Directing
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Born December 16, 1978 Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography
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.
Directed Films
10.0
All of a Sudden
2026·Drama
6.8
Evil Does Not Exist
2023·Drama
9.0
GIFT
2023·Drama
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Walden
2022
7.4
Drive My Car
2021·Drama
7.2
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
2021·Drama
6.8
Asako I & II
2018·Drama
6.6
Heaven Is Still Far Away
2016·Drama
7.4
Happy Hour
2015·Drama
5.9
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
2013·Drama
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Storytellers
2013·Documentary
7.0
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma
2013·Documentary
6.0
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi
2013·Documentary
6.6
Intimacies
2013·Drama
7.0
The Sound of Waves
2012·Documentary
5.4
The Depths
2011·Drama
5.7
I Love Thee for Good
2009·Drama
6.2
Passion
2008·Drama
4.0
Solaris
2007·Drama
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Attack
2006·Drama
6.8
Like Nothing Happened
2003·Drama
6.0
Like Nothing Happened
2003·Drama
