Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Born: 1978-12-16 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Known For: 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

2026

All of a Sudden ... (Director)

2023

Evil Does Not Exist ... (Editor)
GIFT ... (Director)

2022

Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car as Self
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation as Self
Walden ... (Director)

2021

Drive My Car ... (Screenplay)
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy ... (Director)

2020

Wife of a Spy ... (Screenplay)

2018

Asako I & II ... (Director)

2016

Heaven Is Still Far Away ... (Director)

2015

Happy Hour as Yuzawa
Dance with OJ ... (Director)

2013

Touching the Skin of Eeriness ... (Director)
Intimacies ... (Director)
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi ... (Director)
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma ... (Director)
Storytellers ... (Director)

2012

The Sound of Waves ... (Director)

2011

The Depths ... (Writer)

2009

I Love Thee for Good ... (Director)

2008

Passion ... (Director)
second coming ... (Assistant Director)

2007

Solaris ... (Director)

2006

Scent of Memories ... (Director)
Attack ... (Director)

2005

Le Cercle as Self
Beginning ... (Director)
Friend of the Night ... (Screenplay)