Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 16, 1978
Place of Birth
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Credits
33 titles
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Biography
Ryusuke Hamaguchi (born 16 December 1978) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Hamaguchi, a graduate of Tokyo University and Tokyo University of Arts, attracted attention in his country with the movie Passion (2008), which he shot for his graduation. Hamaguchi first gained international recognition with the film Happy Hour (2015) and followed it up with Asako I & II (2018). He released two films in 2021, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and Drive My Car, receiving three Academy Award nominations for the latter, including Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best International Feature. He is the third Japanese director to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Director.
Known For
Filmography
All of a Sudden
Director
Evil Does Not Exist
Editor
GIFT
Director
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
Self
Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car
Self
Drive My Car
Screenplay
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Director
Wife of a Spy
Screenplay
Asako I & II
Director
Heaven Is Still Far Away
Director
Happy Hour
Yuzawa
Dance with OJ
Director
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
Director
Storytellers
Director
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi
Director
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma
Director
Intimacies
Director
The Sound of Waves
Director
The Depths
Writer
I Love Thee for Good
Director
second coming
Assistant Director
Passion
Director
Solaris
Director
Attack
Director
Scent of Memories
Director
Friend of the Night
Screenplay
Beginning
Director
Le Cercle
Self
Like Nothing Happened
Hamaguchi
Like Nothing Happened
Go to the Movies
Director
The Oscars
Self
Our Apprenticeship
Director