A Taxi Driver
Summary: A widowed father and taxi driver who drives a German reporter from Seoul to Gwangju to cover the 1980 uprising, soon finds himself regretting his decision after being caught in the violence around him.
Runtime: 2 h 17 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: The Lamp
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Domestic: $ 1,527,829
International: $ 84,725,111
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