uprising events, emotional weight, as well as the main character and his relationship with Hinzpeter.

The film was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. It was a notable commercial success: it was the second highest-grossing film of 2017 in South Korea and currently stands as the thirteenth highest-grossing South Korean film in history.

On the first day of the release, a total of 698,090 tickets were sold, which earned US$4.5 million. In five days, it earned $30.7 million with 4.38 million admissions. Within 19 days, it reached 10 million viewers, selling 10,068,708 tickets and earning a total of $73 million.

A Taxi Driver Movie Budget & Box Office Collection: