Drive My Car

Synopsis

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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Cast

Hidetoshi Nishijima

Yūsuke Kafuku

Toko Miura

Misaki Watari

Masaki Okada

Kōshi Takatsuki

Reika Kirishima

Oto Kafuku

Park Yu-rim

Lee Yoo-na

Jin Dae-yeon

Gong Yoon-su

Sonia Yuan

Janice Chang

Ahn Hwi-tae

Ryu Jong-ui

Perry Dizon

Roy Rossello

Satoko Abe

Yuzuhara

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Hiroko Matsuda

Yumi Etô

Toshiaki Inomata

Takashi Kimura

Takako Yamamura

Kaoru Komagata

Ryo Iwase

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Faisal Anwar

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Kamal Zharif

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Massimo Biondi

Shoichiro Tanigawa

Yoshinori Miyata

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Keiko Nishi

Crew

Art

• Kensaki Jo Art Direction
• Mami Kagamoto Set Decoration
• Seo Hyeon-Seon Production Design
• Nobuhiro Ariyoshi Assistant Art Director
• Yayoi Fukuda Property Master
• Nao Idei Property Master
• Kiyoshi Kawahara Construction Coordinator
• Toshiaki Mizumori Construction Coordinator
• Akio Saito Assistant Art Director
• Akitomo Suzuki Construction Coordinator
• Kazuyuki Takahashi Construction Coordinator
• Tomoyuki Tokuda Construction Coordinator

Camera

• Hidetoshi Shinomiya Director of Photography
• Mio Hirota Still Photographer
• Ryuichi Shimokawa Assistant Camera
• Mizuki Tomori Assistant Camera
• Emiko Yamada Assistant Camera
• Miwo Yamazaki Still Photographer
• Keita Ônishi Assistant Camera
• Lee Tae-hun Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Haruko Ichikawa Makeup & Hair
• Rina Komoto Additional Hairstylist
• Yûichi Matsui Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Chika Onizuka Assistant Hairstylist
• Chika Onizuka Key Makeup Artist
• Tamiko Sonobe Assistant Hairstylist
• Tamiko Sonobe Assistant Makeup Artist
• Mikako Takamura Additional Hairstylist
• Chihiro Taki Assistant Hairstylist
• Chihiro Taki Assistant Makeup Artist
• Serika Furuno Wardrobe Master
• Haruki Koketsu Costume Design

Crew

• Nobuaki Hoshino Driver
• Takuya Ida Driver
• Yûsuke Itsuji Driver
• Ryûji Kosaka Driver
• Takanori Muto Picture Car Coordinator
• Hiroaki Shimano Driver
• Junya Suetsugu Driver
• Rikiya Tagami Driver
• Satoru Takehana Driver
• Takahiro Taketomi Picture Car Coordinator
• Kôji Tanaka Driver
• Naoki Taniguchi Driver

Directing

• Naoki Watanabe Assistant Director
• Hiroki Kubota First Assistant Director
• Takamasa Oe Assistant Director
• Hayato Kawai First Assistant Director
• Ha Bo-young Assistant Director
• Kanna Kimura Assistant Director
• Lee Gun-woo Assistant Director
• Koki Muramoto Assistant Director
• Yôsuke Nakamura Assistant Director
• Mayumi Ishida Stage Director
• Ryusuke Hamaguchi Director

Editing

• Azusa Yamazaki Editor
• Yumeto Kitayama Colorist

Lighting

• Taiki Takai Lighting Director
• Yosuke Nakatani Electrician
• Yûsuke Shiratori Electrician
• Shôgo Takashima Electrician

Production

• Kazuo Nakanishi Executive Producer
• Yuji Sadai Executive Producer
• Tamon Kondo Associate Producer
• Kazuya Matsukura Production Manager
• Satoko Nakagawa Production Manager
• Kristine Kintana Casting Coordinator
• Kôji Kobayashi Extras Casting
• Lee Sang-yoon Casting Director
• Fumitsugu Abe Production Coordinator
• Shôko Aoki Production Coordinator
• Satoshi Ezoe Researcher
• Masahiko Hotogi Production Coordinator

Sound

• Eiko Ishibashi Original Music Composer
• Go Jun-yeong Sound
• Miyuki Horiuchi Foley Artist
• Naoki Jono Sound Assistant
• Park Eul-bin Assistant Sound Editor
• Kiyomi Samukawa Sound Assistant
• Kazuki Suzuki Boom Operator
• Yoshitaka Fujimoto Original Music Composer
• Atsuko Hatano Musician
• Hiroyasu Hirakawa Music Coordinator
• Marty Holoubek Musician
• Jim O'Rourke Musician

Visual Effects

• Kazuyori Kosaka Visual Effects Supervisor
• Shôta Asakawa Compositing Artist
• Alexander Batuev VFX Artist
• Aleksandr Chiknayev VFX Artist
• Ryôta Deishi Compositing Artist
• Mei Hanawa Visual Effects Producer
• Kurt Hanson VFX Artist
• Joseph Knaff VFX Artist
• Jeff Ong VFX Artist
• Nikola Panek VFX Artist
• Nanako Shiba Compositing Artist
• Tetsuya Shiraishi Visual Effects Director

Writing

• Ryusuke Hamaguchi Screenplay
• Takamasa Oe Screenplay
• Haruki Murakami Short Story

Photos