Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Known for directing · Born 16 December 1978 · 47 · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
36 credits
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
2021
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
2021
Evil Does Not Exist
2023
Asako I & II
2018
Happy Hour
2015
All of a Sudden
2026
Wife of a Spy
2020
Passion
2008
Heaven Is Still Far Away
2016
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
2013
Intimacies
2013
The Depths
2011