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Drive My Car

A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.

Director

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Year

Genre

Box Office

$2,352,240

Production

N/A

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 96 wins & 109 nominations total

Yûsuke Kafuku

Hidetoshi Nishijima

Misaki Watari

Oto Kafuku, Yûsuke's Wife

Reika Kirishima

Koji Takatsuki

Lee Yoon-a

Kon Yoon-su

Janice Chang

Ryu Jeong-eui

Roy Lucelo

Yuhara

Yumi Etô

Takashi Kimura

Toshiaki Inomata

Kaoru Komagata

Takako Yamamura

(as Ryo Iwase)

Shôichirô Tanigawa

Kirika von Schwarsz Kaiser

(as Joy)

Daihachi Yoshida

Yoshinori Miyata

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She sniffs around in his room,
longing for his slightest scent. - Drive My Car

She sniffs around in his room, longing for his slightest sce...

She always takes a token
from his room when she leaves. - Drive My Car

She always takes a token from his room when she leaves.

A pencil or something that
he won't notice is gone. - Drive My Car

A pencil or something that he won't notice is gone.

And in exchange,
she leaves a token of herself. - Drive My Car

And in exchange, she leaves a token of herself.

At her most daring moment, - Drive My Car

At her most daring moment,

She feels that they are gradually
mingling by exchanging such tokens. - Drive My Car

She feels that they are gradually mingling by exchanging suc...

And that she is giving him the strength
to escape his mother's control. - Drive My Car

And that she is giving him the strength to escape his mother...

Shall I wait, or shall I write it? Which? - Drive My Car

Shall I wait, or shall I write it? Which?

Yeah. I want to know the rest, too. - Drive My Car

Yeah. I want to know the rest, too.

Well, I thought maybe this time
it was about your first love. - Drive My Car

Well, I thought maybe this time it was about your first love...

Don't bother coming. You shouldn't
slip out of a meeting. - Drive My Car

Don't bother coming. You shouldn't slip out of a m...

(You say we have to come back tomorrow?) - Drive My Car

(You say we have to come back tomorrow?)

(Then we can bring a good bit of rope.) - Drive My Car

(Then we can bring a good bit of rope.)

(I can't go on like this.) - Drive My Car

(I can't go on like this.)

(If we parted?
That might be better for us.) - Drive My Car

(If we parted? That might be better for us.)

(And if he comes?) - Drive My Car

(And if he comes?)

(Well? Shall we go?) - Drive My Car

(Well? Shall we go?)

Don't say "wife." - Drive My Car

Don't say "wife."

Better than ever.
He's the heroine's love interest. - Drive My Car

Better than ever. He's the heroine's love interest...

When I mentioned your play
during the production meeting, - Drive My Car

When I mentioned your play during the production meeting,

I'd heard about your methods
and was interested. - Drive My Car

I'd heard about your methods and was interested.

I'm not sure if this is the right
sentiment, but it was moving. - Drive My Car

I'm not sure if this is the right sentiment, but it was...

Really? You're a strange young man. - Drive My Car

Really? You're a strange young man.

My flight's Narita at 9:00, gotta run. - Drive My Car

My flight's Narita at 9:00, gotta run.

Here, have some tea. - Drive My Car

Here, have some tea.

I can't sleep at night
from frustration and anger. - Drive My Car

I can't sleep at night from frustration and anger.

I could have attained so much from life, - Drive My Car

I could have attained so much from life,

Uncle Vanya, that's so boring. - Drive My Car

Uncle Vanya, that's so boring.

FLIGHT CANCELED DUE TO COLD SNAP. IT
WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW. - Drive My Car

FLIGHT CANCELED DUE TO COLD SNAP. IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR...

THE THEATER FESTIVAL WILL
CONTINUE AS SCHEDULED, - Drive My Car

THE THEATER FESTIVAL WILL CONTINUE AS SCHEDULED,

IF NECESSARY, STAY NEAR THE AIRPORT. - Drive My Car

IF NECESSARY, STAY NEAR THE AIRPORT.

- Hi there.
- Hi. Did you get there all right? - Drive My Car

- Hi there. - Hi. Did you get there all right?

Jury duty starts tomorrow? - Drive My Car

Jury duty starts tomorrow?

How's your hotel? Comfy? - Drive My Car

How's your hotel? Comfy?

Try any Vladivostok specialties? - Drive My Car

Try any Vladivostok specialties?

I don't know, so I'm asking you. - Drive My Car

I don't know, so I'm asking you.

A WEEK LATER - Drive My Car

For 25 years he's been pretending
to be someone he's not. - Drive My Car

For 25 years he's been pretending to be someone he'...

Look at that swagger, acting like
he's some kind of lord. - Drive My Car

Look at that swagger, acting like he's some kind of lor...

You envy him, don't you? - Drive My Car

You envy him, don't you?

Don Juan himself couldn't have
had more experience. - Drive My Car

Don Juan himself couldn't have had more experience.

