Drive My Car
“Go on living.”
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
34 people
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Yūsuke Kafuku
Known for
The Wind Rises
Sunny
Toko Miura
Misaki Watari
Known for
Say 'I Love You'
The Last 10 Years
Masaki Okada
Kōshi Takatsuki
Known for
Confessions
A Shop for Killers
Reika Kirishima
Oto Kafuku
Known for
Norwegian Wood
Park Yu-rim
Lee Yoo-na
Known for
Ballerina
Jin Dae-yeon
Gong Yoon-su
Also in
Exhuma
Penalty Loop
Sonia Yuan
Janice Chang
Also in
Wave Makers
Miss Truth
Ahn Hwi-tae
Ryu Jong-ui
Also in
Toxic Parents
Perry Dizon
Roy Rossello
Known for
Mammoth
Norte, the End of History
Satoko Abe
Yuzuhara
Also in
Marry My Husband: Japan
The End of Summer
Hiroko Matsuda
Yumi Etô
Also in
Hospitalité
Father, Father
Toshiaki Inomata
Takashi Kimura
Known for
Tokyo Swindlers
Ryusuke Hamaguchi Director · Takamasa Oe Screenplay Haruki Murakami Author
Worldwide gross $15M · Budget $1.3M · United States release November 24, 2021
Box office
Budget
$1,300,000
Worldwide gross
$15,356,046
Gross vs. budget
11.8×
Production
Bitters End
Production · Distribution
C&I entertainment
Production
Culture Entertainment
Production
nekojarashi
Production
Quaras
Production
Bungeishunju
Production
Nippan Group Holdings
Production
The Asahi Shimbun
Production
L'espace Vision
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ドライブ・マイ・カー
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · German · Indonesian · Japanese · Korean · Malay · Tagalog
Release dates
France · July 11, 2021
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Japan · August 20, 2021
Theatrical
United States · November 24, 2021
Theatrical
United States · March 1, 2022
Physical
United States
March 2, 2022 · Digital · HBO Max
Australia
August 11, 2021 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival (Virtual)
February 10, 2022 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 11, 2021 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
March 17, 2022 · Theatrical
China
December 26, 2022 · Digital · Youku
January 1, 2023 · Digital · IQIYI&blibili
September 1, 2024 · Physical · Blu-ray
Czechia
August 23, 2021 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
April 7, 2022 · Theatrical
Estonia
November 13, 2021 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
January 7, 2022 · Theatrical
France
August 18, 2021 · Theatrical
February 24, 2022 · Digital · VOD
March 1, 2022 · Physical · DVD & Bluray
May 16, 2022 · Digital · MyCanal
May 1, 2024 · TV · ARTE
March 21, 2025 · Digital · Mubi
Germany
December 23, 2021 · Theatrical
Greece
October 13, 2022 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
December 9, 2021 · Theatrical
India
April 1, 2022 · Digital · MUBI
Indonesia
November 30, 2021 · Premiere · Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
October 1, 2025 · Premiere · Jakarta World Cinema
Ireland
November 19, 2021 · Theatrical
Italy
September 23, 2021 · Theatrical
Japan
February 18, 2022 · Physical
Kazakhstan
April 7, 2022 · Theatrical
Malaysia
April 1, 2022 · Digital · MUBI
Poland
August 14, 2021 · Digital
Portugal
March 10, 2022 · Theatrical
Russia
March 31, 2022 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 7, 2021 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
December 23, 2021 · Theatrical
December 22, 2022 · Theatrical · Re-release
Spain
February 4, 2022 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 1, 2022 · Theatrical
Taiwan
February 11, 2022 · Theatrical
Thailand
November 11, 2021 · Theatrical · SF Cinema
United Kingdom
November 19, 2021 · Theatrical
April 1, 2022 · Digital · MUBI
Uruguay
January 21, 2022 · Premiere · José Ignacio International Film Festival
April 16, 2022 · Premiere · Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay
July 28, 2022 · Theatrical
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