Drive My Car

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$15.4M

Two years after his wife's unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima), a renowned stage actor and director, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There, he meets Misaki Watari (Toko Miura), a taciturn young woman assigned by the festival to chauffeur him in his beloved red Saab 900. As the production's premiere approaches, tensions mount amongst the cast and crew, not least between Yusuke and Koshi Takatsuki, a handsome TV star who shares an unwelcome connection to Yusuke's late wife. Forced to confront painful truths raised from his past, Yusuke begins - with the help of his driver - to face the haunting mysteries his wife left behind.

🏆 Won 1 Oscar. 94 wins & 108 nominations total

Director

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Cast

Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima

Released

20 August 2021

Runtime

2h 59m

Certificate

Unrated

IMDb rating

7.5 / 10

Votes

74,349

Metascore

91

Rotten Tomatoes

97%

Box office

$2,352,240

Budget

$1,300,000

Edition

Base