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Ryusuke Hamaguchi
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…
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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.
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2026
All of a Sudden
Movie Director
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2023
Evil Does Not Exist
Movie Editor
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2023
GIFT
Movie Director
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2022
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
Movie Self
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2022
WALDEN
Movie Director
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2022
Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car
Movie Self
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2021
Drive My Car
Movie Screenplay
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2021
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Movie Director
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2020
Wife of a Spy
Movie Screenplay
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2018
Asako I & II
Movie Director
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2016
Heaven Is Still Far Away
Movie Writer
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2015
Happy Hour
Movie Yuzawa
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2015
Dance with OJ
Movie Director
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2013
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
Movie Director
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2013
Storytellers
Movie Director
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2013
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi
Movie Director
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2013
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma
Movie Director
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2013
Intimacies
Movie Director
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2012
The Sound of Waves
Movie Director
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2011
The Depths
Movie Director
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2009
I Love Thee for Good
Movie Director
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2008
second coming
Movie Assistant Director
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2008
Passion
Movie Director
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2007
Solaris
Movie Writer
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2006
Scent of Memories
Movie Director
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2006
Attack
Movie Director
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2005
Friend of the Night
Movie Screenplay
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2005
Beginning
Movie Director
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2005
Le Cercle
TV show Self
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2003
Like Nothing Happened
Movie Hamaguchi
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2003
Like Nothing Happened
Movie
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2001
Go to the Movies
Movie Screenplay
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
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Our Apprenticeship
Movie Director
