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‘Drive My Car’: Academy Award Nominee To Premiere On HBO Max
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Exclusive: Warnermedia OneFifty has acquired the Japanese road drama Drive My Car to premiere on HBO Max on March 2, 2022.

The film is directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi who also co-wrote the screenplay with Takamasa Oe, adapted from the short story of the same name by Haruki Murakami. It tells the of a renowned stage actor and director, Yūsuke Kafukuwho (Hidetoshi Nishijima), who connects with a taciturn young woman assigned to chauffeur him in his beloved red Saab 900.

The Sideshow/Janus Films project also stars Tōko Miura, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima, Park Yoo-rim, Satoko Abe, Jin Dae-yeon, and Sonia Yuan.

Drive My Car recently received Academy Award Nominations in four categories: Best Picture, Directing, International Feature Film, and Adapted Screenplay. It is the first Japanese film ever to be nominated for Best Picture.

Thanks to all the Oscar love, the film has seen an uptick in interest at the box office. The...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 2/14/2022
  • by Rosy Cordero
  • Deadline Film + TV
Film Review: Drive My Car (2021): A Powerful Film About Learning to Let Go of the Past
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Drive My Car Review — Drive My Car (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada, Perry Dizon, Ahn Hwitae, Sonia Yuan and Satoko Abe. Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s powerful drama, Drive My Car, offers its audience a deep, dramatically captivating story line and, through [...]

Continue reading: Film Review: Drive My Car (2021): A Powerful Film About Learning to Let Go of the Past...
See full article at Film-Book
  • 2/6/2022
  • by Thomas Duffy
  • Film-Book
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