Drive My Car, 2021.Co-written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, and Reika Kirishima.SYNOPSIS:Nishijima Hidetoshi is a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears.Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s 2013 short story of the same name, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s new drama Drive My Car lends uncommon on-screen weight […]
Movie Review – Drive My Car (2021)
Drive My Car, 2021.Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada, Park Yurim, Jin Daeyeon, Sonia Yuan, Ahn Hwitae, Perry Dizon, and Satoko Abe.SYNOPSIS:Yûsuke Kafuku is a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears.The prologue of Drive My Car is almost a […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Drive My Car
Drive My Car, 2021.Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada, Park Yurim, Jin Daeyeon, Sonia Yuan, Ahn Hwitae, Perry Dizon, and Satoko Abe.SYNOPSIS:Yûsuke Kafuku is a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears.The prologue of Drive My Car is almost a […]
