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Korean, Drama, International, Action, History • Movie • 2017 In this powerful true story set in 1980, a down-on-his-luck taxi driver from Seoul is hired by a foreign journalist who wants to go to the town of Gwangju for the day. Taxi Driver (Korean Movie) / O. CD-JEWEL CASE Movies- Buy Taxi Driver (Korean Movie) / O. Movies online at lowest price with Rating & Reviews, Free Shipping*, COD. - Infibeam.com Shop through Infibeam mobile app for best shopping experience.
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Directed by Jang Hoon (장훈). Screenplay by Eom Yoo-na (엄유나) •Drama 137min Release date in South Korea: 2017/08/02. Synopsis The movie depicts stories about a taxi driver, who accidentally went to Gwangju in 1980s, amid the May 18th Democratic Uprising against Military Regime. Nonton Film A Taxi Driver (2017) BluRay 480p & 720p English Subtitle Indonesia Watch Online Free Streaming Full HD Korean Movie Download via Google Drive, Openload, Upfile.mobie and Uptobox – Sinopsis film A Taxi Driver (2017): May, 1980.
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Rating: 5/5
I've been highly impressed long time by Song Kang-ho, and I've been watching many of his movies since later few months. I was highly excited to watch his new historical action drama A TAXI DRIVER, because the trailer was highly impressive. It showed how the film would turn out to be. I just wanted to see it as soon as possible and I finally got the opportunity.
A TAXI DRIVER, without a second thought, is the best South Korean film I've seen till date. From narration to execution to performances to presentation: it's perfect in each and every aspect. The change in the tone of the film has been brought up extremely well, thanks to its director Jang Hoon. The screenplay is never disappointing throughout, and the film comes out as both a refreshing as well as a memorable experience.
The film's editing is top notch as it doesn't take much of time to introduce and set up the characters as well as the storyline. As the film progresses, you find yourself connected to the characters, especially the ones of Song Kang-ho and Thomas Kretschmann. Both actors have delivered extremely excellent performances, and rather so excellent that I ended up rooting for them completely. When they smiled, I smiled. When they cried, I cried too. Rest of the supporting cast, especially Ryu Jun-yeol and Yu Hae-jin deserve a lot of praise.
The film's technical aspects are top notch. The visuals are breathtaking and the story is well captured by a first-rate cinematography. The film's action sequences are another major highlight, as they induce a lot of excitement along with tension as to what would happen next. The film's not extremely violent, and thus I recommend you to watch it with your family. There's no vulgarity or obscenity in this film.
There are plenty of emotional sequences which make the film a totally unforgettable experience. Watch the film and you won't find it difficult to guess which scenes I'm talking about. Various emotional, thrilling as well as action packed sequences have been elevated by the brilliant music.
A TAXI DRIVER is a hard-hitting film which must be seen not just for its overall excellence but also for the message it delivers to its viewers. It's hard and almost impossible to forget the film, as you're left highly emotional & impressed by the time the credits start to roll. In short, a perfect masterpiece from South Korea!
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Enter a German reporter who smells a good story after being tipped off by a BBC colleague who tells him that the generally tense situation in South Korea somehow got worse recently. He needs a driver and the taxi driver needs the money. It is a relation out of necessity and neither of them actually seem to take a liking to each other.
Both soon have to come to terms with the fact that they put themselves into a situation which has great relevance to their country and their professions. Turning away just isn't possible. 'Doing the right thing' means that an average person has to find extraordinary courage.
I have to commend the director and his actors for this eyewitness feeling. It is almost like you're another passenger sitting in that little taxi. You don't watch a movie but you are actually there as it happens. The fact that I was largely ignorant of those events in history makes this movie even more significant.
The end result is a movie which is well-directed, with competent acting and impressive camera work. I had very little to criticize but a lot to think about when I left the show and that -to me- often is the sign of a truly good movie. Go see it!
