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A Taxi Driver (2017) - Information
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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.
- Country: Korea
- Duration: 138 min.
- Language: Korean, Japanese, English, German
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