“A Taxi Driver” does this splendidly, telling the story of the 1980 Gwangju Uprising through a foreign correspondent and his Korean taxi driver, and their collaborative effort to broadcast ...

“A Taxi Driver,” a 2017 action drama flick by Jang Hoon (“The Front Line,” “The Secret Reunion”), is not the first movie to have depicted the Gwangju Democratic Uprising of May 18, 1980.

The fourth feature from director Jang Hoon, A Taxi Driver tells the story of the Gwangju Uprising, a watershed event in the evolution of South Korean democracy.. It was 1980, and South Koreans had ...

By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana Photos = Showbox A Korean movie with a German reporter at the heart of its story will hit movie theaters this August. The movie "A Taxi Driver" is based on the true story of ...

Revisiting the 1980 Gwangju Massacre, a landmark historical event in South Korea’s march towards democracy, director Jang Hoon brings a sappy, feel-good touch to a tragic subject by focusing on ...

A Taxi Driver. Set against the backdrop of the Gwangju Uprising in 1980, A Taxi Driver tells the gripping tale of Man-seob, a taxi driver who unwittingly becomes part of a historic movement.

The Gwangju Uprising is considered a pivotal moment in South Korea’s move away ... The daughters watched “A Taxi Driver,” a 2017 South Korean film about the uprising based on a true ...

Set during 1980 Gwangju Uprising, director Jang Hoon’s A Taxi Driver is based on a real-life local hero — an anonymous cabbie (Snowpiercer star Song Kang-ho) who drives a German journalist ...

“A Taxi Driver,” a 2017 action drama flick by Jang Hoon (“The Front Line,” “The Secret Reunion”), is not the first movie to have depicted the Gwangju Democratic Uprising of May 18, 1980.

A Korean movie with a German reporter at the heart of its story will hit movie theaters this August. The movie "A Taxi Driver" is based on the true story of Jürgen Hinzpeter (1937-2016), a cameraman ...