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Taxi | 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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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.
Best Foreign Film | 2018
Best of Global Panorama Sidebar | 2018
Best Film | 2017
Best Actor | 2017 | Song
Best Actor | 2017 | Song
Outstanding Artist for a Film | 2017 | Yoo
Best Film | 2017
Producer Award | 2017
Best Supporting Actor | 2017 | Yoo
Ten Best Films of the Year | 2017
Best Actor | 2017 | Song
Audience Choice Award | 2017
Best Foreign Language Film | 2018
Best Narrative Feature | 2018
Best Foreign Language Film | 2018
Best Supporting Actor | 2018 | Ryu
Best Actor | 2018 | Song
Best Screenplay | 2018
Best Director | 2018
Best Director | 2017
Best Music | 2017 | Cho
Best Screenplay | 2017
Best Actor | 2017 | Song
Best Director | 2017
Grand Prize (Daesang) | 2017
Budget 12,820,005 USD
Box Office Collection 81,927,980 USD
Kim Sa-bok died in 1984 due to cancer, which was confirmed by his son in 2017. Kim was not only a taxi driver but someone who worked with foreign reporters because he owned two private vehicles used as "hotel taxis." A photo of Hinzpeter and Kim can be found online, confirmed by the wife of the late reporter.
South Korea's submission to the Foreign Language Film Award of the 90th Annual Academy Awards.
Epilogue: "The footage Hinzpeter risked his life to shoot with the help of Kim Sa-bok was broadcast to the world, exposing the military dictatorship's oppression. Hinzpeter tried several times to find the taxi driver Kim Sa-bok. In January 2016, he passed away without having met him again."
Kang-ho Song and Lee Jeong-eun later appeared together in the Academy Award winner for The Best Picture "Parasite" (2019) by Bong Joon-ho.
The camera used by the German reporter has "DEUTSCHES FERNSEHEN" written, meaning German Television. The reporter, Jürgen Hinzpeter, worked for German broadcaster ARD, whose television network was known as Deutsches Fernsehen from 1954-1984, in line with the events in the current movie. The present name Das Erste has been in use since 1994.
