Birthday:
12-16-1978
(46 years)
Birthplace:
Kanagawa, Japan
Biography
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.
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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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Happy Hour
Act like Yuzawa
event2015 star_border 7.4
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Four women in their thirties reevaluate their relationships, both shared and private, after a startling revelation concerning one's marriage forces each of them to ask one of life's biggest questions: "Am I who I want to be?"
Down the Road: The Making of Drive My Car
Act like Self
event2022 star_border 6
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Spanning locations in Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Hokkaido and featuring interviews with cast members and rare behind-the-scenes footage, it captures the creative collective journey of the filmmaking team.
Like Nothing Happened
Act like Hamaguchi
event2003 star_border 6.8
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Some youths interact at a bar, a horse race and a bowling alley. A girl who has been visiting from out of town ,on her train ride back, reads aloud a list of vocabulary definitions from a dictionary.
Like Nothing Happened
event2003 star_border 6
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A maiden work by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, and the origin to his later masterpieces “Passion” (2008), the 255 minute long “Intimacies” (2012), and the 317 minute long “Happy Hour” (2015). The unusual, usual life and the ever wandering souls of 5 young men and women, captured on 8mm film.
The Oscars
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1953 star_border 7
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An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
Le Cercle
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2005
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As long as there is cinema, LE CERCLE will be there. It is the only television program of critical debates 100% devoted to cinema. Each week, it offers fiery, joyful and non-condescending jousts on the films on the bill; and invites with "Le questionnaire du CERCLE" directors to come and share their passion for cinema.
Evil Does Not Exist
Editor (1 ep.)
event2023 star_border 6.7
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Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house offering city residents a comfortable "escape" to nature.
Drive My Car
Screenplay (1 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7.4
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Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
Solaris
Writer (1 ep.)
event2007
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Shot while the director was still in college, the film is a remake of the Russian film of the same name. The man's dead ex who had committed suicide appears in front of him. The ghost has a cross-like scar on her wrist.
Friend of the Night
Screenplay (1 ep.)
event2005
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When returning from a wedding, friends talk about their fears.
Beginning
Director (1 ep.)
event2005
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On a country road, a young girl meets her classmates.
Walden
Director (1 ep.)
event2022
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The prolific young Japanese director, who has already won an Oscar, has made a small film that celebrates the poetry and sensitivity of a gaze, thus also connecting to many other stories of cinema.
Passion
Director (1 ep.)
event2008 star_border 6.1
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A young couple’s announcement of their engagement to their friends is followed by a series of interactions and conflicts that forces everyone to reflect on their lives.
The Depths
Director (1 ep.)
event2011 star_border 5.4
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Korean photographer Bae-hwan and gay japanese hotel employee Ryu work together on a series of photographs. Their relationship crosses uneasily between friendship and love, while they also battle their own internal scars. Their salvation comes by their photographs which helps them find the meaning of their lives.
Storytellers
Director (1 ep.)
event2013
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The third part of a trilogy focusing on the Tohoku region that is comprised of dialogues with victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Ideas on how to share experiences of the disaster with future generations, a challenge touched upon in the previous films The Sound of Waves and Voices from the Waves, is found in folk tales from the region. Co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke.
The Sound of Waves
Director (1 ep.)
event2012
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The first part of a trilogy focusing on the northeast Tohoku region, co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke. Impromptu interviews were carried out with disaster victims mainly along the Sanriku Coast, which had been ravaged by tsunamis several times prior to the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, and makes emotional discoveries within dialogues between close-knit people including families and workmates.
Intimacies
Director (1 ep.)
event2012 star_border 6.6
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Hamaguchi wrote and directed this film as a graduation project for the students at ENBU Seminar (film and theater school in Tokyo) when he taught there. It is a three-part film: The first part is a documentary-style production of a play; Then the actual full stage production of the play; and the epilogue. Poetry and written words play the central role in the movie.
Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma
Director (1 ep.)
event2013
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A companion piece to Voices from the Waves Shinchimachi that forms half of the second installment in a documentary trilogy on the Tohoku region, co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke. Through numerous interviews, they concentrate on the experiences and emotions of people, not as victims but as individuals.
Touching the Skin of Eeriness
Director (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 5.6
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After his parents die, a teenager goes to live with his older brother. As his loneliness grows, he becomes engrossed in practicing modern dance with his classmate.
I Love Thee for Good
Director (1 ep.)
event2009
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While the wedding day should be blissful for the bride, Eiko, there is a secret that she can’t tell her fiance...
Asako I & II
Director (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 6.8
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Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi
Director (1 ep.)
event2013
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A companion piece to Voices from the Waves Kesennuma that forms half of the second installment in a documentary trilogy on the Tohoku region, co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke. It captures dialogues between closely-linked people in accordance with the directors' objective of passing on experiences of the Great East Japan Earthquake, which is inspired by the folk tale tradition of the Tohoku region.
second coming
Assistant Director (1 ep.)
event2008
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Mari's quiet everyday life falls apart when she meets a mysterious boy. Her uncle returns after a long absence and tells her that earth is under alien control and that Mari is half human and half alien, while the strange boy confesses that he is trying to escape because he has stolen the key to liberate human beings from Mari's alien uncle. Mari, who only half believes their stories, meets her sister though she is not supposed to have one. Where is Mari heading for in her upside-down life?
Heaven Is Still Far Away
Writer (1 ep.)
event2016 star_border 6.4
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Yuzo and Mitsuki live together in Yuzo's small apartment, their constant companionship tender and indifferent in turn. Then Yuzo receives a call from Satsuki, a documentarian resolved to make a film about a now-distant family tragedy, and the three meet, to search for some way to account for their relationship with one another, the memories they share, and those they've kept to themselves.
GIFT
Director (1 ep.)
event2023 star_border 9
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We follow Takumi and his daughter who lead a modest life in the village in the middle of nature. One day Takumi receives word that there are plans to build a glamping site near his home. The discovery that wastewater will be piped into the village’s water source not only causes unrest among the residents, but also affects Takumi’s life.
Dance with OJ
Director (1 ep.)
event2015
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A documentary on Japanese choreographer Osamu Jareo
Attack
Director (1 ep.)
event2006
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A short film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi when he was at Tokyo University of the Arts.
Scent of Memories
Director (1 ep.)
event2006
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A short film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, about a story between a man and a strange girl.
Wife of a Spy
Writer (1 ep.)
event2020 star_border 6.7
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It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Director (1 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7.1
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An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
Our Apprenticeship
Director (1 ep.)
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Once an idol, a Japanese girl studies abroad at a theatre school in Paris, where she gains new values and energy for her future through meeting people from different backgrounds.
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