Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Known for: Directing
Born: December 16, 1978
Place of birth: Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
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Filmography
31 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
7.9
All of a Sudden
2026
6.8
Evil Does Not Exist
2023
9.0
GIFT
2023
NR
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
2022
5.5
Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car
2022
7.4
Drive My Car
2021
7.2
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
2021
6.7
Wife of a Spy
2020
6.8
Asako I & II
2018
6.6
Heaven Is Still Far Away
2016
7.4
Happy Hour
2015NR
Dance with OJ
2015
5.9
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
2013
NR
Storytellers
2013
7.0
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma
2013
6.0
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi
2013
6.9
Intimacies
2013
7.0
The Sound of Waves
2012
5.6
The Depths
2011
5.7
I Love Thee for Good
2009
NR
second coming
2008
6.3
Passion
2008
4.0
Solaris
2007
NR
Attack
2006NR
Scent of Memories
2006NR
Friend of the Night
2005NR
Beginning
2005
NR
Le Cercle
2005
6.8
Like Nothing Happened
2003
6.0
Like Nothing Happened
2003NR
Go to the Movies
2001
7.0
The Oscars
1953NR
Our Apprenticeship
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