# drive my car (film) 20-25 minutes ![[drivemycarmovieposter.jpg|300]] theatrical release poster japanese name 'kana': ドライブ・ マイ・カー directed by: ryusuke hamaguchi screenplay by: - ryusuke hamaguchi- takamasa oe based on: "drive my car" by haruki murakami produced by: teruhisa yamamoto starring: - hidetoshi nishijima- tōko miura- reika kirishima- park yu-rim- jin dae-yeon- sonia yuan- ahn hwitae- perry dizon- satoko abe- masaki okada cinematography: hidetoshi shinomiya edited by: azusa yamazaki music by: eiko ishibashi production companies: - c&i entertainment- culture entertainment- bitters end- nekojarashi- quaras- nippon shuppan hanbai- bungeishunjū- l'espace vision- the asahi shimbun company distributed by: bitters end release dates: - 11 july 2021 (cannes)- 20 august 2021 (japan) running time: 179 minutes country: japan language: japanese budget: $1.3 million box office: $15.4 million 'drive my car' (japanese: ドライ ブ・マイ・カー hepburn: doraibu mai kā) is a 2021 japanese drama film directed by ryusuke hamaguchi who co-wrote the screenplay with takamasa oe. based on haruki murakami's 2014 short story of the same name it stars hidetoshi nishijima as a theatre director who directs a multilingual production of uncle vanya while dealing with the death of ir wife. reika kirishima tōko miura park yu-rim jin dae-yeon sonia yuan ahn hwitae perry dizon satoko abe and masaki okada also star drive my car had its world premiere at the 2021 cannes film festival where it competed for the palme d'or and won three awards including best screenplay. the film received widespread critical acclaim with praise towards hamaguchi's direction and screenplay; many declared it the best film of 2021. it was nominated for four awards at the 94th academy awards winning best international feature film and received numerous other accolades. drive my car was the first japanese film to receive a best picture nomination. it has since been called one of the best films of the 2020s and of the 21st century **+** hidetoshi nishijima as yūsuke kafuku **+** tōko miura as misaki watari **+** reika kirishima as oto kafuku yusuke's wife **+** park yu-rim as lee yoo-na **+** jin dae-yeon as gong yoon-soo **+** sonia yuan as janice chang **+** ahn hwitae as ryu jeong-eui **+** perry dizon as roy lucelo **+** satoko abe as yuhara **+** masaki okada as kōji takatsuki the film is directed by ryusuke hamaguchi. the film was originally set in busan south korea but was changed to hiroshima due to the covid-19 pandemic hamaguchi was the co-writer of the filmscript with takamasa oe. it is primarily based on "drive my car" by haruki murakami from ir 2014 short story collection men without women. the script also features elements from murakami's stories "scheherazade" and "kino" (both also part of men without women). for the film version the co-authors were reported by the new york times to have "greatly expanded on the (short) story's central dynamic which turns on a sexist widowed actor and the much-younger female driver who motors ir around in ir cherished saab" // republic of bob