The Japanese Film Won Oscar 2022, Drive My Car Can Be Watched At KlikFilm

Pemian Film Drive My Car (Photo: Reuters via ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The film Drive My Car is in the spotlight after setting a record as the first Japanese film to win the 2022 Oscar in the Best International Feature category. Previously, the Japanese film Departures won an Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film category.

The victory of Drive My Car at the 2022 Oscars received a warm welcome from the Japanese public and government. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary of the Japanese Government Hirokazu Matsuno also congratulated on the success of the film Drive My Car won the 2022 Oscar.

Quoted from Reuters, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a regular press conference that the victory was "very exciting news," while Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a statement that part of the film's charm is undoubtedly the backdrop in Hiroshima.

"I want to use this as an opportunity to strengthen support for cultural and artistic activities that are a source of soft power and spread Japanese culture to the world," he added.

Meanwhile, the Drive My Car movie itself has been officially available on KlikFilm since March 2, 2022. The victory of this film also makes KlikFilm Director, Frederica feel happy.

"I congratulate the film Drive My Car which has won the 2022 Oscar. I am proud to be able to represent an Asian film at the highest stage of the world film festival. And I am also happy, because the film enthusiast community in Indonesia can legally watch the film Drive My Car at KlikFilm. ," he said.

At the 2022 Oscars, Drive My Car won four Oscar nominations, including the categories for Best Pictures, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best International Film.

This 2021 Japanese drama film is written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and is an adaptation of one of the titles in writer Haruki Murakami's short story, Men Without Women.

This film revolves around the life of a famous actor and stage director, Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima). After work, he finds his wife, Oto Kafuku (Reika Kirishima), had passed out and was later pronounced dead from a brain hemorrhage. His life was originally peaceful, then changed.

Drive My Car is not showing in Indonesian cinemas. You can access it legally via the KlikFilm streaming platform starting March 2, 2022.