Country: South Korea
Year: 2017
Duration: 137'
South Korea, 1980. A western journalist and the taxi driver he has hired arrive in Gwangju: a student revolt protesting the government is underway. They are motivated by the need for freedom. An epochal moment, which the two watch through different eyes.
Biography
film director
Hoon Jang
Jang Hoon (South Korea) debuted in feature films in 2008 with the gangster movie Rough Cut, which was followed by the spy story Secret Reunion (2010) and The Front Line (2011), a war blockbuster which was warmly greeted by critics and audiences and which represented South Korea at the 84th Academy Awards. A recurring element in his movies is the central importance of characters who are different, divergent or in conflict, who unwillingly find themselves in uncontrollable situations.
FILMOGRAFIA
Rough Cut (2008), Secret Reunion (2010), The Front Line (2011), Taek-si-un-jeon-sa (2017).
Declaration
film director
“I would be lying if I said I didn’t feel a great sense of pressure at depicting this event that left such a deep scar on contemporary Korean history. I asked myself, ‘Can I really portray such a major event on the screen effectively, without tarnishing it?’ Despite my concerns, the thing that pulled me into the story of A Taxi Driver was its two main characters […]. In 1980, Jürgen Hinzpeter was working as a foreign correspondent in Tokyo. However when he heard of the situation in Korea, he came without any hesitation to report on events in Gwangju. What was it that made him come all the way to Gwangju? And the ordinary taxi driver who happened to drive him there, what might he have gone through? I wanted to depict a past era as reflected in the eyes of a taxi driver who starts to feel a change taking place within himself.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Jang Hoon
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Eom Yu-na
fotografia/cinematography
Go Rak-sun
montaggio/film editing
Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum
scenografia/production design
Cho Hwa-sung, Jeong Yi-jin
costumi/costume design
Jo Sang-gyeong, Choi Yoon-sun
musica/music
Cho Young-wuk
suono/sound
Choi Tae-young
interpreti/cast
Song Kang-jo, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hai-jin, Ryu Jun-yeo
produttore/producer
Park Un-kyoung
produzione/production
The Lamp
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contatti/contacts
ShowBox
Dana Kim
dana@showbox.co.kr
www.showbox.co.kr
Jang Hoon
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Eom Yu-na
fotografia/cinematography
Go Rak-sun
montaggio/film editing
Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum
scenografia/production design
Cho Hwa-sung, Jeong Yi-jin
costumi/costume design
Jo Sang-gyeong, Choi Yoon-sun
musica/music
Cho Young-wuk
suono/sound
Choi Tae-young
interpreti/cast
Song Kang-jo, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hai-jin, Ryu Jun-yeo
produttore/producer
Park Un-kyoung
produzione/production
The Lamp
**
contatti/contacts
ShowBox
Dana Kim
dana@showbox.co.kr
www.showbox.co.kr
