film "A Taxi Driver"
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"A Taxi Driver" is a South Korean historical drama film that follows a Seoul cab driver who unwittingly becomes involved in documenting the 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy uprising alongside a German journalist.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Taxi Driver (2017 film) | 1 |
| Rough Cut, Secret Reunion, The Front Line, A Taxi Driver | 1 |
| film "A Taxi Driver" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6730208 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: film "A Taxi Driver" Context triple: [Gwangju Uprising, subjectOf, film "A Taxi Driver"]
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film "New York, New York"
"New York, New York" is a 1977 musical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro, known for its jazz-infused portrayal of postwar New York and its iconic title song.
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B.
Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver is a 1976 psychological drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, renowned for its gritty portrayal of urban alienation and Robert De Niro’s iconic performance as a disturbed New York City cab driver.
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C.
film "Streets"
"Streets" is a crime drama film featuring rapper and actor Beanie Sigel in a gritty urban setting.
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D.
film "Sid and Nancy"
"Sid and Nancy" is a 1986 biographical drama film that chronicles the tumultuous relationship between Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen amid the late-1970s punk rock scene.
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E.
Night and the City
Night and the City is a 1992 neo-noir crime drama film, a remake of the 1950 classic, centered on a small-time lawyer’s desperate plunge into the criminal underworld of New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: film "A Taxi Driver" Target entity description: "A Taxi Driver" is a South Korean historical drama film that follows a Seoul cab driver who unwittingly becomes involved in documenting the 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy uprising alongside a German journalist.
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A.
film "New York, New York"
"New York, New York" is a 1977 musical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro, known for its jazz-infused portrayal of postwar New York and its iconic title song.
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B.
Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver is a 1976 psychological drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, renowned for its gritty portrayal of urban alienation and Robert De Niro’s iconic performance as a disturbed New York City cab driver.
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C.
film "Streets"
"Streets" is a crime drama film featuring rapper and actor Beanie Sigel in a gritty urban setting.
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D.
film "Sid and Nancy"
"Sid and Nancy" is a 1986 biographical drama film that chronicles the tumultuous relationship between Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen amid the late-1970s punk rock scene.
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E.
Night and the City
Night and the City is a 1992 neo-noir crime drama film, a remake of the 1950 classic, centered on a small-time lawyer’s desperate plunge into the criminal underworld of New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
South Korean film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | true events of the Gwangju Uprising ⓘ |
| boxOffice | over 100 million US dollars worldwide ⓘ |
| boxOfficeAdmissions | over 12 million admissions in South Korea ⓘ |
| character |
Jürgen Hinzpeter
ⓘ
Kim Man‑seob ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Go Nak‑seon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Korea ⓘ |
| director | Jang Hoon ⓘ |
| distributor |
Showbox
ⓘ
linked to:
Showbox Entertainment
|
| editedBy |
Kim Sang‑beom
ⓘ
linked to:
Kim Sang-bum
|
| filmingLocation | South Korea ⓘ |
| filmMusicBy |
Jo Yeong‑wook
ⓘ
linked to:
Jo Yeong-wook
|
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ |
| hasAward |
Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Film
ⓘ
linked to:
Blue Dragon Film Award
Grand Bell Award for Best Film ⓘ |
| language | Korean ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Gwangju Uprising ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (South Korean submission) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commercial and critical success in South Korea
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depicting the 1980 Gwangju pro‑democracy uprising ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Korean ⓘ |
| portrays |
a German journalist documenting the Gwangju Uprising
ⓘ
a Seoul taxi driver involved in the Gwangju pro‑democracy uprising ⓘ |
| producer |
Choi Ki‑sup
ⓘ
Park Un‑kyoung ⓘ |
| productionCompany | The Lamp ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2017-08-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 137 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Eom Yu‑na ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Gwangju
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Seoul ⓘ |
| setInTime | 1980 ⓘ |
| starring |
Ryu Jun‑yeol
ⓘ
Song Kang‑ho ⓘ
linked to:
Song Kang-ho
Thomas Kretschmann ⓘ Yoo Hae‑jin ⓘ
linked to:
Yoo Hae-jin
|
| theme |
civic resistance
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democracy movement ⓘ journalism ⓘ political repression ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: film "A Taxi Driver" Description of subject: "A Taxi Driver" is a South Korean historical drama film that follows a Seoul cab driver who unwittingly becomes involved in documenting the 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy uprising alongside a German journalist.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: film "A Taxi Driver"
linked to: film "A Taxi Driver"