Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Directing
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.
Filmography 32
Movies (30)
All of a Sudden2026Directing
Evil Does Not Exist2023Directing
GIFT2023Directing
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation2022Self
Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car2022Self
Walden2022Directing
Drive My Car2021Directing
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy2021Directing
Asako I & II2018Directing
Heaven Is Still Far Away2016Directing
Happy Hour2015Yuzawa- Dance with OJ2015Directing
Touching the Skin of Eeriness2013Directing
Storytellers2013Directing
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi2013Directing
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma2013Directing
Intimacies2013Directing
The Sound of Waves2012Directing
The Depths2011Directing
I Love Thee for Good2009Directing
Passion2008Directing
Solaris2007Directing
Attack2006Directing- Scent of Memories2006Directing
- Friend of the Night2005Directing
- Beginning2005Directing
Like Nothing Happened2003Hamaguchi
Like Nothing Happened2003- Go to the Movies2001Directing
- Our ApprenticeshipDirecting
Shows (2)
Le Cercle2005Self
The Oscars1953Self