Japanese master director Ryusuke Hamaguchi visits Korea for the re-release of the movie 'Drive My Car'

Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi is visiting Korea for the domestic re-release of the movie 'Drive My Car'.

On the 27th, distributor Triple Pictures announced that director Ryusuke Hamaguchi is scheduled to visit Korea from December 21st to December 23rd. The visit marks the 2nd anniversary of the domestic release of ‘Drive My Car’. Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi plans to share the schedule with Korean actors Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon, and Ahn Hwi-tae, who appeared in 'Drive My Car.'

The movie 'Drive My Car' is the story of director and actor Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima), who is hurt by his dead wife, and recovers his life by meeting his exclusive driver Misaki (Toko Miura). It is also a film adaptation of 'Drive My Car', which was included in novelist Haruki Murakami's short story collection 'Men Without Women' published in 2014.

The film won four awards including Best Screenplay at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Golden Globe Awards, and Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor at the 56th National Association of Film Critics Awards. It won Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th British Academy Awards and Best Foreign Language Film at the 27th Critics' Choice Awards. Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's detailed schedule for his visit to Korea will be released through Triple Pictures' official SNS account.

‘Drive My Car’ will be re-released in Korea on December 20th.

Reporter Ha-neul Lee, Ten Asia greenworld@tenasia.co.kr