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'A Taxi Driver' starts off comedic, as the taxi driver uses every way to make ends meet. As the scenes of riot unfolds, the film intensely engages my attention. The senseless massacre of civilians is very sad. It is a very powerful story that will drive anyone to tears.
This is a story of a man with little heroic virtues unleashes his true self, and become a nameless hero. The fact that the journalist was unable to track the taxi driver down was particularly powerful. This film is as good as people say it is, and more.
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The truth of history can not be verified, just as we can not feel the emotions of the parties or their families, because the facts we now know may not be fully aware of the truth of the year, but what happened can not be forgotten It is now in what form is presented.
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I was a 5th grade living in Cheonju, Korea which is north about 50 miles from Gwangju when the massacre took place in May 1980. I still remember that full loaded paratroopers holding an M-16 rifle dispatched every corner of the streets in my home city, guarding during the period of the Gwangju outbreak, because Choneju was the major big city right next to Gwangju. They looked physically tired and gruesomely cold to the eyes of a 5th grade kid. My mother asked me and my younger brother not to go out of the house. My uncle who had business trip to a local office in Gwangju came by us briefly and went back to Seoul. He was so frightened telling us to prepare for some food and necessities for possible war situation. As a person who used to live in Cheola province in 1980, I can hardly see the photos of 80's in Gwangju without coming to tears. My review of the movie may be biased in some extent.
Not long before Gwangju's uprising, president Park Chung-hee was assassinated at the dinner table by one of his close cabinet staffs, the head of the Korea central Intelligent agency. In this political turmoil a military general, Chun, Doo-hwan led a cop d' Etat to seize the political power and imposed martial law throughout Korea to prevent from the democratic movements. People especially college students protested against Chun, Doo-hwan asking democracy for Korea. Gwangju was one the cities where the student's demonstrations took places in May 1980.
This movie does not really go into the details of the civilian killings and the whole facts of the atrocities done by the military troops which have been known later. Some people criticized that the lack of the realities and facts is the limit of this movie, which is the same limit that has been shown from other Korean films on Gwangju democratizing movement. However, I think that it was director's (Jang Hun) intention to show that way. Since the phone and all the communication methods were all disconnected, even people living in Gwangju who was so isolated may not have had full view of what I was happening. It must have been so confusing and disturbing to believe that broad ranges of the ordinary people living in Gwangju were brutally abused and became the targets to be killed by highly trained the military troops whose job is actually to protect its very own people. Wishfully magic and miracles should have taken places for the sake of the people in Gwangju. However, it is always too painful to acknowledge the fact that the bullets left the lethal rifles exactly follow the physics penetrating thin late spring clothes they wore and tearing the flesh and bones.
The movie shows that the paratroopers in the front line firing the bullets in the kneeling posture. Many witnesses for Gwangju say the same thing that paratroopers aimed the civilians on the streets and shot at them. It is so outrageous and disgusting to hear the statements of Chun, Doo-hwan that he was not responsible for ordering to fire and simply denied it, even he said that he is a victim of Gwangju as well. Who would have ordered it then?
The movie successfully shows that even politically indifferent Man-seob is voluntarily involved in coming back to the chaos because it is not a matter of the political viewpoints anymore, but it is matter of following his conscience or not. It may be his way to response to the sacrifice of the college kid, You J-Y. After the commotion in Gwanju, Man-seob was finally set to be free leaving Gwangju with helps from other local taxi drivers. As soon as arrived in Suncheon which is 32 mile from Gwangju, Man-seob orders a noodle while his car is being fixed. He overhears from people saying about what is going on in Gwangju and realizes how they are deceived by media completely controlled by the government. Furthermore he is given a Ju-muk-bob for free which tastes the same of it that tossed to him by a woman on the streets in Gwangju. Driving back to Seoul alone, he is singing a song and at same time slowly sheds tears. He decides to follow his conscience to go back Gwangju however it could cost of his life. His only family member, his daughter would become an orphan by his choice. This movie with Song Kang-ho's excellent acting makes it perfect to feel his agony and hesitations as an ordinary might have in his shoes.
