Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1978-12-16 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

Kanagawa, Japan

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

Biography

Ryūsuke 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 ...

Production

2023

2021

Drive My Car

as Screenplay

2007

Solaris

as Writer

2007

Solaris

as Director

2005

Friend of the Night

as Screenplay

2005

2001

Go to the Movies

as Screenplay

2005

Beginning

as Director

2001

Go to the Movies

as Director

2005

Beginning

as Screenplay

2022

Walden

as Director

2008

Passion

as Director

2011

The Depths

as Director

2013

Storytellers

as Director

2012

2012

Intimacies

as Director

2011

The Depths

as Writer

2015

Happy Hour

as Director

2015

Happy Hour

as Writer

2009

2023

Evil Does Not Exist

as Screenplay

2003

2018

Asako I & II

as Director

2008

Passion

as Writer

2008

second coming

as Assistant Director

2018

Asako I & II

as Screenplay

2023

2023

GIFT

as Director

2023

GIFT

as Writer

2012

Intimacies

as Screenplay

2015

Dance with OJ

as Director

2003

2003

Like Nothing Happened

as Director of Photography

2006

Attack

as Director

2006

2021

Drive My Car

as Director

-

2020

Wife of a Spy

as Screenplay

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