Film

The Drive

1992 · 1h 35m · Drama · TV Movie

Kono Takeshi has given up work as an electrician to run a gift-shop business with his partner/mistress Rieko, who's a couple of years older than him. When the company faces bankruptcy Kono wants to quit, but Rieko strings him along with the promise of a large cash investment, the proceeds of a real-estate deal. Her actual plan to raise the money is to kidnap a young woman and demand a ransom for her release. The trouble is, it never occurs to her to keep the victim alive before trying to extort the cash. And when things start to go wrong, Rieko responds by murdering another girl and attempting another ransom scam..

Koji Tamaki

Takeshi

Shigeru Muroi

Rieko

Yoko Nogiwa

Tatsuo Yamada

Mansaku Fuwa

Kaori Mizushima

Takashi Naito

Tomoko Otakara

Junko Takazawa

• Shunichi NagasakiDirector
• Hisashi SaitoWriter
• Ryūzō SakiStory
• Keisuke MiyakegawaProducer
• Shigeru HondaDirector of Photography
• Yoshiyuki OkuharaEditor

Release date

May 26, 1992

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie