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Ryusuke Hamaguchi

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. He is the third Japanese director to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Director.

Et billede af Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Directing

2001

[ ] Go to the Movies (Director)

2003

[ ] Like Nothing Happened (Director)
[ ] Like Nothing Happened (Director)

2005

[ ] Friend of the Night (Director)
[ ] Beginning (Director)

2006

[ ] Attack (Director)
[ ] Scent of Memories (Director)

2007

[ ] Solaris (Director)

2008

[ ] Passion (Director)
[ ] second coming (Assistant Director)

2009

[ ] I Love Thee for Good (Director)

2011

[ ] The Depths (Director)

2012

[ ] The Sound of Waves (Director)

2013

[ ] Storytellers (Director)
[ ] Intimacies (Director)
[ ] Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma (Director)
[ ] Touching the Skin of Eeriness (Director)
[ ] Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi (Director)

2015

[ ] Happy Hour (Director)
[ ] Dance with OJ (Director)

2016

[ ] Heaven Is Still Far Away (Director)

2018

[ ] Asako I & II (Director)

2021

[ ] Drive My Car (Director)
[ ] Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Director)

2023

[ ] Evil Does Not Exist (Director)
[ ] GIFT (Director)

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[ ] Our Apprenticeship (Director)
[ ] All of a Sudden (Director)

Editing

2003

[ ] Like Nothing Happened (Editor)
[ ] Like Nothing Happened (Editor)

2016

[ ] Heaven Is Still Far Away (Editor)

2023

[ ] Evil Does Not Exist (Editor)

Writing

2001

[ ] Go to the Movies (Screenplay)

2003

[ ] Like Nothing Happened (Writer)
[ ] Like Nothing Happened (Writer)

2005

[ ] Friend of the Night (Screenplay)
[ ] Beginning (Screenplay)

2007

[ ] Solaris (Writer)

2008

[ ] Passion (Writer)

2011

[ ] The Depths (Writer)

2013

[ ] Intimacies (Screenplay)

2015

[ ] Happy Hour (Writer)

2016

[ ] Heaven Is Still Far Away (Writer)

2018

[ ] Asako I & II (Screenplay)

2020

[ ] Wife of a Spy (Screenplay)

2021

[ ] Drive My Car (Screenplay)
[ ] Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Writer)

2023

[ ] Evil Does Not Exist (Screenplay)
[ ] GIFT (Writer)

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[ ] Our Apprenticeship (Writer)
[ ] All of a Sudden (Writer)

Production

2013

[ ] Touching the Skin of Eeriness (Producer)

Camera

2003

[ ] Like Nothing Happened (Director of Photography)

Actor

2003

[ ] Like Nothing Happened (Hamaguchi)
[ ] Like Nothing Happened (????)

2015

[ ] Happy Hour (Yuzawa)

2020

[ ] No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation (Self)

2022

[ ] Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car (Self)