<p>Japanese drama "Drive My Car", an adaptation of celebrated writer Haruki Murakami's short story by director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, won the best international film trophy at the Oscars here.</p>.<p>"Drive My Car" bested fellow nominees "Flee" from Denmark, "The Hand of God" from Italy, "Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom" (Bhutan) and "The Worst Person in the World" from Norway.</p>.<p>"I would also like to thank the actors here and I'd like to thank all the actors who couldn't come here," Hamaguchi said in his acceptance speech.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/oscars-2022-list-of-winners-and-nominees-1095086.html" target="_blank">Oscars 2022: List of winners and nominees</a></strong></p>.<p>Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Toko Miura, the film is a rumination on love, loss and acceptance through human connection.</p>.<p>The film follows Yusuke Kafuku (Nishijima), a renowned stage actor and director, who receives an offer to direct a production of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" at a theatre festival in Hiroshima, two years after his wife’s unexpected death.</p>.<p>There, he meets Misaki Watari (Miura), a taciturn young woman assigned by the festival to chauffeur him in his beloved red Saab 900.</p>.<p>The film is also up for best picture, director and adapted screenplay for Hamaguchi. But it has already become the second most nominated Japanese film after Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" (1985).</p>.<p>As Japan's official entry, the reflective drama was a clear front-runner in the Oscars race as it had already won Golden Globe and BAFTA trophies ahead of its win at the 94th Academy Awards.</p>.<p>"Drive My Car" had its world premiere in competition at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it won best screenplay.</p>.<p>The film is available for viewing on MUBI India.</p>.<p><em><strong>Check out the latest DH videos here:</strong></em></p>
<p>Japanese drama "Drive My Car", an adaptation of celebrated writer Haruki Murakami's short story by director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, won the best international film trophy at the Oscars here.</p>.<p>"Drive My Car" bested fellow nominees "Flee" from Denmark, "The Hand of God" from Italy, "Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom" (Bhutan) and "The Worst Person in the World" from Norway.</p>.<p>"I would also like to thank the actors here and I'd like to thank all the actors who couldn't come here," Hamaguchi said in his acceptance speech.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/oscars-2022-list-of-winners-and-nominees-1095086.html" target="_blank">Oscars 2022: List of winners and nominees</a></strong></p>.<p>Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Toko Miura, the film is a rumination on love, loss and acceptance through human connection.</p>.<p>The film follows Yusuke Kafuku (Nishijima), a renowned stage actor and director, who receives an offer to direct a production of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" at a theatre festival in Hiroshima, two years after his wife’s unexpected death.</p>.<p>There, he meets Misaki Watari (Miura), a taciturn young woman assigned by the festival to chauffeur him in his beloved red Saab 900.</p>.<p>The film is also up for best picture, director and adapted screenplay for Hamaguchi. But it has already become the second most nominated Japanese film after Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" (1985).</p>.<p>As Japan's official entry, the reflective drama was a clear front-runner in the Oscars race as it had already won Golden Globe and BAFTA trophies ahead of its win at the 94th Academy Awards.</p>.<p>"Drive My Car" had its world premiere in competition at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it won best screenplay.</p>.<p>The film is available for viewing on MUBI India.</p>.<p><em><strong>Check out the latest DH videos here:</strong></em></p>