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Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

Writer, Director, Editor, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn December 16, 1978 (47 years)
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.

IMDb mini bio by yusufpiskin

Known For

  • Drive My Car
  • Evil Does Not Exist
  • Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
  • Asako I & II
  • Happy Hour
  • Passion
  • Wife of a Spy
  • Heaven Is Still Far Away
  • Touching the Skin of Eeriness
  • Storytellers

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi Filmography

2023
Evil Does Not Exist · as Screenplay
2021
Drive My Car · as Screenplay
2021
2020
Wife of a Spy · as Screenplay
2018
Asako I & II · as Screenplay
2016
2015
2012
Intimacies · as Screenplay
2010
2008

2015
Happy Hour · as Yuzawa

2022
The Oscars · as Self - Winner: Best International Feature Film
2022
2022 EE BAFTA Film Awards · as Self - Winner
1991
Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee
1953
The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self

2023
Evil Does Not Exist · as Planner

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