CRITICAL darling Japanese-language film “Drive My Car” which earned four nods at this year’s Oscars including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay is getting a streaming release next month on HBO Max. The service revealed Monday that “Drive My Car” will be streaming on HBO Max starting March 2, as a result of WarnerMedia OneFifty acquiring the drama for streaming. Directed and co-written by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car” is based on the short story of the same name by Haruki Murakami and follows a widowed actor/director Yūsuke Kafukuwho(Hidetoshi Nishijima) as he makes a multilingual production of “Uncle Vanya” in Hiroshima while also dealing with the sudden death of his wife. Throughout the production, he’s chauffeured by a young woman (Toko Miura), and the two strike up an unlikely friendship as they seek to unpack the mysteries that his wife left behind. A Sideshow and Janus Films release, “Drive My Car” is the first Japanese film to be nominated for best picture, and in addition to the aforementioned nominations, it’s also up for best international feature. It will join fellow best picture nominee “Nightmare Alley” on HBO Max, and Steven Spielberg’s best picture-nominated “West Side Story” is also due to premiere on the streaming service March 2. (SD-Agencies)
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