This move was made in the period of Park's administration. Artists, actors, writers, performers etc. who lobbed a wrong way against the government were secretively chosen to be listed so called the black lists. In spite of the atmosphere, the movie was made by brave people that I really appreciate those Korean actors, director, staffs and those who participated in the movies, as well as the role of German reporter, Thomas Kretschmann.
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Though many movies based on real events tend to lack real storyline, this movie has captured that point beautifully. At first a lighthearted movie, both our characters and the viewer are unwittingly drawn into the tragic events that happened in Gwangju.
Our taxi driver is funny and extremely relatable, whether it's when he's being late to pay his rent, cracking jokes with friends, ignoring far-off protests, or prioritizing his only daughter. But as he is forced into situations that violate his basic sense of humanity, it shocks him and all of us to our core.
With powerful acting and character decision making that all can understand, this movie is an emotional tale for all to enjoy.
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The movie is filmed from the perspective of Song Kang-ho and starts out with his ordinary comedic life as a widower struggling to pay bills for his daughter. He manages to grab another taxi drivers customer and sneak him into Gwangju while being unsuspecting of any trouble from his government. Confronted by the intense brutality is the closed off region Song Kang-ho is forced to wrestle with running home where he can protect his daughter or staying to help the reporter get the truth out. Despite this being a movie that will have a deep emotional impact there's a good balance of relief moments of hope and comedy throughout the film. I'm giving this movie a 10/10 vote as I believe it deserves a much higher score than it has and it probably getting voted down simply because 'it's Korean and I don't understand it'. Fully recommend spending your time and money on seeing this great piece of Korean cinema.
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It's May 1980 and independent taxi driver Kim Man-seob (Song Kang-ho) is doing his best to get along. Raising his daughter alone he has to chastise her for fighting with the landlord's son, a woman he still owes back rent to. As he heads out to try and make as much as he can the next day he's downhearted but hopes for the best.
A chance to make more than he's ever made and get himself out of debt arises when he hears of a journalist wanting transportation from Seoul to Gwangju and back. All Kim sees is the money involved and with no knowledge of what is happening in Gwangju he sets out to steal the fare from a cab service. He picks up the journalist, Jürgen 'Peter' Hinzpeter (Thomas Kretschmann), and off they go.
Their first hint that something is amiss comes when they find troops blocking the road entering the city and are told to turn back. Peter knows there is rioting in the streets taking place, his reason for going there. Kim, focused only on his personal issues has no way of knowing what's taking place. With that in mind he agrees to find a way to get Peter into the city and they take a back road.
Eventually they do get into the city and Peter pays Kim part of the money. As they make their way through the streets they see the rioting going on with students and workers uniting in protest against the government. From a rooftop location they watch as the protesters are brutally beaten and some shot. All the while the government reports that protesters are few and casualties are minor.
Kim urges Peter for them to return to Seoul but Peter is intent on capturing the truth on film to show the world. The meet some of the protesters who take them in and offer to help repair Kim's taxi. He and Peter get to know the people for who they really are, people willing to share what little they have with them in the hopes that their story will come out. What happens the next day unites the two men as the world they once knew is completely shattered.
What makes this film even more amazing is to learn that it is based on reality. Not just due to the story of these two men but to imagine the amount of brutality and murder that was going on at the time. The historical even taking place is known as the Gwangju Democratization Movement of 1980. And rather than low numbers being killed it was reported that over 606 people died during the demonstrations.
The movie involves the viewers by seeing the events through the eyes of Kim. A simple man, a widower who wants nothing more than the best for his daughter, he sees his entire world change in a two days. Even though speaking in a different language actor Song Kang-ho pulls off an amazing performance here conveying the turmoil Kim finds himself in through his movements, actions and facial expressions. Thomas Kretschmann does a fine job as well but his determined journalist whose sole focus is the story can grate on you while watching. It isn't until he too realizes the danger the two of them are in that he becomes a move sympathetic character.
