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Hamagucsi Rjúszuke

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
2026
2023
GIFT
Director
GIFT
Writer
2022
2021
Drive My Car
Screenplay
Drive My Car
Director
2020
Wife of a Spy
Screenplay
2018
Asako I & II
Director
Asako I & II
Screenplay
2016
2015
Happy Hour
as Yuzawa
Happy Hour
Director
2013
Storytellers
Director
Intimacies
Director
Intimacies
Screenplay
2012
2011
The Depths
Director
2009
2008
second coming
Assistant Director
Passion
Director
Passion
Writer
2007
Solaris
Director
Solaris
Writer
2006
Attack
Director
2005
Le Cercle
TVas Self
Beginning
Director
Beginning
Screenplay
2003
Like Nothing Happened
Director of Photography
2001
1953
The Oscars
TVas Self

Social Media

IMDb

Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
12/16/1978(47 years old)
Place of Birth
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan