Director
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
47 years · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan · 24 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 24
All of a Sudden
2026 · Director, Screenplay
Evil Does Not Exist
2023 · Editor, Screenplay
GIFT
2023 · Director, Writer
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
2022 · Self
Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car
2022 · Self
Drive My Car
2021 · Screenplay, Director
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
2021 · Director, Writer
Wife of a Spy
2020 · Screenplay
Asako I & II
2018 · Director, Screenplay
On MUBI
Heaven Is Still Far Away
2016 · Director, Editor
Happy Hour
2015 · Yuzawa, Writer
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
2013 · Director, Producer
Storytellers
2013 · Director
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma
2013 · Director
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi
2013 · Director
Intimacies
2013 · Director, Screenplay
The Sound of Waves
2012 · Director
The Depths
2011 · Writer, Director
I Love Thee for Good
2009 · Director
Passion
2008 · Director, Writer
Solaris
2007 · Director, Writer
Attack
2006 · Director
Like Nothing Happened
2003 · Hamaguchi, Director
Like Nothing Happened
2003 · Actor, Director