I'm guessing that few will know the story being told here but once you finish watching you aren't likely to forget it. The film was chosen to represent South Korea as best foreign film at the Oscars but was withdrawn for some reason. That didn't stop it from being the second highest grossing film there that year. I can't recommend this movie enough, a chance to see another part of the world and what took place there through different eyes, something that can only be done via film.
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Peter is played by Thomas Kretschmann who, interestingly, cites his experience escaping East Germany in his early 20s as a giving him a crucial understanding to be able to deliver on his interpretation of Peter. The title character of Mr. Kim is played by Kang-ho Song who has a robust career in both theater and film. The role of the taxi driver is not only moving but also demanding since his character is the focus of the film and serves as the vehicle for the dramatization of the historical event. The character of Kim is symbolic of the everyday person living at the time who has a choice to look away or risk his or safety and bear witness to the massacre.
Jang Hoon's vision is focused and his delivery is compelling. While the story praises the courage of Peter to tell the story of a massacre that would have otherwise been swept under the rug, the heart of the story is in Mr. Kim's personal transformation. In Spanish the phrase, 'hacer conciencia' is often translated into English as 'to raise awareness' but conceptually it is very different than to simply make someone aware, or give them information they lacked. The phrase in Spanish is far more active and intentional. It may rest on the Shakespearean idea that humans are the paragon of animals, but animals nevertheless; to 'hacer conciencia' is to make or create a conscience, thus implying an intellectual and emotional growth that comes with experience and compassion and from which there is no turning back. Mr. Kim's transformation is the active transformation of a people as each of them 'make conscience' and sacrifice their lives for the hope of democracy.
Through the character of Mr. Kim, Hoon balances a lighter side of existence with the stress and suffering that lives just under the surface. The balance is nicely bookended by small details that surface throughout like the memory of a food or the bow tied y Mr. Kim, first in his daughter's hair, and later on a box of cookies. The balance between Peter and the event is also well proportioned, with Peter often being the character in the background, thus keeping the focus on the people of South Korea. Mr. Hoon's inclusion of footage of the real Jürgen Hinzpeter in the end is both a loving gesture, and a note of gratitude because in the end, The Washington Post is right, 'Democracy Dies in Darkness' when atrocities happen because no one is watching.
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Moreover, 'A Taxi Driver' also succeeds in character development. The audience can also feel the sorrow delivered by the movie, largely thanks to the stellar performance of Song Kang-ho. Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hae-jin and Ryu Jun-yeol give decent acting as well.
There are some plot holes, however. Why does the soldier let Kim and Peter through when he learns their true identities? How do the Gwangju taxi drivers suddenly appear on the way from Gwangju to Seoul? How does Peter pass the customs at the airport when he leaves?
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It's a beautifully made combination of staged and stock footage. Thomas Kretschmann, playing the German reporter, looks a lot like the man his character is based on, although handsomer in a Liam-Neeson way. The way it portrays ordinary people rising to the moment is well done. If, like many a South Korean movie I have seen, it seems more violent than other national cinemas, then perhaps that is a salient feature of the national industry.
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The film gave me a lot of strong and different emotions whilst watching the movie change it's vibe completely. It perfectly captured the horror and overall the emotions of Korean people of that era.
Would definetely recommend people to watch it, but it is hard to watch it if you don't handle war and death material easily.
