Two years later, Yusuke takes the director job at a theater festival. So he heads to Hiroshima, driving his car. There, he meets his exclusive chauffeur, Misaki, who doesn't talk much. While spending time with her, Yusuke learns things that he has ignored.
(Source: AsianWiki)
~~ Release dates: Jul 11, 2021 (Festival) || Aug 20, 2021 (Cinema). ~~ Adapted from the short story "Drive My Car" (ドライブ・マイ・カー) by Murakami Haruki (村上春樹).", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/drama/eeoOp_4c.jpg", "genre": [ "Drama" ], "contentRating": "PG-13", "datePublished": "Jul 11, 2021", "dateModified": "2021-12-13", "startDate": "Jul 11, 2021", "endDate": "", "actor": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Okada Masaki", "alternateName": "岡田将生", "birthDate": "August 15, 1989", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Okada Masaki, born in Edogawa-Ku, Tokyo, is a Japanese actor managed by Stardust Promotion. Okada was scouted in Harajuku when he was in the second year of junior high school. Initially, he refused the offer as he was absorbed in the activities of the basketball club. After entering high school he contacted the office and made his debut in 2006. He was enrolled in a university in Tokyo in parallel with his entertainment activities, but dropped out of the university at the end of 2009 and devoted himself to acting.
Okada's breakthrough came two years after his debut. From the winter of 2008 to 2009, Okada appeared in the starring roles for five movies that were released consecutively - "Someday's Dreamers", "Halfway", "Honokaa Boy", "Gravity's Clowns" and "Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu". These performances led him to the "Best New Artist" award at the 34th edition of the Hochi Film Award. He was also nominated for "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role" at the 34th Japan Academy Film Prize for "Akunin" (2009) and "Confessions" (2010).
In 2012, Okada played the role of Minamoto no Yoritomo and also served as the narrator of the Taiga drama "Taira no Kiyomori". It was his first-ever appearance in a Taiga drama, and he became the youngest actor to portray the role of Minamoto no Yoritomo at the age of 22.
Okada made his stage debut in 2014 with "Total Eclipse", directed by Ninagawa Yukio. Most recently, he was portrayed Katsura Kotaro in the live-action film series "Gintama".", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/4egEdk_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nishijima Hidetoshi", "alternateName": "西島秀俊", "birthDate": "March 29, 1971", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Nishijima Hidetoshi is a Japanese actor. Nishijima starred in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 1998 film "License to Live". He was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the Yokohama Film Festival in 2008.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/ROoDx_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kirishima Reika", "alternateName": "霧島れいか, 雾岛丽香, きりしま れいか, 키리시마 레이카, Reika Kirishima, Кирисима, Рэика, ريكا كيريشيما", "birthDate": "August 05, 1972", "nationality": "Niigata Prefecture, Japan", "description": "Kirishima Reika is a Japanese film and television actress active since 1997.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/kirishima-reika.png" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Miura Toko", "alternateName": "三浦透子, みうら とうこ, Toko Miura", "birthDate": "October 20, 1996", "nationality": "Hokkaido, Japan", "description": "", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/miura-toko.png" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sonia Yuan", "alternateName": "袁子芸", "birthDate": "September 21, 1990", "nationality": "Chinese", "description": "", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/qY5KOP_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Park Yoo Rim", "alternateName": "박유림", "birthDate": "February 6, 1993", "nationality": "South Korean", "description": "Park Yoo Rim is a South Korean actress and musician.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/E5pBBl_5c.jpg" } ], "director": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hamaguchi Ryusuke", "alternateName": "濱口竜介", "birthDate": "December 16, 1978", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Hamaguchi Ryusuke is a Japanese director and screenwriter born in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan.
After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he worked in the film industry for a few years before entering the graduate film programme at the Tokyo University of the Arts. His graduation film, Passion, screened at San Sebastian Film Festival in 2008. His 317-minute opus Happy Hour premiered at Locarno and went on to screen and win awards at numerous film festivals. Asako I & II was selected for the competition at Cannes in 2018. He also wrote the screenplay for Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wife of a Spy, which won the Silver Lion at Venice in 2020.