Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
December 16, 1978 (47 years old)
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Also Known As
- Ryuusuke Hamaguchi
- Rjusuke Hamaguči
- Рюсукэ Хамагути
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Biography
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.
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He is the third Japanese director to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Director.
Known For
Acting
Directing
Evil Does Not Exist
Editor, Screenplay, Director
2023
Drive My Car
Screenplay, Director
2021
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Director, Writer
2021
Wife of a Spy
Screenplay
2020
Asako I & II
Director, Screenplay
2018
Heaven Is Still Far Away
Director, Editor, Writer
2016
Happy Hour
Writer, Director
2015
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
Director, Producer
2013
Passion
Director, Writer
2008