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| A Taxi Driver | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | 택시運轉士 |
| Revised Romanization | Taeksi Unjeonsa |
| Directed by | Jang Hoon |
| Produced by | Park Un-kyoung Choi Ki-sup |
| Written by | Eom Yu-na |
| Starring | Song Kang-ho Thomas Kretschmann |
| Music by | Jo Yeong-wook |
| Cinematography | Go Nak-seon |
| Edited by | Kim Sang-bum Kim Jae-bum |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Showbox |
Release date | |
Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean English German |
| Budget | ₩15 billion[1] (roughly US$13.8 million) |
| Box office | US$88.7 million[2] (South Korea) |
A Taxi Driver (Korean: 택시운전사; Hanja: 택시運轉士; RR: Taeksi Unjeonsa) is a 2017 South Korean historicalaction[3]drama film directed by Jang Hoon, with Song Kang-ho starring in the title role, alongside Thomas Kretschmann.[4][5] The film centers on a taxi driver from Seoul, who unintentionally becomes involved in the events of the Gwangju Democratization Movement in 1980.
The film was released on August 2, 2017, in South Korea.[6] It was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[7][8] The film was a commercial success, and was also the second highest grossing film of 2017.[9]
- 2Cast
- 5Reception
Synopsis[edit]
In 1980, Kim Man-seob is a widowed father who works as a taxi driver in Seoul. One day, he overhears another taxi driver talking about a foreign client who has booked him for a trip worth 100,000 won; the client intends to travel to Gwangju for the day and return to Seoul before curfew. Man-seob rushes off to steal the client.
The client is Jürgen 'Peter' Hinzpeter, a West German journalist who wishes to report on the increasing civil unrest in Gwangju. Due to strict censorship, foreign reporters are prohibited from entering the country. Peter pretends to be a missionary in order to enter South Korea. Man-seob meets Peter and lures him into his taxi before heading off to Gwangju.
The two men discover that all the roads leading to Gwangju are blocked and heavily guarded by soldiers. Man-seob tries to convince Peter that they should return to Seoul, but the latter refuses to pay the 100,000 won unless they reach Gwangju. They manage to enter the city after they lie about Peter being a businessman. In Gwangju, they find that all the shops are closed and the streets are deserted. Man-Seob dismisses the severity of the city's state as he believes that the recent riots were caused by students who only 'go to school to protest'. Peter begins to record his observations on his camera, and the two men meet a group of college students who are riding on a pickup truck. [10] The leader of the group, Yong-pyo, invites Peter aboard. They also befriend English-speaking student, Jae-sik. Man-seob decides to turn back, reluctant to have his taxi damaged in the riots. Along the way, he takes pity on an old woman looking for her son and she leads him to the local hospital. The woman's son turns out to be Yong-pyo, who is in the hospital with minor injuries. Peter and the college students scold Man-seob for his selfishness and refuse to let Peter pay him until he fulfills the agreed trip.
Man-seob agrees to take Peter and Jae-sik (now acting as translator) through Gwangju. Local protesters welcome the foreign reporter and greet the trio with food and gifts. Peter films violent riots and witnesses soldiers beating protesters. Plainclothed Defense Security Command (DSC) officers see him filming and move to arrest him. The three men evade capture. That evening, Man-seob's taxi breaks down and they are met by Tae-soo, one of the local taxi drivers. Tae-soo tows the taxi to his shop for overnight repair. Man-seob becomes distressed as his young daughter is home alone and he is unable to contact her as Gwangju's phone lines have been cut. Tae-soo lets the men stay at his house for the night.
During dinner, they hear an explosion and discover that the television station has been bombed. They head there and Peter films the turmoil. The officers recognize Peter and chase the three men; Jae-sik is captured, but before he is taken away, he yells for Peter to share the footage with the world. Man-seob is assaulted by the leader of the DSC, who accuses the driver of being a communist. Peter rescues Man-seob and the pair run back to Tae-soo's house.
At dawn, Tae-soo gives Man-seob fake Gwangju license plates as the soldiers are now searching for a Seoul taxi. Alone, Man-seob drives to the nearby town of Suncheon, where he overhears reports of the events in Gwangju; the media falsely claims that the chaos was caused by 'rogue groups and rioters'. He is overwhelmed with guilt and drives back to the hospital in Gwangju to find Peter in shock and Tae-soo crying over Jae-sik's corpse. He reminds Peter of his promise to show the world what is happening in South Korea and encourages him to continue filming.
