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The period film also closed this year’s 21st edition of the genre-oriented festival - the first time a Korean movie was given the honor. Veteran actor Song Kang-ho was named Best Actor at Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival for his role in “A Taxi Driver” on Wednesday, local time. Song Kang-ho named best actor at film festival This image released by Showbox is a scene from "A Taxi Driver." 4, 2017 The period drama starring Song Kang-ho and German actor Thomas Kretschmann tells the story of a Seoul taxi driver named Man-seop who happens to take German reporter Jurgen Hinzpeter to Gwangju, some 330 kilometers south of Seoul, for a big money offer and witnesses the horrors of the bloody military crackdown on the May 18 uprising. The pace is the same as "Roaring Currents," the most-viewed film ever in South Korea and "The Battleship Island" which recently topped the 5-million mark.Īs of 12:50 p.m., "A Taxi Driver" takes up 52.1 percent of all tickets reserved for the day with "The Battleship Island" in a distant second with 15.6 percent.
"A Taxi Driver" hit the milestone at about 11:45 a.m., according to the computerized box office tally from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). 3 ( Yonhap) - A Korean film about the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju surpassed 1 million in admissions on its second day of run, data showed Thursday. 'A Taxi Driver' tops 1 million in attendance on 2nd day The animated Hollywood film "Despicable Me 3" took third place, adding 190,001 viewers to its domestic total of 1.92 Jason Jasebechervaise It was available on 1,108 screens, down from 2,027 on its first day.īased on the history of Japan's Hashima Island, better known as Battleship Island after its resemblance to a warship, during World War II, the film tells the story of hundreds of Korean forced laborers who risk their lives to escape. "The Battleship Island" attracted 248,021 moviegoers on its eight day of run, bringing the accumulated number of views to 5.18 million. "A Taxi Driver" was screened 7,068 times on 1,446 screens across the country.ĭirected by Jang Hoon, the movie tells the story of a Seoul taxi driver named Man-seop who happens to take German reporter Jurgen Hinzpeter to Gwangju, some 330 kilometers south of Seoul, for a big money offer and witnesses the horrors of the bloody military crackdown on the May 18 uprising. The period drama starring Song Kang-ho and German actor Thomas Kretschmann conquered the previous one-week leader, selling a total of 697,858 tickets on Wednesday, according to the computerized box office tally from the Korean Film Council. 3 ( Yonhap) - "A Taxi Driver" on the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju dethroned fellow Korean historical blockbuster "The Battleship Island" at the box office on its opening day, data showed Thursday. 'A Taxi Driver' dethrones 'The Battleship Island' on opening day
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