Drive My Car
Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
2021Feature179 minJapan14A
Two years after his wife's death, a grieving actor-director heading to Hiroshima to stage a play forms an unlikely bond with his reticent chauffeur.
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.
The director
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Ryusuke Hamaguchi is a Japanese writer-director known for intimate, dialogue-rich dramas. Drive My Car won the Academy Award for Best International Feature, and Evil Does Not Exist won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice in 2023.