They film a street where soldiers are mercilessly shooting at civilians. Man-seob and the other taxi drivers use their vehicles to barricade the soldiers from further harming the civilians. The soldiers continue shooting, and the two men arrive at a road blocked by soldiers. Man-seob states that he is taking a foreign businessman away from the turmoil. A young soldier searches the car and finds the license plates from Seoul. However, he remains silent on the discovery and lets them go. The soldiers then receive orders not to let any foreigners out, prompting them to chase the duo and shoot at them.
The pair are rescued by the local taxi drivers, who ram into the military vehicles to distract the soldiers. The taxi drivers are presumably killed in the chase, and Tae-soo ultimately sacrifices himself to allow Man-seob and Peter to escape. The two men make it to the airport, where they bid each other an emotional farewell. Peter asks Man-seob for his name and phone number as he wishes to return to South Korea to visit. Man-seob hesitates but then writes his name and phone number in Peter's notebook. Peter leaves the country safely.
Peter shares the footage with his superiors and the news is spread all over the world. He searches for 'Kim Sa-bok', only to be told that the latter had provided a false name and phone number. In Seoul, Man-seob happily reunites with his daughter.
23 years later, Peter receives an award in South Korea for his report on the Gwangju Uprising. In his speech, he expresses his gratitude to 'Kim Sa-bok' and hopes to see him again someday. Man-seob, still a taxi driver, reads a newspaper article about Peter's speech and achievements including his words of gratitude towards him. Man-seob then murmurs that he is more grateful to Peter and that he misses him too.
The epilogue states that Peter tried to search for the taxi driver who took him through Gwangju, but he died in 2016 before they could meet again. The film ends with footage of the real Peter, who gives his thanks to 'Kim Sa-bok'.
Cast[edit]
Main[edit]
- Song Kang-ho as Kim Man-seob
- A widowed taxi driver who lives with his eleven year old daughter in a small house. He is an ordinary man from the working class who cares only about his family's livelihood and is uninterested in political issues.[11] The character is loosely based on real-life taxi driver Kim Sa-bok, who ferried Jurgen Hinzpeter to Gwangju. Kim remained out of the public eye until the release of A Taxi Driver,[12] when in September 2017, following the immense commercial and critical success of the film in South Korea, Kim's identity was finally confirmed by his son, Kim Seung-pil. The younger Kim shared with the media a photo of Jurgen Hinzpeter with his father and revealed that his father died of cancer in 1984, four years after the Gwangju events.[13]
- Thomas Kretschmann as Jürgen Hinzpeter
- A German reporter. The character is based on the life of Jürgen Hinzpeter (1937–2016), the late German journalist who filmed and reported on the Gwangju massacre.[14]
Supporting[edit]
- 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
- Uhm Tae-goo as Sergeant first class Park
- Yoo Eun-mi as Eun-jeong
- Kim Man-seob's daughter.
- Choi Gwi-hwa as Leader of DSC Civvies
- 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 Jeong-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-ryeon 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
Special appearances[edit]
- Ko Chang-seok as Sang-goo's father
- Jeon Hye-jin as Sang-goo's mother
- Jung Jin-young as Reporter Lee
- Ryu Tae-ho as Gwangju newspaper director
- Jeong Seok-yong as President of car center in Seoul
Production[edit]
Filming began on June 5, 2016, and ended on October 24, 2016.[15]
Release[edit]
The film was released on August 2, 2017 in South Korea.[16] On the same day, the film had its international premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, where Song Kang-ho was named Best Actor for his role in the film.[17][18][19]
According to distributor Showbox, the film will be released in North America on August 11, Australia and New Zealand on August 24, followed by the UK on August 25. It will then open in Asian countries including Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan in September.[20][21]
Edeltraut Brahmstaedt, the widow of the German journalist Jürgen Hinzpeter, was to visit Seoul on August 8, 2017. During the visit, Brahmstaedt planned to watch the film based on the true story of her late husband.[22]
On August 13, 2017, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in viewed A Taxi Driver with Edeltraut Brahmstaedt and her family.[23] A Blue House official said, 'The movie shows how a foreign reporter's efforts contributed to Korea's democratization, and President Moon saw the film to honor Hinzpeter in respect for what he did for the country.'[24] After watching the film, President Moon commented:[25]
“The truth about the uprising has not been fully revealed. This is the task we have to resolve. I believe this movie will help resolve it.”
