Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Directing
- Born
- December 16, 1978 (age 47) · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Ryusuke Hamaguchi (born 16 December 1978) 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.
Known for
Drive My Car
August 18, 2021
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
April 11, 2021
Evil Does Not Exist
December 6, 2023
Asako I & II
September 1, 2018
Wife of a Spy
October 16, 2020
Happy Hour
December 12, 2015
All of a Sudden
June 19, 2026
Passion
November 23, 2008
Heaven Is Still Far Away
December 11, 2016
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
December 1, 2013
The Depths
March 17, 2011
Intimacies
May 25, 2013
Behind the camera29
- 2026All of a Sudden Director, Screenplay
- 2023Evil Does Not Exist Editor, Screenplay, Director
- 2023GIFT Director, Writer
- 2021Drive My Car Screenplay, Director
- 2021Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Director, Writer
- 2020Wife of a Spy Screenplay
- 2018Asako I & II Director, Screenplay
- 2016Heaven Is Still Far Away Director, Writer, Editor
- 2015Happy Hour Director, Writer
- 2015Dance with OJ