Hamagucsi Rjúszuke
Directing1978Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Acting History
Future
All of a Sudden
Director
All of a Sudden
Writer
2023
GIFT
Director
GIFT
Writer
Evil Does Not Exist
Editor
Evil Does Not Exist
Screenplay
Evil Does Not Exist
Director
2021
2020
Wife of a Spy
Screenplay
2018
Asako I & II
Director
Asako I & II
Screenplay
2016
2015
2013
Intimacies
Director
Intimacies
Screenplay
Storytellers
Director
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
Director
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
Producer
2012
The Sound of Waves
Director
2011
The Depths
Writer
The Depths
Director
2009
I Love Thee for Good
Director
2008
2005
Le Cercle
TVas Self
2003
Like Nothing Happened
as Hamaguchi
Like Nothing Happened
Director
Like Nothing Happened
Writer
Like Nothing Happened
Editor
1953
The Oscars
TVas Self