Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Biography
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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Drive My Car
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
The Oscars
Evil Does Not Exist
Asako I & II
Wife of a Spy
Happy Hour
All of a Sudden
Le Cercle
Passion
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (60 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | All of a Sudden | Director | Movie | 2026 |
| All of a Sudden | Screenplay | Movie | 2026 |
 | Evil Does Not Exist | Editor | Movie | 2023 |
| Evil Does Not Exist | Screenplay | Movie | 2023 |
| Evil Does Not Exist | Director | Movie | 2023 |
 | GIFT | Director | Movie | 2023 |
| GIFT | Writer | Movie | 2023 |
 | No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | Drive My Car | Screenplay | Movie | 2021 |
| Drive My Car | Director | Movie | 2021 |
 | Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | Director | Movie | 2021 |
| Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | Writer | Movie | 2021 |
 | Wife of a Spy | Screenplay | Movie | 2020 |
 | Asako I & II | Director | Movie | 2018 |
| Asako I & II | Screenplay | Movie | 2018 |
 | Heaven Is Still Far Away | Director | Movie | 2016 |
| Heaven Is Still Far Away | Writer | Movie | 2016 |
| Heaven Is Still Far Away | Editor | Movie | 2016 |
 | Happy Hour | Yuzawa | Movie | 2015 |
| Happy Hour | Director | Movie | 2015 |
| Happy Hour | Writer | Movie | 2015 |
| Dance with OJ | Director | Movie | 2015 | |
 | Touching the Skin of Eeriness | Director | Movie | 2013 |
| Touching the Skin of Eeriness | Producer | Movie | 2013 |
 | Storytellers | Director | Movie | 2013 |
 | Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma | Director | Movie | 2013 |
 | Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi | Director | Movie | 2013 |
 | Intimacies | Director | Movie | 2013 |
| Intimacies | Screenplay | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Sound of Waves | Director | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Depths | Director | Movie | 2011 |
| The Depths | Writer | Movie | 2011 |
 | I Love Thee for Good | Director | Movie | 2009 |
 | second coming | Assistant Director | Movie | 2008 |
 | Passion | Director | Movie | 2008 |
| Passion | Writer | Movie | 2008 |
 | Solaris | Director | Movie | 2007 |
| Solaris | Writer | Movie | 2007 |
 | Attack | Director | Movie | 2006 |
| Scent of Memories | Director | Movie | 2006 | |
| Friend of the Night | Director | Movie | 2005 | |
| Friend of the Night | Screenplay | Movie | 2005 | |
| Beginning | Director | Movie | 2005 | |
| Beginning | Screenplay | Movie | 2005 | |
 | Le Cercle | Self | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Like Nothing Happened | Hamaguchi | Movie | 2003 |
 | Like Nothing Happened | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2003 |
| Like Nothing Happened | Director | Movie | 2003 |
| Like Nothing Happened | Writer | Movie | 2003 |
| Like Nothing Happened | Editor | Movie | 2003 |
| Like Nothing Happened | Director | Movie | 2003 |
| Like Nothing Happened | Writer | Movie | 2003 |
| Like Nothing Happened | Director of Photography | Movie | 2003 |
| Like Nothing Happened | Editor | Movie | 2003 |
| Go to the Movies | Director | Movie | 2001 | |
| Go to the Movies | Screenplay | Movie | 2001 | |
 | The Oscars | Self | TV Series | 1953 |
| Our Apprenticeship | Director | Movie | — | |
| Our Apprenticeship | Writer | Movie | — |