Ryusuke Hamaguchi
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.
27 directing credits · 7 acting credits
Directing · 27
All of a Sudden
2026
Drive My Car
2021
Asako I & II
2018
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
2021
Evil Does Not Exist
2023
Happy Hour
2015
The Depths
2011
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
2013
Solaris
2007
Heaven Is Still Far Away
2016
Passion
2008
I Love Thee for Good
2009
GIFT
2023
Intimacies
2013
Like Nothing Happened
2003
Storytellers
2013
Like Nothing Happened
2003
Our Apprenticeship
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Friend of the Night
2005
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma
2013
Scent of Memories
2006
Beginning
2005
Dance with OJ
2015
Go to the Movies
2001
Attack
2006
The Sound of Waves
2012
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi
2013
