Drive My Car (2021)
Doraibu mai kâ (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Unrated
- 2h 59min
- Drama
- 18 Aug 2021 (France)
- Movie
- Won 1 Oscar. Another 95 wins & 109 nominations.
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Cast
Hidetoshi Nishijima | ... |
Yûsuke Kafuku
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Tôko Miura | ... |
Misaki Watari
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Reika Kirishima | ... |
Oto Kafuku, Yûsuke's Wife
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Masaki Okada | ... |
Koji Takatsuki
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Park Yu-rim | ... |
Lee Yoon-a
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Jin Dae-yeon | ... |
Kon Yoon-su
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Sonia Yuan | ... |
Janice Chang
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Ahn Hwitae | ... |
Ryu Jeong-eui
(as An Fite)
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Perry Dizon | ... |
Roy Lucelo
(as Perî Dizon)
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Satoko Abe | ... |
Yuhara
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Hiroko Matsuda | ... |
Yumi Etô
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Toshiaki Inomata | ... |
Takashi Kimura
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Takako Yamamura | ... |
Kaoru Komagata
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Ryô Iwase | ... |
(as Ryo Iwase)
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Faisal Anwar |
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Kamal Zharif |
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Massimo Biondi |
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Shôichirô Tanigawa |
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Keiko Nishi |
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Saki Suzuki |
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Kirika von Schwarsz Kaiser |
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Park Soo-young | ... |
(as Joy)
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Daihachi Yoshida |
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Yoshinori Miyata |
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Takao Kin |
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Satoshi Taigi |
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Tetsuya Fukami |
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Hiro Ueno |
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Tami Maeda |
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Lee Geongem |
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Hiroshi Sumida |
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Ai Tomonaga |
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Tama Rindo |
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Kôtarô Wada |
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Kensuke Kusano |
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Directed by
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi |
Written by
Haruki Murakami | ... | (short story) |
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | ... | () |
Takamasa Ôe | ... | () (as Takamasa Oe) |
Produced by
Tsuyoshi Gorô | ... | co-executive producer |
Madoka Kagoike | ... | assistant producer |
Misaki Kawamura | ... | co-executive producer |
Tamon Kondô | ... | associate producer |
Osamu Kubota | ... | co-executive producer |
Eun-Kyoung Lee | ... | associate producer: Korean unit |
Sachio Matsushita | ... | co-executive producer (as Yukio Matsushita) |
Yoshihito Nakabe | ... | co-executive producer |
Kazuo Nakanishi | ... | executive producer |
Keiji Okumura | ... | co-executive producer |
Yûji Sadai | ... | executive producer |
Hitoyuki Suzuki | ... | co-executive producer |
Teruhisa Yamamoto | ... | producer (as Akihisa Yamamoto) |
Music by
Eiko Ishibashi |
Cinematography by
Hidetoshi Shinomiya |
Editing by
Azusa Yamazaki |
Editorial Department
Eiji Ishibashi | ... | technical director |
Daisuke Kawashima | ... | lab coordinator |
Yumeto Kitayama | ... | color grading |
Keito Matsui | ... | assistant editor |
Tsuneko Matsuo | ... | data conform |
Issei Nakano | ... | on-line editor |
Kôji Okada | ... | lab manager (as Koji Okada) |
Aya Shintani | ... | digital cinema mastering |
Cícero Vasconcellos | ... | post-production assistant |
Production Design by
Hyeon-Seon Seo |
Art Direction by
Kensaki Jo |
Set Decoration by
Mami Kagamoto | ... | (as Asami Kagamoto) |
