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A Taxi Driver
Why this pick
Like Dongju, it turns Korean history into an intimate moral journey, following an ordinary man whose growing witness to state violence becomes quietly stirring rather than triumphalist.
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MOVIE2016 1h 51m KOR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The story follows the life of poet Yun Dong-ju and his eventual imprisonment by the Japanese government for being involved in the Korean independence movement.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kang Ha-neul
Yun Dong-Ju
Park Jeong-min
Song Mong-Gyu
Choi Hee-seo
Kumi
Min Jin-woong
Kang Cheo-joong