Drive Into Night

Drive Into Night

A broken world and an endless daily life

2022 · 125 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama

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.

Directed by Dai Sako · Written by Dai Sako

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Tomomitsu Adachi Taichi Akimoto
Reo Tamaoki Wataru Taniguchi
Nahana Misaki Taniguchi
Shohei Uno Minomata
Yutaka Matsushige Kim-Jung Woo
Tsutomu Takahashi Shinichi Hongo
Yohta Kawase Akira Konishi
Ran Tamai

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