A Taxi Driver Page #7

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Hi.

Mr.Hinzpeter?

Yes.

Our system shows that you have a flight

booked for tomorrow at 10am?

Yes, but I'm somehow here today,

so I'd like to get onto the first flight out

to Japan and make it first class.

For your daughter.

This is for me?

Thank you.

Please give me your phone number.

What?

Your taxi. I'd like to pay for all the damage.

I'll get the news broadcast,

then come right back to Korea.

I'll call you when I return.

Ah, I forgot to buy cigarettes.

Please.

(Sa-Bok Cigarettes)

Here you are.

Hey, stop that!

You're a good man.

You did a good job.

You... you good job too.

Learn Korean, before you come next time.

Come back, speak Korean, okay?

Okay.

Go on.

The curfew starts soon.

Did your dad run off? Cause he's so poor?

Sang-gu! Stop bothering your friend!

But she hit me first!

How'd you end up that way?

Eun-jung, come have some fruit. Get in!

Daddy!

Eun-jung.

I'm sorry.

You waited so long...

Daddy, why are you crying?

Daddy...

There's still no end in sight

to the democratic uprising

in the Korean city of Gwang-ju.

From looking at the wounded,

we can witness the violence done

to protesters in the last two days.

The army has blockaded the city

and cut off all telephone and telex.

According to military sources,

as of Wednesday,

there have been 9 deaths and

about 60 people were injured.

However, students and protesters

mention much higher figures,

Are you sure you searched everywhere?

Yes, but there's no taxi driver with this name.

(Kim Sa-bok)

So even the number is wrong.

Kim Sa-bok may not be his real name.

It might be better not to look for him.

(December-2003)

It is a great honor for me to

receive this award here in Korea.

I still remember the faces of

the citizens I met in Gwang-ju,

that spring of 1980.

And I will never forget.

But there is one face

in particular that I miss dearly.

My brave friend, Kim Sa-bok.

He is a taxi driver.

Hey.

Hey, young man!

Sorry, sir. I only have 10,000 won.

That's fine. Go on.

Thank you!

Watch your step.

Hey, wait!

Without him, news of the Gwang-ju Uprising

would have never reached the world.

Oh my.

I'm afraid my words fail to express my gratitude,

but you're always in my thoughts.

Mr. Kim, my dear friend.

but you're always in my thoughts.

Mr. Kim, my dear friend.

Thank you.

I've missed you.

I'll keep waiting.

I hope to see you again soon.

(He said if not for Kim Sa-bok's help

he could never have made the report,

and he wishes to see him again.)

I'm more grateful to you.

Thank you, thank you.

I wanted to see you again, too.

At least I see you like this.

You've grown old too.

Hello, where to?

To Gwanghwamun, please.

Gwanghwamun, okay.

With the help of a taxi-driver Kim Sa-Bok, reporter Hinzpeter could risk his life

and spread actual news of distressed Gwang-ju to the world.

After May,1980 Hinzpeter had searched for Kim Sa-Bok ,

but he couldn't meet him again and died in January,2016

Hinzpeter on November,2015

It would be truly wonderful

if I could meet you again.

Oh... really, I'd be happy beyond words.

If I could find you through this footage,

and then meet you once again,

I would just be so happy.

I'd rush over to Seoul in an instant,

ride with you in your taxi,

and see the new Korea.

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