Drive My Car

Name: Drive My Car
Genre: Drama
Released: 2022-06-21
Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Park Yurim

When a sudden tragedy shakes your world, you welcome any kind of anchor. For Kafuku, a theater director, this is being able to drive his car every day, but then the theater assigns him a personal driver against his will. Even so, there is a positive side to this unexpected companion.

Doraibu mai kâ

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Japan 2021

Japanese

Czech

179 min.

12+

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This film is available until 31. 1. 2030 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.

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About

Shortly after taking home the Grand Jury Prize from the Berlinale for Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi enchanted audiences in Cannes, where his intimate, obliquely told story characterized by understated dialogues and silent but layered scenes rightly earned him the Best Screenplay award.

Credits

Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Based on: Haruki Murakami

Screenplay: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe

Cinematography: Hidetoshi Shinomiya

Music: Eiko Ishibashi

Editing: Azusa Yamazaki

Production Design: Hyeon-Seon Seo

Producer: Teruhisa Yamamoto

Co-production: Tamon Kondô, Eun-Kyoung Lee

Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Park Yurim

Director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Selected filmography: Happy Hour (Happî awâ, 2015), Asako I & II (Netemo sametemo, 2018), Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Gûzen to sôzô, 2021), Drive My Car (Doraibu mai kâ, 2021).

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