Person
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Dec 16, 1978
- From
- 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.
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Credits
Happy Hour
The Oscars
Like Nothing Happened
Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car
Like Nothing Happened
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
Le Cercle
Evil Does Not Exist
Drive My Car
Solaris
Friend of the Night
Beginning
Go to the Movies
Passion
The Depths
The Sound of Waves
Intimacies
Storytellers