Costume Design by
Haruki Koketsu |
Makeup Department
Atsuko Ichikawa | ... | hair stylist (as Haruko Ichikawa) / makeup artist (as Haruko Ichikawa) |
Rina Komoto | ... | additional hair stylist / additional make-up artist |
Yûichi Matsui | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Chika Onizuka | ... | assistant hair stylist / key makeup artist |
Tamiko Sonobe | ... | assistant hair stylist / assistant makeup artist |
Mikako Takamura | ... | additional hair stylist / additional make-up artist |
Chihiro Taki | ... | assistant hair stylist / assistant makeup artist |
Production Management
Sang-gi Choi | ... | executive in charge of production: Culture Entertainment |
Yûsaku Emoto | ... | executive in charge of production: Bitters End |
Miho Fukui | ... | executive in charge of production: Nekojarashi |
Satoshi Gotô | ... | executive in charge of production: Culture Entertainment |
Masahiro Handa | ... | executive in charge of production: The Asahi Shimbun Company |
Hiromi Imagawa | ... | executive in charge of production: Bitters End |
Takeshi Katayama | ... | executive in charge of production: Nippon Shuppan Hanbai |
Bora Kim | ... | additional production assistant: Korean unit |
Cheong-hwi Ko | ... | additional production assistant: Korean unit |
Yukari Koike | ... | executive in charge of production: Nekojarashi |
Naoko Komuro | ... | executive in charge of production: Culture Entertainment |
Han-Hyung Lee | ... | additional production assistant: Korean unit |
Keiji Maeda | ... | executive in charge of production: Quaras |
Kazuya Matsukura | ... | production manager: Hokkaido unit |
Takashi Matsuura | ... | executive in charge of production: The Asahi Shimbun Company |
Masataka Minamitate | ... | executive in charge of production: Quaras |
Takayuki Morine | ... | executive in charge of production: Quaras |
Satoko Nakagawa | ... | production manager |
Satoru Negishi | ... | executive in charge of production: Nippon Shuppan Hanbai |
Mizuho Noguchi | ... | executive in charge of production: Nippon Shuppan Hanbai |
Shigeki Okawa | ... | executive in charge of production: Bungeishunjû |
Shigeta Sakai | ... | executive in charge of production: The Asahi Shimbun Company |
Kie Sasaki | ... | executive in charge of production: Nekojarashi |
Yasunari Satake | ... | executive in charge of production: Bitters End |
Natsumi Shirahama | ... | executive in charge of production: Nippon Shuppan Hanbai |
Hiromichi Suganuma | ... | executive in charge of production: C&I Entertainment |
Tomoo Suzuki | ... | executive in charge of production: L'espace Vision |
Yôji Suzuki | ... | executive in charge of production: Bungeishunjû |
Arito Tago | ... | executive in charge of production: The Asahi Shimbun Company |
Kimiaki Tasaka | ... | executive in charge of production: L'espace Vision |
Daisuke Tôyama | ... | executive in charge of production: Culture Entertainment |
Hisashi Yamaguchi | ... | executive in charge of production: C&I Entertainment |
Kenichi Yamazaki | ... | executive in charge of production: Quaras |
Min-Young Yoon | ... | additional production assistant: Korean unit |
Elly Yun | ... | additional production assistant: Korean unit |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kazuya Endô | ... | additional assistant director |
Bo-Young Ha | ... | assistant director: Korean unit |
Hayato Kawai | ... | first assistant director |
Kanna Kimura | ... | assistant director |
Hiroki Kubota | ... | first assistant director |
Gun-woo Lee | ... | assistant director: Korean unit |
Koki Muramoto | ... | assistant director |
Yôsuke Nakamura | ... | assistant director |
Akinori Tsuchiyama | ... | assistant director |
Naoki Watanabe | ... | chief assistant director |
Takamasa Ôe | ... | chief assistant director (as Takamasa Oe) |
Art Department
Nobuhiro Ariyoshi | ... | assistant art director |
Tianhao Du | ... | additional art assistant |
Teruhisa Fujii | ... | additional art assistant |
Yayoi Fukuda | ... | property master |
Juntarô Fukuoka | ... | additional art assistant |
Ayu Hasuike | ... | additional art assistant |
Nao Idei | ... | property master |
Shuko Kamoji | ... | additional art assistant |
Kiyoshi Kawahara | ... | construction coordinator |
Kanae Kawata | ... | additional art assistant |
Eun-hee Kim | ... | additional art assistant |
Nana Kitaji | ... | additional art assistant |
Yasuhiro Kitaoka | ... | additional art assistant |
Tong Liu | ... | additional art assistant |
