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Drive My Car( 2021)

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Go on living.

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Hidetoshi Nishijima

      Yūsuke Kafuku

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      Toko Miura

      Misaki Watari

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      Masaki Okada

      Kōshi Takatsuki

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      Reika Kirishima

      Oto Kafuku

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      Park Yu-rim

      Lee Yoo-na

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      Jin Dae-yeon

      Gong Yoon-su

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      Sonia Yuan

      Janice Chang

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      Ahn Hwi-tae

      Ryu Jong-ui

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      Perry Dizon

      Roy Rossello

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      Satoko Abe

      Yuzuhara

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      Hiroko Matsuda

      Yumi Etô

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      Toshiaki Inomata

      Takashi Kimura

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      Takako Yamamura

      Kaoru Komagata

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      Ryo Iwase

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      Faisal Anwar

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      Kamal Zharif

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      Massimo Biondi

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      Shoichiro Tanigawa

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      Yoshinori Miyata

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      Keiko Nishi

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      Saki Suzuki

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Mar 27 2022
    "Kafuku" (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is an accomplished stage actor who is directing a performance of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" with a group of young actors. He arrives at the venue in his red Saab motor car, determined that only he will drive himself. That's not the policy of the theatre, though, and soon he is placed in the capable hands of the somewhat laconic "Misaki" (Tôko Miura) and as the two start to get used to one and other, and he starts to get to know his new cast, the story unfolds revealing his past - his marriage to a famous playwright that ended in tragedy, and of his driver's own demon...

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    Videos 15Backdrops 39Posters 86

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1300000.00

    Revenue

    15356046.00

    Keywords

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