Search: Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Hamaguchi’s most pointed provocation is not that the nursing home becomes excessive in its care, but that ordinary neglect has trained us to see basic tenderness as excess.

Higashide will no doubt attract most attention, impressive in his ability to inhabit two very different characters, yet it's Karata who is the power at the heart of the film.

Slow to build and with an assembly of characters who are all more complex than they seem on the surface, Drive My Car exemplifies Japan’s growing body of literary cinema.

Hamaguchi isn’t scared to completely change the rhythm of his film on a dime, something that is likely to frustrate as many people as it delights.

Quiet and unassuming yet making some devastating points, Hamaguchi's film is shot with deceptive simplicity.

A melancholy look at love and the various ways in which people understand their connections to others.

The Japanese filmmaker guides his actors as if they were just learning emotions, creating an impression of awkwardness.