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A Taxi Driver (Korean title: 택시운전사, Taeksi unjeonsa) is a 2017 Korean thriller-drama film. Set in 1980 during the military dictatorship and martial law of Chun Doo-hwan, the film, which is based on true events, follows Kim Man-seob (Song Kang-ho), a poor taxi driver from Seoul who offers to drive German journalist Jürgen "Peter" Hinzpeter (Thomas Kretschmann) to the blockaded city of Gwangju during the Gwangju Uprising, unaware of the military's severe crackdown on the city's protesting citizens. Despite the mostly-fictional depiction of the taxi driver who drove the real Jürgen Hinzpeter to Gwangju, the film still received local and international acclaim for its unique depiction of the Gwangju Uprising, and was nominated as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 90th Academy Awards.
The following weapons were used in the film A Taxi Driver:
Pistols
Colt M1911A1
The officers of the ROK Army's Defense Security Command use Colt M1911A1s as their sidearm.
Semi-Automatic Rifles
M1 Carbine
The soldiers at the ROK Army's blockade of Gwangju use the M1 Carbine.
Assault Rifles
Colt M16A1
The Colt M16A1 is used by the ROK Army throughout the film.
Machine Guns
Browning M1919A6
A Browning M1919A6 is seen at the ROK Army's blockade of a road to Gwangju.
Other
Smoke canister launchers
Smoke canister launchers are used by the ROK Army to disperse the rioters throughout the film.