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Kang-ho Song | ... | Kim Man-seob | |
Thomas Kretschmann | ... | Jürgen Hinzpeter | |
Hae-Jin Yoo | ... | Hwang Tae-sul | |
Ryu Jun-Yeol | ... | Gu Jae-sik (as Jun-yeol Ryu) | |
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Hyuk-kwon Park | ... | Reporter Choi |
Gwi-hwa Choi | ... | Civvies leader | |
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Soon-bae Cha | ... | Driver Cha |
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Sin Dam-soo | ... | Driver Sin |
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Seong-hyeon Ryoo | ... | Driver Ryoo |
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Tae-goo Eom | ... | Illegal checkpoint Sergeant First Class Park |
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Min-hee Park | ... | Kwon Joong-ryeong |
Lee Jeong-eun | ... | Hwang Tae-sool's wife | |
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Eun-mi Yoo | ... | Kim Eun-jeong |
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Kwon Soon-Joon | ... | Kang Sang-goo |
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Yoon Seok-ho | ... | Hwang Tae-sool's son |
May 1980. A Seoul taxi driver named Man-seob (SONG Kang-ho) comes across an offer too good to be true. If he drives a foreign passenger from Seoul down to Gwangju and back again before the curfew, he'll be paid the unthinkable sum of 100,000 won - enough to cover several months of unpaid rent. Without stopping to ask the details, he picks up the German reporter Peter (Thomas Kretschmann) and sets off along the highway. Although stopped by police roadblocks at the edge of Gwangju, Man-seob is desperate to earn his taxi fare, and eventually manages to find a way into the city. There they encounter students and ordinary citizens taking part in large-scale demonstrations against the government. Man-seob, alarmed by the danger in the air, pleads with Peter to go quickly back to Seoul. But Peter ignores him, and with the help of a university student Jae-sik (RYU Jun-yeol) and a Gwangju taxi driver named HWANG (YOO Hai-jin), begins shooting with his news camera. As time passes the situation ... Written by Showbox
Watched a lot of South Korea cinema, even been there a few times. Had no idea off the events in 1980 depicted in this film. Incredible and inspiring the lengths people will go to for freedom and fairness. As ever, it all worked out quite well - it usually does, keep fighting for what you believe in: democratically diverse and open societies where you can fearlessly voice your views without consequence, they're worth fighting for.