Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Drive My Car’ Gets Best Screenplay at Cannes Film Festival

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The movie Drive My Car (2021), Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi acquired Finest Screenplay on the Cannes Worldwide Movie Pageant on July 17, the primary time a Japanese individual gained this accolade.

The screenplay was written by Ryusuke Hamaguchi himself and Takamasa Oe, and is predicated on a brief story written by world-famous novelist Haruki Murakami. 

The story is a part of the gathering known as Men Without Women (Josei no Inai Otokotachi) revealed in 2014.

It focuses on heartbreak and remorse, that includes a theater actor and director Yusuke Kafuku, who has to face the demons of his spouse’s infidelity after which later course of his spouse’s demise. The position is performed by Hidetoshi Nishijima, a preferred actor in Japan who most not too long ago appeared within the standard NHK TV sequence known as Okaeri Mone (2021). The motive force, Misaki, is performed by Toko Miura, and thru the highway journey gadget the 2 speak about their journeys.

The forged additionally included actors from Taiwan and South Korea, corresponding to Korean actress Park Yoo-rim.

The 74^th Cannes Film Festival, which ran from July 6 to 17, 2021, happened for the primary time in two years, after the 2020 version was canceled.

“I feel that the actors expressed the story rather well. They’re now abroad, however I want to thank them with a big applause, and [thank] all of the invaluable workers that sustained the actors’ efforts,” stated Hamaguchi on the ceremony.

Hamaguchi informed Reuters that he notably loved working with a world forged: “I discovered the truth that not one of the actors would be capable to perceive one another fascinating as a result of it compelled them to look at one another extra intently and react otherwise.”

42-years outdated, the Japanese director has been within the highlight as a pioneer within the Japanese movie business. He co-wrote the screenplay of Wife of a Spy (2020), which acquired the Silver Lion on the Venice Movie Pageant in September 2020.

In March 2021, Hamaguchi additionally acquired the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize on the Berlin Worldwide Movie Pageant for Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, scoring awards in all three main movie festivals in Europe. 

Drive My Automobile is ready to launch in Japan on August 20. Ryusuke Hamaguchi hails from Kanagawa prefecture, within the outskirts of the Tokyo capital. His movie had beforehand competed at Cannes Movie Pageant, specifically with Asako (I&II) (2018).

Writer: Arielle Busetto