A Taxi Driver
2017 · 138 min · Director: Hun Jang, Jang Hoon
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
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 grows more and more serious, and Man-seob keeps thinking of his young daughter at home all alone.
Emotional fingerprint
A Taxi Driver (2017) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Anxiety 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Anxiety, Tension. Genres: Drama, History, Action. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Anxiety and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 7.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Tension
- Sadness
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Tension | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Tension | 42 % | 25 % | 25 % | 22 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 10′ | Empathy | 43 % | 31 % | 25 % | 20 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Tension | 41 % | 25 % | 34 % | 11 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Tension | 41 % | 18 % | 39 % | 4 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Hope | 46 % | 25 % | 39 % | 9 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 38′ | Relief | 51 % | 36 % | 44 % | 19 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Tension | 54 % | 39 % | 51 % | 20 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Tension | 55 % | 40 % | 54 % | 19 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Empathy | 54 % | 43 % | 50 % | 25 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Tension | 57 % | 40 % | 54 % | 29 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Tension | 71 % | 41 % | 70 % | 25 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 79′ | Tension | 84 % | 58 % | 65 % | 38 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 86′ | Sadness | 80 % | 71 % | 35 % | 59 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Empathy | 75 % | 74 % | 39 % | 69 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 100′ | Sadness | 86 % | 81 % | 73 % | 75 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 107′ | Tension | 94 % | 75 % | 89 % | 56 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 114′ | Tension | 90 % | 56 % | 88 % | 31 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 121′ | Tension | 86 % | 60 % | 66 % | 40 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 128′ | Relief | 79 % | 70 % | 28 % | 51 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 135′ | Empathy | 68 % | 67 % | 5 % | 47 % |
Man in a hole
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Driver Sin
Lieutenant Colonel Kwon
Kim Eun-jeong
BBC Reporter David John
Details
- Directed by
- Hun Jang, Jang Hoon
- Written by
- Yu-na Eom, Eom Yu-na
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2017
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Country
- South Korea
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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