Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Directing
1978-12-16 · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Filmography
All of a Sudden
2026 · Movie
Evil Does Not Exist
2023 · Movie
GIFT
2023 · Movie
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
2022 · Movie
Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car
2022 · Movie
Drive My Car
2021 · Movie
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
2021 · Movie
Wife of a Spy
2020 · Movie
Asako I & II
2018 · Movie
Heaven Is Still Far Away
2016 · Movie
Happy Hour
2015 · Movie
Dance with OJ
2015 · Movie
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
2013 · Movie
Storytellers
2013 · Movie
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi
2013 · Movie
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma
2013 · Movie
Intimacies
2013 · Movie
The Sound of Waves
2012 · Movie
The Depths
2011 · Movie
I Love Thee for Good
2009 · Movie
second coming
2008 · Movie
Passion
2008 · Movie
Solaris
2007 · Movie
Attack
2006 · Movie
Scent of Memories
2006 · Movie
Friend of the Night
2005 · Movie
Beginning
2005 · Movie
Le Cercle
2005 · Series
Like Nothing Happened
2003 · Movie
Like Nothing Happened
2003 · Movie
Go to the Movies
2001 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Our Apprenticeship
Movie