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Drive my car.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: POT0003 | Madman EntertainmentPublication details: East Melbourne, Vic. : Madman Entertainment, 2022.Description: 1 DVD-video (approximately 179 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Directed and written by Ryusuke Hamaguchi ; written by Takamasa Oe ; produced by Teruhisa Yamamoto.
Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada.Summary: Two years after his wife's unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku, a renowned stage actor and director, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There, he meets Misaki Watari, a taciturn young woman assigned by the festival to chauffeur him in his beloved red Saab 900. As the production's premiere approaches, tensions mount amongst the cast and crew, not least between Yusuke and Koshi Takatsuki, a handsome TV star who shares an unwelcome connection to Yusuke's late wife. Forced to confront painful truths raised from his past, Yusuke begins - with the help of his driver - to face the haunting mysteries his wife left behind.
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Based on the Haruki Murakami story.

Directed and written by Ryusuke Hamaguchi ; written by Takamasa Oe ; produced by Teruhisa Yamamoto.

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

Two years after his wife's unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku, a renowned stage actor and director, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There, he meets Misaki Watari, a taciturn young woman assigned by the festival to chauffeur him in his beloved red Saab 900. As the production's premiere approaches, tensions mount amongst the cast and crew, not least between Yusuke and Koshi Takatsuki, a handsome TV star who shares an unwelcome connection to Yusuke's late wife. Forced to confront painful truths raised from his past, Yusuke begins - with the help of his driver - to face the haunting mysteries his wife left behind.

Rated: MA15+

PAL ; Region 4 ; anamorphic widescreen 16:9.

In Japanese and Korean. English subtitles. English Captions.

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