🎬 Director
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
🎂 Born 16 December 1978 (age 47)📍 Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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Popularity Score
5
Acting Credits
22
Directed
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.
Known For
Directed Films(22)
★ 7.4
Drive My Car
2021
Director
★ 10.0
All of a Sudden
2026
Director
★ 6.8
Asako I & II
2018
Director
★ 7.2
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
2021
Director
★ 6.8
Evil Does Not Exist
2023
Director
★ 7.4
Happy Hour
2015
Director
★ 6.1
Passion
2008
Director
★ 6.6
Heaven Is Still Far Away
2016
Director
★ 5.9
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
2013
Director
★ 5.4
The Depths
2011
Director
★ 5.7
I Love Thee for Good
2009
Director
★ 9.0
GIFT
2023
Director
★ 6.6
Intimacies
2013
Director
★ 7.0
The Sound of Waves
2012
Director
★ 6.8
Like Nothing Happened
2003
Director
★ 4.0
Solaris
2007
Director
★ 6.0
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi
2013
Director
Storytellers
2013
Director
Attack
2006
Director
★ 6.0
Like Nothing Happened
2003
Director
★ 7.0
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma
2013
Director
Walden
2022
Director