Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Directing·Dec 16, 1978·Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

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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.

Film	Credit
All of a Sudden2026 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Evil Does Not Exist2023 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
GIFT2023 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation2022 · Self	Self
Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car2022 · Self	Self
Walden2022 · Director	Director
Drive My Car2021 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy2021 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Wife of a Spy2020 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Asako I & II2018 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Heaven Is Still Far Away2016 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Happy Hour2015 · Yuzawa, Writer, Director	Yuzawa, Writer, Director
DDance with OJ2015 · Director	Director
Touching the Skin of Eeriness2013 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Storytellers2013 · Director	Director
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma2013 · Director	Director
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi2013 · Director	Director
Intimacies2013 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Sound of Waves2012 · Director	Director
The Depths2011 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
I Love Thee for Good2009 · Director	Director
Passion2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Solaris2007 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
SScent of Memories2006 · Director	Director
Attack2006 · Director	Director
FFriend of the Night2005 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
BBeginning2005 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Like Nothing Happened2003 · Hamaguchi, Director, Writer	Hamaguchi, Director, Writer
Like Nothing Happened2003 · Actor, Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Actor, Director, Director of Photography, Writer
GGo to the Movies2001 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
OOur ApprenticeshipDirector, Writer	Director, Writer