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Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Born
16 December 1978
Place
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Directing

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

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.

As director

All of a Sudden

All of a Sudden

2026 · Director
Evil Does Not Exist

Evil Does Not Exist

2023 · Director
GIFT

GIFT

2023 · Director
Walden

Walden

2022 · Director
Drive My Car

Drive My Car

2021 · Director
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

2021 · Director
Asako I & II

Asako I & II

2018 · Director
Heaven Is Still Far Away

Heaven Is Still Far Away

2016 · Director
Happy Hour

Happy Hour

2015 · Director

Dance with OJ

2015 · Director
Intimacies

Intimacies

2013 · Director
Storytellers

Storytellers

2013 · Director
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma

Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma

2013 · Director
Touching the Skin of Eeriness

Touching the Skin of Eeriness

2013 · Director
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi

Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi

2013 · Director
The Sound of Waves

The Sound of Waves

2012 · Director
The Depths

The Depths

2011 · Director
I Love Thee for Good

I Love Thee for Good

2009 · Director
Passion

Passion

2008 · Director
Solaris

Solaris

2007 · Director
Attack

Attack

2006 · Director

Scent of Memories

2006 · Director

Friend of the Night

2005 · Director

Beginning

2005 · Director
Like Nothing Happened

Like Nothing Happened

2003 · Director
Like Nothing Happened

Like Nothing Happened

2003 · Director

Go to the Movies

2001 · Director

Our Apprenticeship

Director

As actor

Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car

Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car

2022 · Self
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation

No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation

2022 · Self
Happy Hour

Happy Hour

2015 · Yuzawa
Like Nothing Happened

Like Nothing Happened

2003 · Hamaguchi
Like Nothing Happened

Like Nothing Happened

2003