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Ryusuke Hamaguchi

1978 - Today

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Ryusuke Hamaguchi (濱口 竜介, Hamaguchi Ryūsuke; [hamaꜜɡɯtɕi ɾʲɯꜜːsɯ̥ke] ; born 16 December 1978) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. An alumnus of the University of Tokyo and Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, he first gained international recognition for Happy Hour (2015), Asako I & II (2018) and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021), which premiered at the main competitions of Locarno, Cannes and Berlin respectively. For Drive My Car (2021), Hamaguchi was nominated at the 94th Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, the film was the first Japanese production to be nominated for Best Picture, and won Best International Feature Film. He followed with Evil Does Not Exist (2023), which also received widespread critical acclaim winning the Grand Jury Prize at Venice. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Ryusuke Hamaguchi is the 1,437th most popular film director (down from 1,287th in 2024), the 1,766th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,457th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ryusuke Hamaguchi ranks 1,437 out of 2,041. Before him are Len Wiseman, Albert Serra, