Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
Birthday: 1978-12-16
Birthplace: Kanagawa, Japan
Gender: Male
Ryūsuke 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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Credits
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2023-12-06 | Evil Does Not Exist |
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2023-10-18 | Gift |
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2022-09-28 | Walden |
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2021-08-18 | Drive My Car |
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2021-04-11 | Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy |
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2018-09-01 | Asako I & II |
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2016-12-11 | Heaven Is Still Far Away |
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2015-12-12 | Happy Hour |
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2015-01-01 | Dance with OJ |
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2013-12-01 | Touching the Skin of Eeriness |
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2013-11-30 | Storytellers |
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2013-11-16 | Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma |
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2013-11-16 | Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi |
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2012-07-28 | The Sound of Waves |
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2012-03-01 | Intimacies |
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2011-03-17 | The Depths |
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2009-10-18 | I Love Thee for Good |
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2008-11-22 | Passion |
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2007-01-01 | Solaris |
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2006-01-01 | Attack |
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2006-01-01 | Scent of Memories |
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2005-11-01 | Friend of the Night |
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2005-09-01 | Beginning |
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2003-01-01 | Like Nothing Happened |
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2003-01-01 | Like Nothing Happened |
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2001-11-01 | Go to the Movies |