Drive Into Night (2022)

  • NR
  • 05/13/2022 (JP)
  • Drama
  • 2h 5m

A broken world and an endless daily life

Overview

A surprising and humanistic drama that questions the meaning of happiness through the strange fate of one man who caused an accident. One night, a taciturn and clumsy man working at a scrap iron factory in the suburbs of Tokyo, causes an irreparable accident with his colleague. The two try to hide the incident but the man’s fate takes a turn for the worse and his colleague and family are faced with threats to their survival. A psychologial thriller that reveals the ills of Japanese society along with the darknesses of the human heart based on a script full of surprises written by the director Dai Sakō. Tomomitsu Adachi, who plays the lead role, exudes an eerie charm, and is flanked by many of Japan's best supporting actors such as Yutaka Matsushige and Shohei Uno.

Dai Sakô

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Tomomitsu Adachi's headshot

Tomomitsu Adachi

Taichi Akimoto
Reo Tamaoki's headshot

Reo Tamaoki

Wataru Taniguchi
Nahana's headshot

Nahana

Misaki Taniguchi
Shohei Uno's headshot

Shohei Uno

Minomata
Yutaka Matsushige's headshot

Yutaka Matsushige

Kim-Jung Woo
Tsutomu Takahashi's headshot

Tsutomu Takahashi

Shinichi Hongo
Yohta Kawase's headshot

Yohta Kawase

Akira Konishi
Ran Tamai's headshot

Ran Tamai

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