Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 16, 1978
- Birthplace
- Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Filmography
- Untitled 'The Thin Line' Adaptation
Untitled 'The Thin Line' Adaptation TBA
Director, Writer
- Our Apprenticeship
Our Apprenticeship TBA
Director, Writer
All of a Sudden 2026
Director, Screenplay
Evil Does Not Exist 2023
Editor, Screenplay, Director
GIFT 2023
Director, Writer
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation 2022
as Self
Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car 2022
as Self
Drive My Car 2021
Screenplay, Director
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 2021
Director, Writer
Wife of a Spy 2020
Screenplay
Asako I & II 2018
Director, Screenplay
Heaven Is Still Far Away 2016
Writer, Director, Editor
Happy Hour 2015
as Yuzawa, Director, Writer
- Dance with OJ
Dance with OJ 2015
Director
Touching the Skin of Eeriness 2013
Director, Producer
Storytellers 2013
Director
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi 2013
Director
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma 2013
Director
Intimacies 2013
Director, Screenplay
The Sound of Waves 2012
Director
The Depths 2011
Director, Writer
I Love Thee for Good 2009
Director
second coming 2008
Assistant Director
Passion 2008
Director, Writer
Solaris 2007
Writer, Director
- Scent of Memories
Scent of Memories 2006
Director
Attack 2006
Director
- Friend of the Night
Friend of the Night 2005
Screenplay, Director
- Beginning
Beginning 2005
Director, Screenplay
Like Nothing Happened 2003
Actor, Writer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
Like Nothing Happened 2003
as Hamaguchi, Director, Writer, Editor
- Go to the Movies
Go to the Movies 2001
Screenplay, Director
Credits from TMDB.