Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Directing · Born 1978-12-16 · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
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Evil Does Not Exist 2023
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GIFT 2023
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Drive My Car 2021
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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 2021
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Asako I & II 2018
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Heaven Is Still Far Away 2016
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Happy Hour 2015
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Dance with OJ 2015
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Touching the Skin of Eeriness 2013
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Storytellers 2013
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Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma 2013
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Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi 2013
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Intimacies 2013
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The Sound of Waves 2012
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The Depths 2011
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I Love Thee for Good 2009
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Passion 2008
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Solaris 2007
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Attack 2006
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Scent of Memories 2006
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Friend of the Night 2005
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Beginning 2005
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Like Nothing Happened 2003
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Like Nothing Happened 2003
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Go to the Movies 2001
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Our Apprenticeship
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All of a Sudden
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