Drive My Car

About Drive My Car

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.

Drive My Car (2021) is a drama film directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. The film is filed under based on short story, reflective, theater play, and sign languages.

Hidetoshi Nishijima stars as Yūsuke Kafuku, Toko Miura as Misaki Watari, Masaki Okada as Kōshi Takatsuki, and Reika Kirishima as Oto Kafuku. It runs 179 minutes and was released in August 2021.

The screenplay is by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe. It was produced by Culture Entertainment and Nippan Group Holdings. It streams on Criterion Channel in the United States.

Demolition, Pieces of a Woman, and Birth make useful companions to Drive My Car, all filed under grief, infidelity, and loss of loved one. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 1,569 votes and it carries a NR rating.