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Drive My Car
58Standing
91st of 224 in Japanese Cinema
- Out-grossed 52% of Japanese Cinema releases with reported figures ($15M).
- Returned 11.8× its budget, against an industry median of 6.3×.
- Momentum in the 72nd percentile.
- Audience rating 7.4 from 1,577 votes, the 54th percentile.
- Cost
- $1M
- Took
- $15M
Blockbuster11.8× its cost
Against a Japanese Cinema median of 6.3×, so this one returned 1.9 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
The picture
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.
- Released
- 18 August 2021
- Runtime
- 2h 59m
- Language
- Japanese
- Industry
- Japanese Cinema
Top billedAll 21 credits
- Hidetoshi NishijimaYūsuke Kafuku
- Toko MiuraMisaki Watari
- Masaki OkadaKōshi Takatsuki
- Reika KirishimaOto Kafuku
- Park Yu-rimLee Yoo-na
- Jin Dae-yeonGong Yoon-su
Made by
- Director
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Screenplay
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
- Original Music Composer
- Eiko Ishibashi, Yoshitaka Fujimoto
- Director of Photography
- Hidetoshi Shinomiya, Lee Tae-hun
- Producer
- Teruhisa Yamamoto
Filed under
Drama