Cinema Studies – Foreign Movie

Two years after his wife’s unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku, a nationally known stage actor and director, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. While there he meets Misaki Watari, a rather silent young woman who is required to chauffeur him in his personal, beloved red Saab 900 at all times as a stipulation of his offer. As the production’s premiere approaches, tensions mount among the cast and crew, including Yusuke and Koshi Takatsuki, a handsome TV star who shares an unwelcome connection to Yusuke’s late wife he’s forced to confront.