Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2026All of a Sudden
Director & Screenplay
2023Evil Does Not Exist
Director & Screenplay
2023GIFT
Director & Writer
2021Drive My Car
Director & Screenplay
2021Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Director & Writer
2020Wife of a Spy
Screenplay
2018Asako I & II
Director & Screenplay
2016Heaven Is Still Far Away
Director & Writer
2015Happy Hour
Director & Writer
2013Intimacies
Director & Screenplay
2013Storytellers
Director
2013Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma
Director
2013Touching the Skin of Eeriness
Director
2013Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi
Director
2012The Sound of Waves
Director
2011The Depths
Director & Writer
2009I Love Thee for Good
Director
2008Passion
Director & Writer
2007Solaris
Director & Writer
2006Attack
Director
2003Like Nothing Happened
Director & Writer
2003Like Nothing Happened
Director & Writer