Akiko Matsuba | ... | additional art assistant |
Toshiaki Mizumori | ... | construction coordinator |
Keisuke Nakajima | ... | additional art assistant |
Masato Nunobe | ... | additional art assistant |
Akio Saitô | ... | assistant art director (as Akio Saito) |
Yihui Sun | ... | additional art assistant |
Akitomo Suzuki | ... | construction coordinator |
Wook Tae | ... | additional art assistant |
Kazuyuki Takahashi | ... | construction coordinator |
Tomoyuki Tokuda | ... | construction coordinator |
Shûsaku Tsukamoto | ... | additional art assistant |
Huiru Wang | ... | additional art assistant |
Shintarô Yamada | ... | additional art assistant |
Kana Yoshitake | ... | additional art assistant |
Sound Department
Jun-Yeong Go | ... | sound: Korean unit |
Miyuki Horiuchi | ... | foley artist |
Kadoaki Izuta | ... | sound |
Renmei Izuta | ... | sound recordist |
Naoki Jôno | ... | additional sound assistant (as Naoki Jouno) |
Miki Nomura | ... | re-recording mixer |
Tatsuya Obo | ... | sound editor |
Eul-bin Park | ... | assistant sound editor |
Kiyomi Samukawa | ... | additional sound assistant |
Kazuki Suzuki | ... | boom operator |
Visual Effects by
Shôta Asakawa | ... | compositor: Spade & Co. (as Shota Asakawa) |
Alexander Batuev | ... | visual effects artist: Sultamedia FX |
Aleksandr Chiknayev | ... | visual effects artist: Sultamedia FX (as Alexander Chiknaev) |
Ryôta Deishi | ... | compositor: Spade & Co. (as Ryota Deishi) |
Mei Hanawa | ... | visual effects producer: Spade & Co. |
Kurt Hanson | ... | visual effects artist: Sultamedia FX |
Nao Ichihara | ... | on set supervisor: Spade & Co. |
Tadashi Iida | ... | cg director: Spade & Co. |
Joseph Knaff | ... | visual effects artist: Sultamedia FX |
Kazuyori Kosaka | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Noboru Okano | ... | graphic designer |
Jeff Ong | ... | visual effects artist: Sultamedia FX |
Nikola Panek | ... | visual effects artist: Sultamedia FX |
Nanako Shiba | ... | compositor: Spade & Co. |
Riko Shibata | ... | graphic designer |
Tetsuya Shiraishi | ... | visual effects director: Spade & Co. |
Daiwa Shôji | ... | compositor: Spade & Co. (as Daiwa Shoji) |
Salah Soltane | ... | visual effects director: Sultamedia FX |
Munhyun Song | ... | compositor: Spade & Co. |
Miki Takakuwa | ... | visual effects production manager: Spade & Co. |
Shino Tanaka | ... | compositor: Spade & Co. |
Chihiro Tsuda | ... | visual effects director: Sultamedia FX |
Harune Ueda | ... | compositor: Spade & Co. |
Allen Walker | ... | visual effects artist: Sultamedia FX |
Tammy Washkow | ... | visual effects artist: Sultamedia FX |
Gunter Wenzel | ... | visual effects artist: Sultamedia FX |
Sarah White | ... | visual effects artist: Sultamedia FX |
Omar Wilkins | ... | visual effects artist: Sultamedia FX |
Camera and Electrical Department
Lisa Hiraya | ... | additional lighting assistant |
Mio Hirota | ... | still photographer (as Miow Hirota) |
Kyôko Kanazawa | ... | additional stage lighting |
Dong-ik Kim | ... | camera assistant: Korean unit |
Noriaki Matsudô | ... | additional lighting assistant |
Yosuke Nakatani | ... | electrician |
Hirotomo Nishizaka | ... | additional stage lighting |
Akinori Sadanaga | ... | additional stage lighting |
Yo-han Seo | ... | camera assistant: Korean unit |
Ryûichi Shimokawa | ... | b camera operator |
Yûsuke Shiratori | ... | electrician (as Yusuke Shiratori) |
Lee Tae-hun | ... | cinematographer: Korean unit |
Taiki Takai | ... | gaffer |
Shôgo Takashima | ... | electrician |
Mizuki Tomori | ... | assistant camera |
Akitoshi Tsuda | ... | additional stage lighting |
Rikuo Ueno | ... | additional camera assistant |
Yuka Watanabe | ... | additional stage lighting |
Emiko Yamada | ... | assistant camera |
Takaya Yamada | ... | additional lighting assistant |
Miwo Yamazaki | ... | additional still photographer |
Keita Ônishi | ... | assistant camera (as Keita Oonishi) |
Casting Department
Akiyoshi Imazeki | ... | casting cooperation |
Kristine Kintana | ... | casting cooperation / casting coordinator |
Kôji Kobayashi | ... | extras casting |
Sang-Yoon Lee | ... | casting director: Korean unit |
Annie Liao | ... | casting cooperation |
Ryôichi Sugiyama | ... | casting cooperation |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Serika Furuno | ... | wardrobe master |
Haruki Koketsu | ... | stylist |
Manami Tôgô | ... | additional wardrobe mistress (as Manami Togo) |
Music Department
