Directing
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Born December 16, 1978 · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography
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
7.5
Drive My Car
Screenplay, Director
7.5
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Director, Writer
7.0
Evil Does Not Exist
Editor, Screenplay, Director
7.1
Asako I & II
Director, Screenplay
6.6
Wife of a Spy
Screenplay
7.6
Happy Hour
Yuzawa, Director, Writer
7.1 TMDB
The Oscars
Self
8.1
All of a Sudden
Director, Screenplay
6.9
Passion
Director, Writer
6.6 TMDB
Heaven Is Still Far Away
Director, Writer, Editor
5.9 TMDB
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
Director, Producer
6.2
The Depths
Director, Writer
6.9 TMDB
Intimacies
Director, Screenplay
6.8 TMDB
Like Nothing Happened
Hamaguchi, Director, Writer, Editor
5.7 TMDB
I Love Thee for Good
Director
5.5 TMDB
Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car
Self
6.0 TMDB
Like Nothing Happened
2003 · Movie
4.0 TMDB
Solaris
Director, Writer
7.0 TMDB
The Sound of Waves
Director
3.0 TMDB
Storytellers
Director
Filmography
- 2026All of a SuddenDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 2023Evil Does Not ExistEditor, Screenplay, DirectorMovie
- 2023GIFTDirector, WriterMovie
- 2022No Boundaries: A Cure ConversationSelfMovie
- 2022Down the Road: The Making of Drive My CarSelfMovie
- 2021Drive My CarScreenplay, DirectorMovie
- 2021Wheel of Fortune and FantasyDirector, WriterMovie
- 2020Wife of a SpyScreenplayMovie
- 2018Asako I & IIDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 2016Heaven Is Still Far AwayDirector, Writer, EditorMovie
- 2015Happy HourYuzawa, Director, WriterMovie
- 2015Dance with OJDirectorMovie
- 2013Touching the Skin of EerinessDirector, ProducerMovie
- 2013StorytellersDirectorMovie
- 2013Voices from the Waves - KesennumaDirectorMovie
- 2013Voices from the Waves - ShinchimachiDirectorMovie
- 2013IntimaciesDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 2012The Sound of WavesDirectorMovie
- 2011The DepthsDirector, WriterMovie
- 2009I Love Thee for GoodDirectorMovie
- 2008second comingAssistant DirectorMovie
- 2008PassionDirector, WriterMovie
- 2007SolarisDirector, WriterMovie
- 2006AttackDirectorMovie
- 2006Scent of MemoriesDirectorMovie
- 2005Friend of the NightDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 2005BeginningDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 2005Le CercleSelfSeries
- 2003Like Nothing HappenedHamaguchi, Director, Writer, EditorMovie
- 2003Like Nothing HappenedMovie
- 2001Go to the MoviesDirector, ScreenplayMovie
- 1953The OscarsSelfSeries
- —Our ApprenticeshipDirector, WriterMovie