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7.4	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 141 Ratings

Drive My Car

Janus Film | Release Date: November 24, 2021

Summary: 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 Koji 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. Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s short story. [Janus Films]

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Runtime:	179 min
Rating:	Not Rated
Official Site:	https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2040
Production:	Bitters End
Genres:	Drama
Country:	JP
Language:	Japanese
Home Release Date:	Jul 19, 2022

Director	Credit
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi	Director

Writer	Credit
Haruki Murakami	Short Story
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi	Screenplay
Takamasa Oe	Written By

Principal Cast	Credit
Ann Fite	Principal Cast
Dae-Young Jin	Kon Yoon-Su
Hidetoshi Nishijima	Yûsuke Kafuku
Masaki Okada	Kôji Takatsuki
Perry Dizon	Principal Cast
Reika Kirishima	Oto, Kafuku's Wife
Satoko Abe	Yuhara
Sonia Yuan	Janice Chan
Tôko Miura	Misaki Watari
Yoo-rim Park	Lee Yoon-A

Producer	Credit
Jin Suzuki	Producer
Kazuo Nakanishi	Executive Producer
Keiji Okumura	Producer
Misaki Kawamura	Producer
Osamu Kubota	Producer
Sachio Matsushita	Producer
Tamon Kondô	Associate Producer
Teruhisa Yamamoto	Producer
Tsuyoshi Gorô	Producer
Yoshito Nakabe	Producer
Yuji Sadai	Executive Producer