Drive my car = Doraibu mai kâ

Author

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN, OSH)

Edition

Director-approved two-DVD special edition.

Languages

In Japanese, English, Korean, Korean Sign Language, German, Mandarin, Tagalog, Indonesian and Malay, with English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2022]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (179 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

"Only Ryusuke Hamaguchi, with his extraordinary sensitivity to the mysterious resonances of human interactions, could sweep up international awards and galvanize audiences everywhere with a pensive, three-hour movie--presented in nine languages and adapted from Haruki Murakamo stories--about an experimental staging of an Anton Chekhov play. With Drive My Car, the Japanese director has confirmed his place among contemporary cinema?s most vital voices. Two years after his wife's unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku arrives in Hiroshima to direct a production of Uncle Vanya for a theater festival and, through relationships with an actor with whom he shares a tangled history and a chauffeur with whom he develops a surprising rapport, finds himself confronting emotional scars. This quietly mesmerizing tale of love, art, grief, and healing is ultimately a cathartic exploration of what it means to go on living when there seems to be no road ahead."--Container.

Notes

Based on "Drive my car" by Haruki Murakami.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.

Special features: New 2K digital master, approved by director Ryusuke Hamaguchi ; new interview with Hamaguchi ; program about the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with actors Reika Kirishima, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki Okada, Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon, and others ; press conference footage from the film's premiere at the 2021 Cannes International Film Festival ; trailer ; new English subtitle translation.