Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Directing·December 16, 1978 — 47 years old·Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Known For
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—Our ApprenticeshipDirector · Writer2026All of a SuddenDirector · Screenplay2023Evil Does Not ExistEditor · Screenplay · Director2023GIFTDirector · Writer2022No Boundaries: A Cure ConversationSelf2022Down the Road: The Making of Drive My CarSelf2022WaldenDirector2021Drive My CarScreenplay · Director2021Wheel of Fortune and FantasyDirector · Writer2020Wife of a SpyScreenplay2018Asako I & IIDirector · Screenplay2016Heaven Is Still Far AwayDirector · Editor · Writer2015Happy HourYuzawa · Writer · Director2015Dance with OJDirector2013Touching the Skin of EerinessDirector · Producer2013StorytellersDirector2013Voices from the Waves - KesennumaDirector2013Voices from the Waves - ShinchimachiDirector2013IntimaciesDirector · Screenplay2012The Sound of WavesDirector2011The DepthsWriter · Director2009I Love Thee for GoodDirector2008second comingAssistant Director2008PassionDirector · Writer2007SolarisDirector · Writer2006Scent of MemoriesDirector2006AttackDirector2005Friend of the NightScreenplay · Director2005BeginningDirector · Screenplay2005Le CercleTVSelf2003Like Nothing HappenedHamaguchi · Director · Writer · Editor2003Like Nothing HappenedDirector · Director of Photography · Writer · Editor2001Go to the MoviesDirector · Screenplay1953The OscarsTVSelf