Drive My Car (2021)
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.
Director:
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Writers:
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe.
https://lineup.the-match-factory.digital/cannes/drive-my-car
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Hidetoshi Nishijima as Yūsuke Kafuku |
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Toko Miura as Misaki Watari |
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Masaki Okada as Kōshi Takatsuki |
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Reika Kirishima as Oto Kafuku |
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Park Yu-rim as Lee Yoo-na |
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Jin Dae-yeon as Gong Yoon-su |
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Sonia Yuan as Janice Chang |
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Ahn Hwi-tae as Ryu Jong-ui |
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Perry Dizon as Roy Rossello |
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Satoko Abe as Yuzuhara |
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Hiroko Matsuda as Yumi Etô |
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Toshiaki Inomata as Takashi Kimura |
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Takako Yamamura as Kaoru Komagata |
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Ryo Iwase as |
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Faisal Anwar as |
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Kamal Zharif as |
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Massimo Biondi as |
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Shoichiro Tanigawa as |
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Yoshinori Miyata as |
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Keiko Nishi as |
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Saki Suzuki as |
| Camera | Hidetoshi Shinomiya | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Azusa Yamazaki | Editor |
| Production | Yuji Sadai | Executive Producer |
| Art | Kensaki Jo | Art Direction |
| Production | Kazuo Nakanishi | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Screenplay |
| Sound | Eiko Ishibashi | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Mami Kagamoto | Set Decoration |
| Production | Tamon Kondo | Associate Producer |
| Visual Effects | Kazuyori Kosaka | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Directing | Naoki Watanabe | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Taiki Takai | Lighting Director |
| Writing | Takamasa Oe | Screenplay |
| Directing | Hiroki Kubota | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Haruko Ichikawa | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Takamasa Oe | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Haruki Murakami | Short Story |
| Art | Seo Hyeon-Seon | Production Design |
| Directing | Hayato Kawai | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ha Bo-young | Assistant Director |
| Art | Nobuhiro Ariyoshi | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Yayoi Fukuda | Property Master |
| Art | Nao Idei | Property Master |
| Art | Tomoyuki Tokuda | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Akitomo Suzuki | Construction Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chika Onizuka | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Directing | Kanna Kimura | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chihiro Taki | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Yôsuke Nakamura | Assistant Director |
| Art | Toshiaki Mizumori | Construction Coordinator |
| Directing | Lee Gun-woo | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Koki Muramoto | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Kurt Hanson | VFX Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rina Komoto | Additional Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamiko Sonobe | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Production | Satoko Nakagawa | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chika Onizuka | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamiko Sonobe | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mikako Takamura | Additional Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chihiro Taki | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Art | Akio Saito | Assistant Art Director |
| Production | Kazuya Matsukura | Production Manager |
| Art | Kiyoshi Kawahara | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Kazuyuki Takahashi | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Go Jun-yeong | Sound |
| Sound | Naoki Jono | Sound Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yûichi Matsui | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Miyuki Horiuchi | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Kazuki Suzuki | Boom Operator |
| Visual Effects | Shôta Asakawa | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Ryôta Deishi | Compositing Artist |
