Co-managed by Culture Entertainment Co., Ltd., planned and produced by C&I Entertainment Co., Ltd. Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, "Drive My Car" won the 94th Academy Award® for Best International Feature Film.
2022.03.28
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Culture Entertainment Co., Ltd.
--A first for a Japanese film in 13 years!--
Culture Entertainment Inc. (Head office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Nakanishi Kazuo; hereinafter referred to as CE), a CCC Group company that plans and produces entertainment content, is pleased to announce that "Drive My Car," directed by Hamaguchi Ryusuke and planned and produced by CE's subsidiary, C&I Entertainment Inc., has won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards®. This is the first time in 13 years that a Japanese film has won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
The 94th Academy Awards® ceremony was held on March 27th (March 28th Japan time) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, USA, and "Drive My Car," which was nominated in four categories including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, became the first Japanese film to win the award, winning the Best International Feature Film award. This marks the first time a Japanese film has won an Academy Award in 13 years, since "Departures" (directed by Yojiro Takita).
This film has received high praise worldwide, becoming the first Japanese film in 62 years to win the Best Non-English Language Film award (formerly the Best Foreign Language Film) at the 79th Golden Globe Awards, and also winning four awards at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, including Best Original Screenplay, the first time a Japanese film has won such an award. With this win at the Academy Awards, which is watched by the whole world, "Drive My Car" has truly become a representative film of the global film scene in 2020.
Click here to see a list of Drive My Car's past award winners.
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● "Drive My Car" Blu-ray/DVD
□ Release date: Friday, February 18, 2022
□ Price: [Blu-ray Collector's Edition] 7,150 yen (tax included)
[Blu-ray] 5,170 yen (tax included) [DVD] 4,180 yen (tax included)
*Rated R15+ by the Eirin screening.
●TSUTAYA advance rental
□Pre-rental start date: Friday, February 18, 2022
©2021 "Drive My Car" Production Committee
■ "Drive My Car" movie information
□Official website:https://dmc.bitters.co.jp/
A car that holds memories of my wife. The place where two lonely people arrive.
Iefuku, an actor and director, was living a fulfilling life with his beloved wife. However, his wife suddenly disappears, leaving behind a secret. Two years later, while driving his car to a theater festival, Kafuku meets Misaki, a quiet personal driver with a certain past. Kafuku, who lives with a loss that he has no outlet for, begins to realize something as he spends time with Misaki. The film is based on the exquisite short story of the same name by Haruki Murakami. The up-and-coming director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, who is currently attracting the most attention from around the world, fell in love with this work and eager to turn it into a movie, and is also writing the script himself. He has made a name for himself on the international stage with his work Asako I or I Awake, which was selected for the competition section at the Cannes Film Festival, his collection of short stories Coincidence and Imagination, which won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, and Wife of a Spy, for which he wrote the screenplay, which won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The lead role is played by Nishijima Hidetoshi, a legendary actor who is an indispensable figure in the Japanese film industry. Misaki will be played by Miura Toko, and the cast will also include other talented actors such as Okada Masaki and Kirishima Reika.
Inquiries regarding this matter
Culture Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Public Relations: culture-ent-info@ccc.co.jp
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