Director
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Born December 16, 1978 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan27 films
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.
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First watchDrive My Car20217.4Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
27 films as director- TBAOur ApprenticeshipDirector
- 2026All of a SuddenDirector
- 2023Evil Does Not ExistDirector
- 2023GIFTDirector
- 2021Drive My CarDirector
- 2021Wheel of Fortune and FantasyDirector
- 2018Asako I & IIDirector
- 2016Heaven Is Still Far AwayDirector
- 2015Happy HourDirector
- 2015Dance with OJDirector
- 2013Touching the Skin of EerinessDirector
- 2013StorytellersDirector
- 2013Voices from the Waves - KesennumaDirector
- 2013Voices from the Waves - ShinchimachiDirector
- 2013IntimaciesDirector
- 2012The Sound of WavesDirector
- 2011The DepthsDirector
- 2009I Love Thee for GoodDirector
- 2008PassionDirector
- 2007SolarisDirector
- 2006AttackDirector
- 2006Scent of MemoriesDirector
- 2005Friend of the NightDirector
- 2005BeginningDirector
- 2003Like Nothing HappenedDirector
- 2003Like Nothing HappenedDirector
- 2001Go to the MoviesDirector