DRIVE MY CAR

By Ryusuke HAMAGUCHI

VARIANCE FILMS - as DISTR / CONS

Drama - Completed 2021


Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2021
Competition Best Screenplay
Toronto - TIFF 2021
Special Presentations
San Sebastian FF 2021
Out of Competition
Busan IFF 2021
Gala Presentation
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE, KOREAN, ENGLISH, CANTONESE, MANDARIN, TAGALOG, INDONESIAN, GERMAN, MALAYSIAN
    • Duration
    • 179 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ryusuke HAMAGUCHI
    • Writer(s)
    • Ryusuke HAMAGUCHI, Oe TAKAMASA
    • Producer(s)
    • Yamamoto TERUHISA
    • Synopsis
    • Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima), a stage actor and director is happily married to Oto (Reika Kirishima), a screenwriter. However, Oto suddenly dies after leaving behind a secret. Two years later, Kafuku, still unable to fully cope with the loss of his wife, receives an offer to direct a play at a theater festival and drives to Hiroshima with his car. There, he meets Misaki (Toko Miura), a reticent woman assigned to become his chauffeur. As they spend time together, Kafuku confronts the mystery of his wife that quietly haunts him.