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
A Taxi Driver received positive reviews upon its release. The review aggregation websiteRotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 96% based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10.[a] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating based on reviews, the film has a score of 69 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'.[b]
Maggie Lee of Variety wrote, 'director Jang Hoon brings a sappy, feel-good touch to a tragic subject' and 'Although the film’s portrayal of its main characters has recognizable precedents, the two lead actors calibrate their mutual respect and co-dependency to engaging effect, as the escalating violence and peril heighten their sense of personal mission. Echoing the role of American correspondent Sydney Schanberg in 'The Killing Fields', Hinzpeter arrives in Korea as an opportunistic newshound rather than a champion of justice. Kretschmann plays him initially with an unlikable cold efficiency, treating his driver and other Koreans as mere tools or fodder for his article. Impressively, there are no overnight changes in his persona. Rather, the actor maintains a certain stiff composure even as his passion and affection for the democracy fighters visibly grows. The final parting is genuinely touching as the two men now relate to each other as equals.'[26]
Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter, in his positive review of the film, wrote, 'In unexpected and wonderfully satisfying ways, A Taxi Driver taps into the symbiotic relationship between foreign correspondents and locals, particularly in times of crisis. Though filled with moments of taut suspense and quick action, Jang’s film is also rewardingly unrushed, a quality exemplified by an extended sequence in which the visitors from Seoul share a meal and an evening with Yoo’s Gwangju cabbie and his family. At once sincere, awkward and silly, their respite of calm and laughter amid the terror beautifully underscores the way ordinary lives are caught in the crosshairs of history.'[27]
Box office[edit]
According to the Korean Film Council, on the first day of the release, a total of 698,090 tickets were sold, which earned US$4.5 million.[28] The film was available on 1,446 screens and was shown 7,068 times across South Korea.[29] By noon on the second day of its run, the film had passed the one million viewer mark.[30]
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On the third day, the total audience doubled, attracting two million viewers.[31] The viewer numbers continued to rise as the tickets sale increased to four million by the fourth day.[32][33]
A Taxi Driver has earned a total of US$30.7 million in five days with 4.38 million admissions.[34][35]It has tied with The Admiral: Roaring Currents and The Battleship Island for the record of films which have surpassed four million viewers in the first five days of release. At the end of the first seven days, the film surpassed 5 million admissions.[36][37] On the eleventh day since the opening the film recorded more than 7 million viewers.[38][39]
A Taxi Driver became the most viewed South Korean film in 2017 in less that two weeks since its premiere by attracting more than 8 million audience.[40][41] By August 15, 2017, it has earned a total of US$62.7 million with 9.02 million admissions.[42]
By August 20, in just 19 days since the film was released, A Taxi Driver surpassed 10 million viewers selling 10,068,708 tickets,[43] earning a total of US$73 million.[44][45]A Taxi Driver also became the first film of 2017 and the fifteenth Korean film overall to surpass the 10 million milestone. It is also Song Kang-ho's third film to have sold more than 10 million tickets.[46][47]
The film topped the South Korean box office for three consecutive weekends. By August 28, the film had attracted 11.4 million viewers.[48] According to the film's distributor Showbox, the total attendance of the film surpassed the 12 million mark as of September 9, becoming the tenth most-watched local film of all time in South Korea.[49]
Reactions in China[edit]