His first wife, who was my sister... - Drive My Car

His first wife, who was my sister...

They examined me.
Still waiting for the results. - Drive My Car

They examined me. Still waiting for the results.

Damage to the optic nerve
causing partial vision loss. - Drive My Car

Damage to the optic nerve causing partial vision loss.

Loss of vision in one eye is hard
to detect because the other eye adapts. - Drive My Car

Loss of vision in one eye is hard to detect because the othe...

Which means that it doesn't
impact daily activities, - Drive My Car

Which means that it doesn't impact daily activities,

You were lucky it was diagnosed early. - Drive My Car

You were lucky it was diagnosed early.

The root cause of glaucoma is
still unknown, so it can't be cured. - Drive My Car

The root cause of glaucoma is still unknown, so it can'...

You might doubt the effect, but you'll
lose your vision if you stop using it. - Drive My Car

You might doubt the effect, but you'll lose your vision...

Make sure you use them twice daily. - Drive My Car

Make sure you use them twice daily.

You wanted to drive today, didn't you? - Drive My Car

You wanted to drive today, didn't you?

Why didn't you change lanes just now? - Drive My Car

Why didn't you change lanes just now?

Hey, that could be considered
verbal harassment. - Drive My Car

Hey, that could be considered verbal harassment.

There's no use in me wanting
something that you don't want. - Drive My Car

There's no use in me wanting something that you don...

It's not your fault.
I made that choice with you. - Drive My Car

It's not your fault. I made that choice with you.

I'm so glad you're with me. - Drive My Car

I'm so glad you're with me.

One day, she remembers
her previous existence. - Drive My Car

One day, she remembers her previous existence.

She used to be a lamprey
in her previous life. - Drive My Car

She used to be a lamprey in her previous life.

She was a noble lamprey. - Drive My Car

She was a noble lamprey.

She didn't leech off the fish - Drive My Car

She didn't leech off the fish

She fastened her suction cup-like mouth
to a rock on the riverbed - Drive My Car

She fastened her suction cup-like mouth to a rock on the riv...

Until she wasted away - Drive My Car

Until she wasted away

She doesn't remember how she died. - Drive My Car

She doesn't remember how she died.

All she remembers is swaying
at the bottom of the river. - Drive My Car

All she remembers is swaying at the bottom of the river.

In Yamaga's room,
she suddenly understands. - Drive My Car

In Yamaga's room, she suddenly understands.

She can't tear herself away from his room,
just like how she clung to a rock. - Drive My Car

She can't tear herself away from his room, just like ho...

Come to think of it,
the silence in this room - Drive My Car

Come to think of it, the silence in this room

Past and present fade away. - Drive My Car

Past and present fade away.

Becomes a lamprey again. - Drive My Car

Becomes a lamprey again.

Begins to masturbate on Yamaga's bed. - Drive My Car

Begins to masturbate on Yamaga's bed.

She strips off all her clothes
one layer at a time. - Drive My Car

She strips off all her clothes one layer at a time.

She'd forbidden herself from doing it, - Drive My Car

She'd forbidden herself from doing it,

Tears fall, - Drive My Car

She thinks that those tears
are her token for today. - Drive My Car

She thinks that those tears are her token for today.

Just then, someone comes home. - Drive My Car

Just then, someone comes home.

A door opens downstairs. - Drive My Car

A door opens downstairs.

She notices then that it's starting
to get dark outside the window. - Drive My Car

She notices then that it's starting to get dark outside...

She hears that person
coming up the stairs. - Drive My Car

She hears that person coming up the stairs.

But now, she can stop at last. - Drive My Car

But now, she can stop at last.

She can finally escape
the karmic fate from her prior life. - Drive My Car

She can finally escape the karmic fate from her prior life.

She'll become a new person. - Drive My Car

She'll become a new person.

NEITHER EEL NOR FISH?: THE LAMPREY - Drive My Car

NEITHER EEL NOR FISH?: THE LAMPREY

Do you remember yesterday's story? - Drive My Car

Do you remember yesterday's story?

Sorry, I don't remember clearly.
I was pretty much asleep. - Drive My Car

Sorry, I don't remember clearly. I was pretty much asle...

That just means
it wasn't worth remembering. - Drive My Car

That just means it wasn't worth remembering.

I'm teaching a workshop.
Didn't I tell you? - Drive My Car

I'm teaching a workshop. Didn't I tell you?

Of course. Why do you ask? - Drive My Car

Of course. Why do you ask?

Is she faithful to him? - Drive My Car

Is she faithful to him?

Why unfortunately? - Drive My Car

Why unfortunately?

There's an abundance of rhetoric,
but no logic in it. - Drive My Car

There's an abundance of rhetoric, but no logic in it.

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A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with a big personal loss when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima.

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Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Writer: Haruki Murakami, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Ôe

Production: N/A

Genre: drama

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 91/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: $2,352,240

Released: 20 Aug 2021

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 96 wins & 109 nominations total

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