| Art | Noboru Okano | Graphic Designer |
| Visual Effects | Jeff Ong | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Alexander Batuev | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Mei Hanawa | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Salah Soltane | Visual Effects Director |
| Sound | Park Eul-bin | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kiyomi Samukawa | Sound Assistant |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Chiknayev | VFX Artist |
| Art | Riko Shibata | Graphic Designer |
| Visual Effects | Nikola Panek | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Gunter Wenzel | VFX Artist |
| Camera | Ryuichi Shimokawa | Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Allen Walker | VFX Artist |
| Camera | Mizuki Tomori | Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Daiwa Shôji | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Tammy Washkow | VFX Artist |
| Production | Kôji Kobayashi | Extras Casting |
| Visual Effects | Tetsuya Shiraishi | Visual Effects Director |
| Lighting | Yosuke Nakatani | Electrician |
| Production | Kristine Kintana | Casting Coordinator |
| Crew | Takanori Muto | Picture Car Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Shino Tanaka | Compositing Artist |
| Sound | Toshiaki Sudô | Musician |
| Crew | Nobuaki Hoshino | Driver |
| Crew | Yûsuke Itsuji | Driver |
| Crew | Hideki Tokumasu | Driver |
| Visual Effects | Joseph Knaff | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Nanako Shiba | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Munhyun Song | Compositing Artist |
| Visual Effects | Chihiro Tsuda | Visual Effects Director |
| Visual Effects | Omar Wilkins | VFX Artist |
| Camera | Mio Hirota | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Yûsuke Shiratori | Electrician |
| Lighting | Shôgo Takashima | Electrician |
| Sound | Yoshitaka Fujimoto | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Takahiro Taketomi | Picture Car Coordinator |
| Sound | Hiroyasu Hirakawa | Music Coordinator |
| Crew | Ryûji Kosaka | Driver |
| Crew | Hiroaki Shimano | Driver |
| Sound | Jim O'Rourke | Musician |
| Sound | Tatsuhisa Yamamoto | Musician |
| Camera | Keita Ônishi | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Fumitsugu Abe | Production Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Harune Ueda | Compositing Artist |
| Crew | Junya Suetsugu | Driver |
| Crew | Rikiya Tagami | Driver |
| Crew | Satoru Takehana | Driver |
| Crew | Kôji Tanaka | Driver |
| Crew | Naoki Taniguchi | Driver |
| Visual Effects | Miki Takakuwa | Visual Effects Production Manager |
| Visual Effects | Sarah White | VFX Artist |
| Crew | Takuya Ida | Driver |
| Camera | Miwo Yamazaki | Still Photographer |
| Production | Lee Sang-yoon | Casting Director |
| Production | Tsuyoshi Sugiyama | Researcher |
| Production | Junnosuke Tada | Researcher |
| Camera | Emiko Yamada | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Atsuko Hatano | Musician |
| Crew | Kan Tsuchida | Picture Car Coordinator |
| Production | Masahiko Hotogi | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Yûta Kusaba | Data Management Technician |
| Crew | Lee Ik-soo | Thanks |
| Costume & Make-Up | Serika Furuno | Wardrobe Master |
| Sound | Marty Holoubek | Musician |
| Production | Eri Takeda | Production Secretary |
| Production | Fumiaki Taga | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Satoshi Ezoe | Researcher |
| Production | Ayaka Kawano | Data Management Technician |
| Crew | Lee Jang-ho | Thanks |
| Production | Haruna Satô | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Cho Eun-hye | Thanks |
| Crew | Takamichi Wakikaido | Driver |
| Directing | Mayumi Ishida | Stage Director |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tamagawa | Production Accountant |
| Crew | Kim Na-kyoung | Thanks |
| Production | Shôko Aoki | Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Kim Hye-jung | Thanks |
| Crew | Kwak Min-ho | Thanks |
| Directing | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Director |
| Production | Teruhisa Yamamoto | Producer |
| Editing | Yumeto Kitayama | Colorist |
| Production | Misaki Kawamura | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Tatsuya Obo | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Miki Nomura | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Kadoaki Izuta | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Haruki Koketsu | Costume Design |
| Camera | Lee Tae-hun | Director of Photography |
| Production | Hitoyuki Suzuki | Co-Producer |
| Production | Sachio Matsushita | Co-Producer |
| Production | Keiji Okumura | Co-Producer |
| Production | Yoshito Nakabe | Co-Producer |
| Production | Osamu Kubota | Co-Producer |
| Production | Hitoyuki Suzuki | Co-Producer |
| Production | Tsuyoshi Gorô | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Miki Nomura | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Hiroki Kubota | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Lee Eun-kyoung | Associate Producer |