Thursday, December 12, 2024

Tag: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Drive My Car (2021)

Title: Drive My Car
Rating: NR
Directed by: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Written by: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe
Based on the short story by: Haruki Murakami
Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, and Masaki Okada
Release Date: 11/24/2021
Running Time: 159 minutes

IMDb

What did you think of this film?

Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is a successful stage actor and director, married to Oto (Reika Kirishima), a beautiful playwright with many secrets, with whom he shares a beautiful life, a painful past, and a fruitful artistic collaboration. When Oto dies suddenly, Kafuku is left with the many unanswered questions their relationship has always posed, and regret over his inability to truly understand her. Two years later, still incapable of fully coping with his loss, he accepts an offer to direct a play at a theatre festival and drives to Hiroshima in his immaculate, flaming red Saab 900. At his destination, having to comply with the strict festival rules, he will have to let Misaki Watari (Toko Miura), a taciturn young woman and a very skilled chauffeur, drive his car.


Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No