
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
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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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Drive My Car (2021)
Director

All of a Sudden (2026)
Director

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
Director

Asako I & II (2018)
Director

Evil Does Not Exist (2023)
Director

Happy Hour (2015)
Director

Touching the Skin of Eeriness (2013)
Director

Heaven Is Still Far Away (2016)
Director

Passion (2008)
Director

The Depths (2011)
Director

GIFT (2023)
Director

Intimacies (2013)
Director

Solaris (2007)
Director

I Love Thee for Good (2009)
Director

Like Nothing Happened (2003)
Director

Attack (2006)
Director

Like Nothing Happened (2003)
Director

The Sound of Waves (2012)
Director

Storytellers (2013)
Director

Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi (2013)
Director
Our Apprenticeship (—)
Director
Beginning (2005)
Director
Dance with OJ (2015)
Director
Go to the Movies (2001)
Director

Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma (2013)
Director
Friend of the Night (2005)
Director
Scent of Memories (2006)
Director

Walden (2022)
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