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

TokyoHiroshima

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

1952
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2003
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1949
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Urbandir. Yasujirō Ozu
2003
Lost in Translation
Tokyo — 2000s
Urbandir. Sofia Coppola
1998
Perfect Blue
Tokyo — 1990s
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
2023
Perfect Days
Tokyo — 2020s
Urbandir. Wim Wenders

Drive My Car

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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