Yoshitaka Fujimoto | ... | additional composer: Korean unit |
Atsuko Hatano | ... | musician |
Fumihito Hayakawa | ... | coordinator: Toho Studios |
Hiroyasu Hirakawa | ... | music coordinator |
Marty Holoubek | ... | musician |
Yôko Kodama | ... | coordinator of the songs in the film (as Yoko Kodama) |
Shin'ichirô Koshi | ... | technical support: Toho Studios |
Jim O'Rourke | ... | musician |
Toshiaki Sudô | ... | musician |
Chiaki Tachikawa | ... | coordinator: Toho Studios |
Shûichi Ushifusa | ... | coordinator: Toho Studios |
Tatsuhisa Yamamoto | ... | musician |
Transportation Department
Nobuaki Hoshino | ... | driver |
Takuya Ida | ... | driver |
Yûsuke Itsuji | ... | driver |
Ryûji Kosaka | ... | driver |
Takanori Muto | ... | picture vehicle coordinator |
Hiroaki Shimano | ... | driver |
Junya Suetsugu | ... | driver |
Rikiya Tagami | ... | driver |
Satoru Takehana | ... | driver |
Takahiro Taketomi | ... | picture vehicle coordinator |
Kôji Tanaka | ... | driver |
Naoki Taniguchi | ... | driver |
Hideki Tokumasu | ... | driver |
Kan Tsuchida | ... | picture vehicle coordinator |
Takamichi Wakikaido | ... | driver |
Additional Crew
Fumitsugu Abe | ... | production coordinator |
Ryan Adiptra | ... | cooperation |
Hiroki Akaogi | ... | marketing |
Keiko Amano | ... | cooperation |
Shôko Aoki | ... | production coordinator |
Megumi Arita | ... | cooperation |
Seong-Yeon Choi | ... | cooperation |
Yukie Efuku | ... | console operator: Toho Studios |
Satoshi Ezoe | ... | research |
Eve Gabereau | ... | distribution |
Masaru Handa | ... | cooperation |
Hirofumi Hino | ... | medical supervisor |
Azusa Hoshi | ... | marketing director |
Masahiko Hotogi | ... | production coordinator |
Akira Inoue | ... | cooperation |
Kenji Inoue | ... | ophthalmology guidance |
Sae Inoue | ... | marketing |
Mayumi Ishida | ... | stage director |
Mia Isozaki | ... | English subtitles |
Ai Kanemoto | ... | marketing |
Osamu Karasaki | ... | stage supervisor |
Ayaka Kawano | ... | data manager |
Hong-nam Kim | ... | sign language instructor: Korean unit |
Hitoshi Kitagawa | ... | cooperation |
Ayuno Kobayashi | ... | trailer director |
Sonomi Komaba | ... | marketing |
Chika Kondô | ... | cooperation |
Yûta Kusaba | ... | data manager |
Emi Kuwabara | ... | sign language instructor |
Mizy Kwon | ... | coordinator: Korean unit |
Min-jin Lim | ... | cooperation: Korean unit |
Sa-Hyun Lim | ... | sign language instructor |
Keita Mizunami | ... | cooperation |
Tomoko Nishizaki | ... | cooperation |
Yûji Ozaki | ... | police supervisor |
Keisuke Sakuma | ... | cooperation |
Yukie Sanderson | ... | cooperation |
Ai Satô | ... | poster design in the film |
Haruna Satô | ... | production assistant |
Yûki Satô | ... | marketing |
Lynn Song | ... | cooperation |
Tsuyoshi Sugiyama | ... | research |
Junnosuke Tada | ... | research |
Fumiaki Taga | ... | production coordinator |
Yumiko Takashima | ... | sign language interpreter |
Eri Takeda | ... | production secretary |
Tomoyuki Tamagawa | ... | production accountant |
Shôji Tanaka | ... | cooperation |
Tomomi Tsuchiko | ... | trailer director |
Hiro Ueno | ... | English interpreter |
Megumi Yamada | ... | sign language interpreter |
Takashi Yamashita | ... | marketing |
Sakiho Ôhashi | ... | marketing |
Thanks
Cho Eun-hye | ... | special thanks |
Kim Hye-jung | ... | special thanks |
Lee Jang-ho | ... | special thanks (as Jang-ho Lee) |
Na-Kyoung Kim | ... | special thanks |
Ik-soo Lee | ... | special thanks |
Ju-han Lee | ... | special thanks |
Kwak Min-ho | ... | special thanks (as Min-ho Kwak) |
Production Companies
- Bitters End
- Bungeishunju (in association with)
- C&I Entertainment
- Culture Entertainment
- Drive My Car Production Committee
- Japan Arts Council (support)
- Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs (support)
- L'espace Vision (in association with)
- Nekojarashi (in association with)
- Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K. (in association with)
- Quaras (in association with)
- The Asahi Shimbun Company (in association with)
Distributors
- Bitters End (2021) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Diaphana Films (2021) (France) (theatrical)
- Gutek Film (2021) (Poland) (theatrical)
- Janus Films (2021) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Modern Films (2021) (United Kingdom) (subtitled)
- Lighthouse Pictures (2021) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Sister Distribution (2021) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Tucker Film (2021) (Italy)
