2021 · 179 min · NR

Drive My Car

Name: Drive My Car
Genre: Drama
Released: 2021
Duration: 179 min
Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Park Yu-rim

Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi · Drama

Drive My Car (2021) is a Drama film, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi set in Tokyo and Hiroshima during the 2020s. It runs 179 minutes and is rated NR.

Themes of grief & loss, guilt & shame, and memory & nostalgia play out through frame narrative.

Composer

Eiko IshibashiYoshitaka Fujimoto

Cinematography

Hidetoshi ShinomiyaLee Tae-hun

Cast

Hidetoshi NishijimaToko MiuraMasaki OkadaReika KirishimaPark Yu-rimJin Dae-yeonSonia YuanAhn Hwi-tae

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Tokyo Hiroshima

Setting

Urban

When

2020s

Premise & themes

Themes

Grief & Loss Guilt & Shame Memory & Nostalgia

Structure

Frame Narrative

Tone

MelancholicContemplative

Shape

Protagonist

Two Hander

Pacing

Slow Burn

Dialogue

Talky Dialogue Driven

Based on

Pure Fiction

1962
An Autumn Afternoon
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Urbandir. Yasujirō Ozu
1967
Branded to Kill
Tokyo — 1960s
Urbandir. Seijun Suzuki
1997
Cure
Tokyo — 1990s
Urbandir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
1948
Drunken Angel
Tokyo — 1940s
Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
1951
Early Summer
Kamakura · Tokyo — 1950s
Urban · Suburbandir. Yasujirō Ozu
1969
Funeral Parade of Roses
Tokyo — 1960s
Urbandir. Toshio Matsumoto

Drive My Car

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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