Ryu Jyun-yeol steals the spotlight with his impeccable portrayal of the youth that was actually leading the uprising. Their most memorable sequence is their peaceful singing before they are separated. It instills in him the will to continue with his bizarre foray into the politics of Gwangju. Kim’s desire to contribute to the rebellion notwithstanding the responsibilities that weigh him down comes through in his demeanor around Jae-sik ( Ryu Jyun-yeol), the innocent university student who is determined to see through the protest until the very end. A couple of scenes show the audience that he is not as forgetful as he gives out to be when he buys the right sized shoes for his daughter despite being under immense confusion. Kim incredible depth and makes him less materialistic and more humane. His daughter (played by Yoo Eun-mi) gives Mr. The ancillary characters (who are purely fictional) give the taxi driver a background and context for his actions. The subtle nuances of the taxi driver’s persona and the evolution they undergo, through his interactions with the supporting cast, have been expressed with finesse by Director Jang Hoon.
Later, Chun was charged of sedition and deposed but not without much suffering that A Taxi Driver attempts to memorialize. The military was given unhindered powers and the civil rebellion was contained through shooting into crowds and other atrocities. His coup destroyed any semblance of freedom the people previously had and all forums of public thought such as the parliament and universities were shut down. President Park Chung-hee was assassinated in 1979 and martial law was declared across the country by Chun. The Gwangju Uprising, or ‘massacre’ as some choose to call it, was a call for democracy and a fight led by university students against the military dictator Chun Doo-hwan. Amidst this, he is also required to introspect on his life choices and their effect on his daughter, who he has brought up as a single father. But his nationalism is awakened by the desolate state of the citizens of Gwangju city and he is spurred into action to help the reporter “show the world that the people of Gwangju are not alone”. He is too caught up in his financial problems to pay heed to his daughter, let alone the country.
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Kim (whose full name is never revealed) faces while driving his foreign customer to Gwangju for a large sum of money.
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The movie exalts the ‘unsung hero’ who makes it possible for the shroud of falsehood to be lifted.Ī Taxi Driver revolves around the inner conflicts Mr. It is based on real life events marred by several artistic liberties. Starring Song Kang-ho as Mr.Kim and Thomas Kretschmann as Jürgen Hinzpeter, A Taxi Driver investigates the tale of a German reporter covering the Gwangju Uprising of 1980 and his Korean taxi driver who helps him get to the city, which has been otherwise cut off. As South Korea’s entry for the 90th Academy Awards, A Taxi Driver embodies the aspirations of the industry to attain recognition for its brave venture into creating real cinema.
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