

Drive My Car
Go on living.
Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Box office
- $15.4M
- Language
- Mandarin
- infidelity
- japan
- loss of loved one
- theater play
- theater director
- road trip
- hiroshima, japan
- grief
- rehearsal
- audition
- sensuality
- old car
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Digital / OTTMUBI1 Apr 2022
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR24 Nov 2021
- PhysicalNR1 Mar 2022
- Digital / OTTNRHBO Max2 Mar 2022
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1519 Nov 2021
- Digital / OTTMUBI1 Apr 2022
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival (Virtual)11 Aug 2021
- TheatricalMA15+10 Feb 2022
BrazilBR
- PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival11 Dec 2021
- Theatrical1617 Mar 2022
ChinaCN
- Digital / OTTYouku26 Dec 2022
- Digital / OTTIQIYI&blibili1 Jan 2023
- PhysicalBlu-ray1 Sept 2024
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival23 Aug 2021
- Theatrical7 Apr 2022
EstoniaEE
- PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival13 Nov 2021
- Theatrical7 Jan 2022
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival 11 Jul 2021
- TheatricalU18 Aug 2021
- Digital / OTTVOD24 Feb 2022
- PhysicalDVD & Bluray1 Mar 2022
- Digital / OTT10MyCanal16 May 2022
- TVARTE1 May 2024
- Digital / OTTMubi21 Mar 2025
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1223 Dec 2021
GreeceGR
- TheatricalK1213 Oct 2022
Hong KongHK
- TheatricalIII9 Dec 2021
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Drive My Car was released on 18 August 2021.
Audience reviews
2- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/27/2022
"Kafuku" (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is an accomplished stage actor who is directing a performance of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" with a group of young actors. He arrives at the venue in his red Saab motor car, determined that only he will drive himself. That's not the policy of the theatre, though, and soon he is placed in the capable hands of the somewhat laconic "Misaki" (Tôko Miura) and as the two start to get used to one …
- B10/10
badelf
6/29/2022
I find this film to be a near perfect drama. I understand that most Americans and perhaps younger viewers everywhere will not appreciate the pacing of the movie. There are two things about this movie that make it an actor's movie. First is the play within the play: the play within is Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, and, like most Russian classics, it's about the human condition and the response to suffering. It's the play …
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