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Drive My Car

Original title: Doraibu mai kâ · Turkish title: Drive My Car

“Go on living.”

2021 · 2 h 59 min
Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Drama

Cast

Hidetoshi Nishijima Toko Miura Masaki Okada Reika Kirishima

Credits

Written by: Haruki Murakami

Plot

Yūsuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, has lost his wife. Two years later, he goes to Hiroshima to direct a multilingual production of Uncle Vanya, and is assigned a young driver, Misaki, for his red Saab. During the journeys, they come to terms with their pasts. Ryusuke Hamaguchi's 2021 film, adapted from Haruki Murakami's story, won the best screenplay prize at Cannes and the Oscar for Best International Feature.

Sinekatalog’s take

Ryusuke Hamaguchi's three-hour drama is a tender, slow study of grief, art and conversation. Its long drives and Chekhov rehearsals build into a deeply moving, quietly healing film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (78,370 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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