Known for

Directing

Born

Dec 16, 1978 (47 years old)

Place of birth

Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Ryusuke Hamaguchi (born 16 December 1978) 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.

Titles

The Oscars

Series • 1953

All of a Sudden

Movie • 2026

Le Cercle

Series • 2005

Drive My Car

Movie • 2021

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Movie • 2021

Asako I & II

Movie • 2018

Evil Does Not Exist

Movie • 2023

Happy Hour

Movie • 2015

Wife of a Spy

Movie • 2020

The Depths

Movie • 2011

Passion

Movie • 2008

Like Nothing Happened

Movie • 2003

I Love Thee for Good

Movie • 2009

Touching the Skin of Eeriness

Movie • 2013

Intimacies

Movie • 2013

Heaven Is Still Far Away

Movie • 2016

Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car

Movie • 2022

GIFT

Movie • 2023

Storytellers

Movie • 2013