Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1978-12-16 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Kanagawa, Japan
Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
Biography
Ryūsuke 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.
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Known For
Acting
(2022)
(2015)
Happy Hour
as Yuzawa
(2003)
Like Nothing Happened
as Hamaguchi
(2003)
Crew
Our Apprenticeship
Director, Writer
All of the Sudden
Director, Writer
(2023)
Evil Does Not Exist
Editor, Screenplay, Director
(2023)
GIFT
Director, Writer
(2022)
Walden
Director
(2021)
Drive My Car
Screenplay, Director
(2021)
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Director, Writer
(2020)
Wife of a Spy
Screenplay
(2018)
Asako I & II
Director, Screenplay
(2016)
Heaven Is Still Far Away
Writer, Director, Editor
(2015)
Happy Hour
Director, Writer
(2015)
Dance with OJ
Director
(2013)
Storytellers
Director
(2013)
(2013)
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
Director, Producer
(2013)
(2012)
The Sound of Waves
Director
(2012)
Intimacies
Director, Screenplay
(2011)
The Depths
Director, Writer
(2009)
I Love Thee for Good
Director
(2008)
Passion
Director, Writer
(2008)
second coming
Assistant Director
(2007)
Solaris
Writer, Director
(2006)
Attack
Director
(2006)
Scent of Memories
Director
(2005)
Friend of the Night
Screenplay, Director
(2005)
Beginning
Director, Screenplay
(2003)
Like Nothing Happened
Director, Writer, Editor
(2003)
Like Nothing Happened
Writer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
(2001)
Go to the Movies
Screenplay, Director