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
Evil Does Not Exist
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Drive My Car
(Screenplay)
Solaris
(Director)
Solaris
(Writer)
Friend of the Night
(Screenplay)
Beginning
(Director)
Go to the Movies
(Director)
Go to the Movies
(Screenplay)
Beginning
(Screenplay)
Friend of the Night
(Director)
Walden
(Director)
Passion
(Director)
Intimacies
(Director)
Storytellers
(Director)
The Sound of Waves
(Director)
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma
(Director)
The Depths
(Writer)
The Depths
(Director)
Happy Hour
(Writer)
Happy Hour
(Director)
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
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Touching the Skin of Eeriness
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I Love Thee for Good
(Director)
Evil Does Not Exist
(Screenplay)
Like Nothing Happened
(Director)
Like Nothing Happened
(Writer)
Like Nothing Happened
(Editor)
Asako I & II
(Director)
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi
(Director)
Passion
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second coming
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Asako I & II
(Screenplay)
Heaven Is Still Far Away
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Heaven Is Still Far Away
(Editor)
Heaven Is Still Far Away
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Evil Does Not Exist
(Director)
GIFT
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GIFT
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Intimacies
(Screenplay)
Dance with OJ
(Director)
Like Nothing Happened
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Like Nothing Happened
(Director of Photography)
Like Nothing Happened
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Like Nothing Happened
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Scent of Memories
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Attack
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Drive My Car
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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
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Our Apprenticeship
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Our Apprenticeship
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Wife of a Spy
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