Hamaguchi Ryusuke
- Name: Hamaguchi Ryusuke
- Native name: 濱口竜介
- Also Known as: はまぐち りゅうすけ
- Nationality: Japanese
- Gender: Male
- Born: December 16, 1978
- Age: 45
After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he worked in the film industry for a few years before entering the graduate film programme at the Tokyo University of the Arts. His graduation film, Passion, screened at San Sebastian Film Festival in 2008. His 317-minute opus Happy Hour premiered at Locarno and went on to screen and win awards at numerous film festivals. Asako I & II was selected for the competition at Cannes in 2018. He also wrote the screenplay for Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wife of a Spy, which won the Silver Lion at Venice in 2020.
(Source: Berlinale) Edit Biography
Screenwriter
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
| Wife of a Spy | 7.6 |
Director
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
| Touching the Skin of Eeriness | 6.5 |
| I Love Thee for Good | 4.0 |
Screenwriter & Director
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
| Evil Does Not Exist | 7.5 |
| Drive My Car | 8.0 |
| Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy | 7.6 |
| Asako I & II | 7.2 |
| Heaven Is Still Far Away | 7.3 |
| Happy Hour | 7.3 |
| Intimacies | 6.8 |
| The Depths | 6.8 |
| Passion | 7.1 |
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