New Late Night E News

Hello, dear viewers. I am your host, Kim Gu Ra.

Hello, I am Park Sun Young.

It was so hot last week. - It was so hot.

Many people went on vacation.

But drama shoots are pre-scheduled,

so you sometimes have to shoot outside under the blazing sun.

It's really tough.

We'd like to appreciate all the crew and actors...

for their hard work.

We should be thankful, right? - Yes, we should be thankful.

I love them. - It was so unlike you to say it,

and it really surprised me.

Thank you, everyone. - Well,

it's a blessing that we get to shoot in an air-conditioned studio.

Thank you. - But we can't take days off.

Right. - We must have a lot of news.

There are no breaks in the entertainment industry.

Small and big news have continuously been breaking out.

I will shortly deliver the news. Save it.

I think he won't be able to do that again now.

The person who originally came up with that idea will be on the show.

The person who first did it.

Please look forward to it, and stay tuned.

Goodness.

I'm sorry. - You both need to be punished.

Oh, no. - You need to be punished.

I can't wait to see the person who originally did it.

There's no off-season in New Late Night E News.

I heard that someone who normally doesn't go first...

is reporting first today.

It's Mr. Shin Gi Ju.

I was always the last one.

But I am the lead today.

It's not because I am great.

It's because the news that I'm about to deliver is urgent.

Is that right? - In just five days,

"A Taxi Driver" has hit the four million viewer mark.

In just five days? - It's an unprecedented record.

I analyzed how "A Taxi Driver"...

is dramatically attracting so many viewers.

Last week, a lot of people paid attention to this film.

"A Taxi Driver".

"A Taxi Driver". - "A Taxi Driver".

It beat "The Battleship Island" and topped the box office.

Hitting the 4.3 million viewer mark in just 5 days,

it showed its strength.

Considering the performance record of other hit films,

it is most likely that it will hit the 10 million viewer mark soon.

Is it already time to talk about the 10 million viewer mark?

The audience and the actors...

shared a special story through the film.

You've all seen the film, right?

Yes! - Yes!

Our movie is good, right? - It's great.

I think it was worth the effort to film the movie.

Thank you for enjoying our movie.

We'll get going now. Thank you.

What aspect of the movie touched the viewers' hearts?

In May 1980, Man Seob, an ordinary taxi driver,

takes Peter, a German journalist, to Gwangju.

He witnesses the horrors of the Gwangju Uprising.

"A Taxi Driver" is based on a tragic event in Korean history.

It made my heart pound. - I see.

It made your heart pound? - I felt like I went back in time.

I felt the same feeling I had at that time.

I don't know much about the event...

since I didn't experience it. - Of course.

I learned what exactly happened through this movie.

I was shocked and touched at the same time.

The audience of "A Taxi Driver"...

includes a high proportion of teens and people in their 50s.

However, the viewers in almost all age groups gave rave reviews.

The movie is getting enthusiastic responses.

It became so popular...

that even Prime Minister Lee Nak Yeon watched the movie.

It was fun to watch.

He gathered a group of people to watch the movie with him.

What kind of feelings did he have while watching the movie?

How did you enjoy the movie?

I cried the whole time.

I think the movie depicts the thoughts of Koreans...

that what happened in May 1980 isn't just the past.

It's an on-going situation...

from the past to the present day.

The Gwangju Uprising is a tragic event where citizens fought...

against the new military force to achieve democracy.

During martial law, the military's indiscriminate crackdown...

resulted in about 7,000 injuries in total.

"A Taxi Driver" describes...

the lives of the ordinary people who watched it all happen.

What makes it different from other movies about the uprising...

is the fact that my movie describes Gwangju in May 1980...

from the perspective of...

the German journalist and the taxi driver from Seoul.

The old movies about the Gwangju Uprising...

mostly describe the pain that the victims went through.

Are you a reporter?

Yes, I'm a reporter.

However, "A Taxi Driver"...

describes the horrors of the Gwangju uprising...

strictly from the third person perspective...

of the camera that belongs to Peter, a German journalist.

Peter, played by the German actor Thomas Kretschmann,

is only a journalist who goes to Gwangju to cover the incident.

The movie is inspired by the late Jurgen Hinzpeter, the real Peter.

He was the foreign journalist...

who witnessed the horrible event where citizens of Gwangju...

were brutally killed.

The footage he filmed was used to make a documentary film.

The film was aired across Germany.

It was the first time to let the world know...

the truth of the Gwangju Uprising.

It was shown in Germany. I think the newspaper and my department...

are touched very much by this incident.

Until the end of his life,

he expressed his gratitude for the taxi driver Kim Sa Bok...

who drove him to Gwangju.

The viewpoint of Jurgen Hinzpeter is very important.

But I was also intrigued by the taxi driver Kim Sa Bok.

He's the most important person who leads the story.

The main character is the ordinary taxi driver Kim Man Seob...

whom Song Kang Ho played.

The morning radio show reported, "The mob has been put down."

I still remember listening to the news.

I hoped that I could describe the victims' noblest minds...

through the movie in the most authentic way possible.

I wanted to let many people know about the truth.

I think I did my best in playing my role.

The government took control of the national media in May 1980.

Did they enroll in college so they can protest?

As we follow Man Seob's journey in the movie...

Hi. Where are you going?

Please, write a story about this.

You should've told me you were a reporter.

We come to face the truth that we didn't know.

He doesn't know much of the history, and only thinks about his own life.

But as he witnesses the historical incident,

he realizes that his attitude about life was wrong.

Rather than investigating the truth behind the incident,

the movie allows the viewers to watch...

the tragic history as it is shown through an innocent citizen's eyes.

I intended to create a character that the viewers can...

identify themselves with.

I would like the viewers to follow what Man Seob sees and feels.

That's what I wanted this movie to be about.

Man Seob's taxi from Seoul...

takes us to Gwangju in May 1980.

At that time in Gwangju, there lived ordinary people...

who were only doing their jobs as normal human beings.

They were not rebels committed to the sense of duty and faith.

Let's give a hand!

Promise me. - You're not alone.

Don't worry about us!

When we're brought to the historical moment throughout the movie,

what choice would we make?

In terms of the success... According to yesterday's record,

the movie hit almost 4.9 million views.

The number increases by 600,000 every day.

People already expect it to hit 10 million views.

It's attracting viewers so fast.

More importantly, there's a great desire for people to watch it...

that exceeds the capacity of all the theaters.

As it's suitable for those aged 15 and over, many teenagers watched it.

So Hee, as a teenager, are you interested in this movie too?

I only knew what I learned from the textbook.

The movie made me realize the significance of the history.

There are many movies about the Gwangju Uprising,

including "May 18", right?

While "May 18" tells the story from the victims' perspectives,

"A Taxi Driver" tells the story to the people like us or So Hee...

who didn't know much about the incident through Song Kang Ho.

I see. - I hope the movie will become...

historical material that helps our future generations...

learn the truth and keep it alive.

The first piece of news...

is a social media post of a girl... that broke our hearts last week.

At late night on August 5,

a desperate letter of plea was posted on someone's social media.

The person who wrote it...

was Choi Joon Hee, the daughter of the late Choi Jin Sil...

who passed away nine years ago.

Her post was shocking.

She claimed that her grandmother constantly...

used violence, such as choking.

She even posted a photo of the scars on her hand.

She said that she was outside of her house because there had been...

a commotion and the police went to her house.

What on earth happened to Joon Hee?

All we can tell you is that we have a record of her report.

Could you tell us what her report was about?

I'm not allowed to disclose any personal information.

We heard about the incident from the reporter who covered it.

Who reported to the police? - Joon Hee's brother, Hwan Hee, did.

It seems that they had a problem regarding cleaning the table...

after eating, and the conflict turned into a fight.

They were pushing each other when the police got the report.