Filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi poses for a photo after winning the Best Screenplay Award for his movie “Drive My Car” at the Cannes International Film Festival on July 17. (Misuzu Sato)
CANNES, France Filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi and scriptwriter Takamasa Oe won the Best Screenplay Award for their movie “Drive My Car” at the Cannes International Film Festival, a first for a Japanese.
The film is an adaptation of novelist Haruki Murakami’s short story of the same name. It was screened in competition in the feature film category.
“I would like to express my gratitude first to Haruki Murakami, who provided inspiration for the movie,” Hamaguchi said during the awards ceremony before a highly appreciative mask-wearing audience here July 17.
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