- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 16, 1978
- Place of Birth
- Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Filmography
movieAll of a Sudden
2026 · Director, Screenplay
movieEvil Does Not Exist
2023 · Editor, Screenplay, Director
movieGIFT
2023 · Director, Writer
movieNo Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
2022 · Self
movieDown the Road: The Making of Drive My Car
2022 · Self
movieWalden
2022 · Director
movieDrive My Car
2021 · Screenplay, Director
movieWheel of Fortune and Fantasy
2021 · Director, Writer
movieWife of a Spy
2020 · Screenplay
movieAsako I & II
2018 · Director, Screenplay
movieHeaven Is Still Far Away
2016 · Writer, Director, Editor
movieHappy Hour
2015 · Yuzawa, Director, Writer
Dance with OJ
movieDance with OJ
2015 · Director
movieTouching the Skin of Eeriness
2013 · Director, Producer
movieStorytellers
2013 · Director
movieVoices from the Waves - Kesennuma
2013 · Director
movieVoices from the Waves - Shinchimachi
2013 · Director
movieIntimacies
2013 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Sound of Waves
2012 · Director
movieThe Depths
2011 · Director, Writer
movieI Love Thee for Good
2009 · Director
moviesecond coming
2008 · Assistant Director
moviePassion
2008 · Director, Writer
movieSolaris
2007 · Writer, Director
movieAttack
2006 · Director
Scent of Memories
movieScent of Memories
2006 · Director
Friend of the Night
movieFriend of the Night
2005 · Screenplay, Director
Beginning
movieBeginning
2005 · Director, Screenplay
tvLe Cercle
2005 · Self
movieLike Nothing Happened
2003 · Hamaguchi, Director, Writer, Editor
movieLike Nothing Happened
2003 · , Writer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
Go to the Movies
movieGo to the Movies
2001 · Screenplay, Director
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
Our Apprenticeship
movieOur Apprenticeship
— · Director, Writer