Drive My Car
Only Ryusuke Hamaguchi, with his extraordinary sensitivity to the mysterious resonances of human interactions, could sweep up international awards (including the Oscar for Best International Feature) and galvanize audiences everywhere with a pensive three-hour movie—presented in nine languages and adapted from Haruki Murakami stories—about an experimental staging of an Anton Chekhov play. With Drive My Car, the Japanese director has confirmed his place among contemporary cinema’s most vital voices. Two years after his wife’s unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima) arrives in Hiroshima to direct a production of Uncle Vanya for a theater festival and, through relationships with an actor (Masaki Okada) with whom he shares a tangled history and a chauffeur (Toko Miura) with whom he develops a surprising rapport, finds himself facing up to his emotional scars. This quietly mesmerizing tale of love, art, grief, and healing is ultimately a cathartic exploration of what it means to go on living when there seems to be no road ahead.
Director-Approved Blu-Ray Special Edition Features
- New 2K digital master, approved by director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New interview with Hamaguchi
- Program about the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with actors Reika Kirishima, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki Okada, Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon, and others
- Press conference footage from the film’s premiere at the 2021 Cannes International Film Festival
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by author Bryan Washington
New cover by Jason Hardy
Director-Approved Blu-Ray Special Edition Features
- New 2K digital master, approved by director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New interview with Hamaguchi
- Program about the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with actors Reika Kirishima, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki Okada, Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon, and others
- Press conference footage from the film’s premiere at the 2021 Cannes International Film Festival
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by author Bryan Washington
New cover by Jason Hardy
Cast
- Hidetoshi Nishijima
- Yusuke Kafuku
- Toko Miura
- Misaki Watari
- Reika Kirishima
- Oto Kafuku
- Masaki Okada
- Koshi Takatsuki
- Park Yu-rim
- Lee Yoon-a
- Kon Yoon-su
- Jin Dae-yeon
- Sonia Yuan
- Janice Chang
- An Fite
- Ryu Jeong-eui
- Perry Dizon
- Roy Lucelo
- Satoko Abe
- Yuhara
- Hiroko Matsuda
- Yumi Eto
- Toshiaki Inomata
- Takashi Kimura
- Takako Yamamura
- Kaoru Komagata
Credits
- Director
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Cowritten by
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Takamasa Oe
- Based on the short stories “Drive My Car,” “Scheherazade,” and “Kino” by
- Haruki Murakami
- Assistant-directed by
- Naoki Watanabe
- Takamasa Oe
- Edited by
- Azusa Yamazaki
- Music by
- Eiko Ishibashi
- Produced by
- Teruhisa Yamamoto
- Associate-produced by
- Tamon Kondo
- Lee Eun-kyoung
- Executive-produced by
- Kazuo Nakanishi
- Yuji Sadai
- Cinematography by
- Hidetoshi Shinomiya
- Lighting director
- Taiki Takai
- Sound operator
- Kadoaki Izuta
- Production designer
- Seo Hyeon-sun
- Set decorator
- Mami Kagamoto
- Costume designer
- Haruki Koketsu
- Hair and makeup by
- Haruko Ichikawa
Trailer for Drive My Car