A Taxi Driver is yet to be released in any form in Mainland China, though it received a theatrical release on September 21, 2017 in Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. The film has received warm responses from users on Chinese movie website Douban, where it had a high user rating.[50] However at around 21:10, October 3, 2017, the film was entirely removed from the Chinese movie portal, the reason possibly being that a number of reviews had compared the film's content to the June Fourth Incident, also known as the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest, which is strictly censored on media in China.[51]
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26th Buil Film Awards | Best Film | A Taxi Driver | Won | [52] |
| Best Actor | Song Kang-ho | Won | ||
| Best Cinematography | Go Nak-seon | Nominated | ||
| Best Music | Jo Yeong-wook | Nominated | ||
| Best Art Direction | Cho Hwa-sung and Jeong Yi-jin | Nominated | ||
| Buil Readers' Jury Award | Jang Hoon | Won | ||
| 21st Fantasia International Film Festival | Best Actor | Song Kang-ho | Won | [53] |
| 54th Grand Bell Awards | Best Film | A Taxi Driver | Won | [54] |
| Best Director | Jang Hoon | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor | Song Kang-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay | Eom Yu-na | Nominated | ||
| Best Music | Jo Yeong-wook | Nominated | ||
| Best Art Direction | Cho Hwa-sung and Jeong Yi-jin | Nominated | ||
| Best Costume Design | Cho Sang-kyung | Nominated | ||
| Best Cinematography | Go Nak-seon | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum and Kim Jae-bum | Nominated | ||
| Technical Award | A Taxi Driver | Nominated | ||
| Best Planning | Won | |||
| 37th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Top 10 Films | Won | [55] | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Yoo Hae-jin | Won | ||
| 1st The Seoul Awards | Grand Prize (Film) | A Taxi Driver | Nominated | [56][57] |
| Best Actor (Film) | Song Kang-ho | Won | ||
| 3rd Asian World Film Festival | Special Mention Award | Won | [58][59][60] | |
| Best Film | A Taxi Driver | Won | ||
| Humanitarian Award | Won | |||
| 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Film | Won | [61] | |
| Best Director | Jang Hoon | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor | Song Kang-ho | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Yoo Hae-jin | Nominated | ||
| Best New Actor | Ryu Jun-yeol | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay | Eom Yu-na | Nominated | ||
| Best Music | Jo Yeong-wook | Won | ||
| Best Art Direction | Cho Hwa-sung and Jeong Yi-jin | Nominated | ||
| Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film | A Taxi Driver | Won | ||
| 17th Director's Cut Awards | Special Mentions | Won | [62] | |
| Best New Actor | Choi Gwi-hwa | Won | ||
| 25th Korea Culture & Entertainment Awards | Best Film | A Taxi Driver | Won | |
| Best Director (Film) | Jang Hoon | Won | ||
| 17th Korea World Youth Film Festival | Favorite Director | Won | ||
| Favorite Actor for Middle-Aged Actor | Song Kang-ho | Won | ||
| 4th Korean Film Producers Association Awards | Best Actor | Won | [63] | |
| 12th Asian Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Yoo Hae-jin | Nominated | [64] |
| Best Original Music | Jo Yeong-wook | Nominated | ||
| 54th Baeksang Arts Awards | Grand Prize (Film) | A Taxi Driver | Nominated | [65] |
| Song Kang-ho | Nominated | |||
| Best Film | A Taxi Driver | Nominated | [66] | |
| Best Director (Film) | Jang Hoon | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor (Film) | Song Kang-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay (Film) | Eom Yu-na | Nominated | ||
| 23rd Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Director | Jang Hoon | Nominated | [67] |
| Best Screenplay | Eom Yu-na | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor | Song Kang-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Ryu Jun-yeol | Nominated |
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- ^A Taxi Driver at Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^A Taxi Driver at Metacritic. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
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External links[edit]
A Taxi Driver Korean Film
- A Taxi Driver at the Korean Movie Database
- A Taxi Driver on IMDb
- A Taxi Driver at HanCinema
- A Taxi Driver at Naver Movies(in Korean)