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Drive My Car (2021)

Drive My Car (2021)

Drama

Go on living.

Release Date: 2021, August 18
Directors: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Countries: Japan
Production: Bitters End, C&I entertainment, Culture Entertainment, nekojarashi, Quaras, Bungeishunju, Nippan Group Holdings, The Asahi Shimbun, L'espace Vision
Cast: Masaki Okada, Jin Dae-yeon, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Park Yu-rim, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Sonia Yuan, Ahn Hwi-tae, Perry Dizon, Satoko Abe, Hiroko Matsuda, Toshiaki Inomata

Overview:

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

Keywords:

infidelity grief based on short story loss of loved one road trip japan reflective audition sign languages loss of child driver theater play slow cinema sensuality theater director bilingual hiroshima, japan rehearsal old car artistic sex