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Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Directing · Born 1978-12-16 · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Biography

Ryusuke Hamaguchi 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

2026All of a SuddenDirector
2023Evil Does Not ExistEditor
2023GIFTDirector
2022No Boundaries: A Cure ConversationSelf
2022Down the Road: The Making of Drive My CarSelf
2022WaldenDirector
2021Drive My CarScreenplay
2021Wheel of Fortune and FantasyDirector
2020Wife of a SpyScreenplay
2018Asako I & IIDirector
2016Heaven Is Still Far AwayDirector
2015Happy HourYuzawa
2015Dance with OJDirector
2013Touching the Skin of EerinessDirector
2013StorytellersDirector
2013Voices from the Waves - KesennumaDirector
2013Voices from the Waves - ShinchimachiDirector
2013IntimaciesDirector
2012The Sound of WavesDirector
2011The DepthsWriter
2009I Love Thee for GoodDirector
2008second comingAssistant Director
2008PassionDirector
2007SolarisDirector
2006Scent of MemoriesDirector
2006AttackDirector
2005Friend of the NightScreenplay
2005BeginningDirector
2005Le CercleSelf
2003Like Nothing HappenedHamaguchi
2003Like Nothing Happened
2001Go to the MoviesDirector
1953The OscarsSelf
—Our ApprenticeshipDirector

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