Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

DirectorWriterEditorActorProducer Dec 16 (age 47) Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 2001–2026 (25 year career)
6.6 avg rating

Biography

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, …

Known For

Filmography

Crew (53)

Movies (53)

All of a Sudden

All of a Sudden

2026 Upcoming

Director

Jun 19

All of a Sudden

All of a Sudden

2026 Upcoming

Writer

Jun 19

Evil Does Not Exist

Evil Does Not Exist

2023

Director

6.8
Evil Does Not Exist

Evil Does Not Exist

2023

Editor

6.8
Evil Does Not Exist

Evil Does Not Exist

2023

Screenplay

6.8
GIFT

GIFT

2023

Director

9.0
GIFT

GIFT

2023

Writer

9.0
Drive My Car

Drive My Car

2021

Director

7.4
Drive My Car

Drive My Car

2021

Screenplay

7.4
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

2021

Director

7.2
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

2021

Writer

7.2
Wife of a Spy

Wife of a Spy

2020

Screenplay

6.7
Asako I & II

Asako I & II

2018

Director

6.8
Asako I & II

Asako I & II

2018

Screenplay

6.8
Heaven Is Still Far Away

Heaven Is Still Far Away

2016

Director

6.6
Heaven Is Still Far Away

Heaven Is Still Far Away

2016

Editor

6.6
Heaven Is Still Far Away

Heaven Is Still Far Away

2016

Writer

6.6
Happy Hour

Happy Hour

2015

Director

7.4
Happy Hour

Happy Hour

2015

Writer

7.4
Dance with OJ

Dance with OJ

2015

Director

Storytellers

Storytellers

2013

Director

Touching the Skin of Eeriness

Touching the Skin of Eeriness

2013

Director

5.9
Touching the Skin of Eeriness

Touching the Skin of Eeriness

2013

Producer

5.9
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma

Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma

2013

Director

7.0
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi

Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi

2013

Director

6.0
Intimacies

Intimacies

2013

Director

6.6
Intimacies

Intimacies

2013

Screenplay

6.6
The Sound of Waves

The Sound of Waves

2012

Director

The Depths

The Depths

2011

Director

5.4
The Depths

The Depths

2011

Writer

5.4
I Love Thee for Good

I Love Thee for Good

2009

Director

6.0
second coming

second coming

2008

Assistant Director

Passion

Passion

2008

Director

6.2
Passion

Passion

2008

Writer

6.2
Solaris

Solaris

2007

Director

4.0
Solaris

Solaris

2007

Writer

4.0
Attack

Attack

2006

Director

Scent of Memories

Scent of Memories

2006

Director

Beginning

Beginning

2005

Director

Beginning

Beginning

2005

Screenplay

Friend of the Night

Friend of the Night

2005

Director

Friend of the Night

Friend of the Night

2005

Screenplay

Like Nothing Happened

Like Nothing Happened

2003

Director

6.8
Like Nothing Happened

Like Nothing Happened

2003

Editor

6.8
Like Nothing Happened

Like Nothing Happened

2003

Writer

6.8
Like Nothing Happened

Like Nothing Happened

2003

Director

6.0
Like Nothing Happened

Like Nothing Happened

2003

Director of Photography

6.0
Like Nothing Happened

Like Nothing Happened

2003

Editor

6.0
Like Nothing Happened

Like Nothing Happened

2003

Writer

6.0
Go to the Movies

Go to the Movies

2001

Director

Go to the Movies

Go to the Movies

2001

Screenplay

Our Apprenticeship

Our Apprenticeship

Director

Our Apprenticeship

Our Apprenticeship

Writer