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Director
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Born December 16, 1978 in 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).
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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
Drive My Car2021
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy2021
Evil Does Not Exist2023
Asako I & II2018
Wife of a Spy2020
Happy Hour2015
All of a Sudden2026
Passion2008
Filmography
- TBAOur ApprenticeshipFilmDirector, Writer
- 2026All of a SuddenFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2023Evil Does Not ExistFilmEditor, Screenplay, Director
- 2023GIFTFilmDirector, Writer
- 2022Down the Road: The Making of Drive My CarFilmSelf
- 2022No Boundaries: A Cure ConversationFilmSelf
- 2021Drive My CarFilmScreenplay, Director
- 2021Wheel of Fortune and FantasyFilmDirector, Writer
- 2020Wife of a SpyFilmScreenplay
- 2018Asako I & IIFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2016Heaven Is Still Far AwayFilmDirector, Writer, Editor
- 2015Happy HourFilmYuzawa, Director, Writer
- 2015Dance with OJFilmDirector
- 2013Touching the Skin of EerinessFilmDirector, Producer
- 2013IntimaciesFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2013StorytellersFilmDirector
- 2013Voices from the Waves - KesennumaFilmDirector
- 2013Voices from the Waves - ShinchimachiFilmDirector
- 2012The Sound of WavesFilmDirector
- 2011The DepthsFilmDirector, Writer
- 2009I Love Thee for GoodFilmDirector
- 2008PassionFilmDirector, Writer
- 2008second comingFilmAssistant Director
- 2007SolarisFilmDirector, Writer
- 2006AttackFilmDirector
- 2006Scent of MemoriesFilmDirector
- 2005Le CercleSeriesSelf
- 2005Friend of the NightFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2005BeginningFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2003Like Nothing HappenedFilmHamaguchi, Director, Writer, Editor
- 2003Like Nothing HappenedFilmDirector, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
- 2001Go to the MoviesFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1953The OscarsSeriesSelf