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Drive My Car

2021 · 179 min

A quiet, absorbing drive through grief and art, where long conversations and silences slowly open into catharsis.

Tagline
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.
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • guilt
  • isolation
  • art
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Written by
Takamasa Oe, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Starring
Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon, Sonia Yuan, Ahn Hwi-tae
Music
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Cinematography
Hidetoshi Shinomiya, Lee Tae-hun
Runtime
179 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Mandarin, English, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Tagalog

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