DRIVE MY CAR - BLU-CRITERION COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 2021
• Genre: Drama, Foreign
• Plot: The Criterion Collection, a continuing series of; important classic and contemporary films, presents; ; ????·??·??; ; RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI; ; ; ; ; DRIVE MY CAR.; ; ; ?? ??; ; ; Only Ryusuke Hamaguchi, with his extraordinary sensitiv; ; ity 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 direc; tor 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 his; tory 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.
• Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada, Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon, Sonia Yuan, Ahn Hwitae, Perry Dizon, Satoko Abe, Hiroko Matsuda, Toshiaki Inomata, Takako Yamamura, Ryô Iwase, Soo-young Park, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Haruki Murakami, Takamasa Oe
• Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
• Runtime: 2:59
• Company: The Criterion Collection, Bitters End, Bungeishunju, C&I Entertainment, Culture Entertainment, Drive My Car Production Committee, Japan Arts Council, Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs, L'espace Vision, Nekojarashi, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K., Quaras, The Asahi Shimbun Company
• Media Format: Movie