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Drive My Car

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• Drama

• 2021
• Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
• 179 mins
• 15

Summary

Drama starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Toko Miura. Two years after a series of personal calamities, troubled theatre director Yusuke travels to Hiroshima to direct a production of Uncle Vanya. During his stay, he is assigned a chauffeur, Misaki, and they gradually develop a friendship.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Calum Baker

Cultures and languages collide in writer/director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's highly original study in grief. Adapted from a short story by Haruki Murakami, the film follows theatre director Yusuke (Hidetoshi Nishijima) as he travels to Hiroshima for a commission, not long after enduring a series of devastating ordeals back home. While there, he builds a relationship with a young woman (Toko Miura) assigned to drive him around town. This is a film about conversations and the gradual evolution of meaningful social connections, and Hamaguchi shoots his exacting script (co-written with Takamasa Oe) in lengthy takes that allow his note-perfect cast to express themselves with an engrossing natural pace. Meanwhile, the conceit of Yusuke's play - he casts actors from different countries, who perform in their native languages - brings the film still more ambition, at its most exciting in those scenes led by non-speaking performer Lee Yoon-a (Park Yurim). The film struck a rare chord with American audiences, to the tune of Oscar nominations for best picture, director and screenplay, and it's not difficult to see why: Drive My Car uses its remarkably unhurried pace to shattering effect.

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7.5/10

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Cast

rolenameYusuke KafukuHidetoshi NishijimaMisaki WatariToko MiuraOto KafukuReika KirishimaKoji TakatsukiMasaki OkadaLee Yoon-aPark Yoo-rim Kon Yoon-suJin Dae-Young

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rolenameDirectorRyûsuke Hamaguchi

Details

Theatrical distributor

Modern Films

Released on

2021-11-19

Languages

English | German | Korean | Indonesian | Malay | Japanese | Tagalog | Indonesian | Chinese

Guidance

Sex scenes

Formats

Colour

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