- Elástica Films (2022) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Exponenta (2022) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Films We Like (2021) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Future Film (2022) (Finland) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (theatrical)
- MUBI (2022) (Argentina) (theatrical) (limited theatrical release)
- O2Play (2022) (Brazil) (theatrical) (as O2 Play)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2021) (Germany) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- September Film (2022) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Sideshow (II) (2022) (United States) (theatrical)
- Diaphana Films (2022) (France) (Blu-ray)
- Diaphana Films (2022) (France) (DVD)
- Exponenta (2022) (Russia) (video)
- Filmin (2022) (Spain)
- HBO Max (2022) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Leopardo Filmes (2022) (Portugal)
- MUBI (2022) (Argentina) (video) (VOD)
- Mubi (2022) (Brazil) (video) (VOD)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2022) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2022) (Germany) (DVD)
- September Film (2022) (Netherlands) (video) (VOD)
- TC Entertainment (2022) (Japan) (Blu-ray)
- TC Entertainment (2022) (Japan) (DVD)
- The Criterion Channel (2024) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2023) (Finland) (tv) (and Internet)
Special Effects
- Spade & Co. (visual effects)
- Sultamedia FX (visual effects)
Other Companies
- 991 Japan (wardrobe)
- A2 Factory (vehicles)
- Abitokyo (wardrobe)
- Ad hoc studios (dubbing facilities provided by)
- All Nippon Airways Co. (cooperation)
- Am Studio (cooperation)
- Anyca (cooperation)
- Art Work Studio (art cooperation)
- Audio Union (art cooperation)
- Bang On (wardrobe)
- Bernet (wardrobe)
- Big Time (wardrobe)
- Blueair (art cooperation)
- DMZ Cafe (cooperation)
- Dracaena (wardrobe)
- ENBU Seminar (extras casting)
- Edifice (wardrobe)
- Engine (vehicles)
- Everfree (cooperation)
- Freak's Store (wardrobe)
- Futurewalks (vehicles)
- Great Lakes Fishery Commission (cooperation)
- Hitanji (cooperation)
- Hyundai (vehicles)
- Jector (cooperation)
- Kasha Tokyo (cooperation)
- Komehyo (wardrobe)
- Lanp (wardrobe)
- Mega Mart (cooperation)
- Mobaren (art cooperation)
- NKL (grip and lighting equipment)
- Nekojarashi (cooperation)
- Nishikawa (art cooperation)
- Noce (art cooperation)
- Oltana (hair and make-up)
- Plage (wardrobe)
- Premium Water (art cooperation)
- Priv. Spoons Club (wardrobe)
- Quadro (wardrobe)
- Recome Across (art cooperation)
- Rice Force (hair and make-up)
- Rimi (research)
- Rinkan (wardrobe)
- SOPH (wardrobe)
- Seoul Movie Works (cooperation)
- Silas (wardrobe)
- Small Change (wardrobe)
- Smile Stage (art cooperation)
- Ssoldot (vehicles)
- The Viridi-anne (wardrobe)
- Tivoli Audio (art cooperation)
- Toho Butai (art cooperation)
- Toho Studios (music recorded and mixed at)
- Tokyo Recycle Imption (art cooperation)
- Tokyo Soir (wardrobe)
- Une Mansion (wardrobe)
- Valon (wardrobe)
- Value Books (art cooperation)
- Wandervogel Films (cooperation)
- Zoa Films (cooperation)
- mirroRliar (extras casting)
Storyline
Plot 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 Koshi 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. |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | The film was originally set in Busan, South Korea, but was changed to Hiroshima, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. See more » |
Goofs | When the cast are walking to the park for their outdoor rehearsal, Yoon-a and Janice appear to be having a conversation without the use of sign language on which one of them is dependent. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Faster than your First Time Reviews 2 - Best and Worst of TIFF 2021 (2021). See more » |
Soundtracks | Rondo K. 485 in D Major See more » |
Crazy Credits | Opening credits start from the 41st minute. See more » |
Quotes |
Kôshi Takatsuki:
But even if you think you know someone well, even if you love that person deeply, you can't completely look into that person's heart. You'll just feel hurt. But if you put in enough effort, you should be able to look into your own heart pretty well. So in the end, what we should be doing is to be true to our hearts and come to terms with it in a capable way. If you really want to look at someone, then your only option is to look at yourself squarely and deeply. See more » |