DRIVE MY CAR X THE JAPAN SOCIETY

Welcome to the Virtual Cinema screening room of Drive My Car in partnership with The Japan Society. This is your chance to see the award-winning, critically-acclaimed, audience-loving Murakami adaptation through The Japan Society network. Virtual Cinema extends
the theatrical run of a film and gives back to cultural organisations by sharing box office returns.

DRIVE MY CAR
DRAMA | JAPANESE | 179 MIN

Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s short story, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car is a haunting road movie travelling a path of love, loss, acceptance, and peace.

Two years after his wife’s unexpected death, a renowned stage actor and director receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theatre festival in Hiroshima. There, an introverted young woman is assigned by the festival to chauffeur him in his own beloved red Saab 900. Together, they confront painful truths raised from the past and find new ways to move forward.

Cannes Film Festival nominee for the Palme d'Or and winner of the Best Screenplay Award, Japan's Entry for the Academy Awards 2022 and nominated for a Golden Globe, Independent Spirit and 4 UK Critics Circle Awards.

Directed and co-written by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Based on a short story by Haruki Murakami
Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima

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WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING

“MYSTERIOUS MURAKAMI TALE OF EROTIC AND CREATIVE SECRETS”
★★★★★
THE GUARDIAN

“A MASTERPIECE”
★★★★★
LITTLE WHITE LIES