Oscars: Japan's 'Drive My Car' wins best international feature film

Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi accepts the Oscar for Best International Feature Film for 'Drive My Car'. Photo: Reuters

Japanese drama Drive My Car, the story of a widowed theatre actor grappling with his past, won the Academy Award on Sunday (March 27) for best international feature film.

The three-hour film centres on an actor and director played by Hidetoshi Nishijima, who is forced to confront the demons beneath the seemingly perfect surface of his marriage after his wife dies.