'A Taxi Driver' trivia and fun facts

On the race for the Oscar

The film was South Korea's submission to the Foreign Language Film Award of the 90th Annual Academy Awards.

Not exactly him

Daniel Joey Albright's voice is dubbed over in his brief appearance as a BBC reporter.

Censhorship

The film is forbidden in China because of the plot of "suppression of the masses by the armed government with tanks", something similar to what happened in China in 1989.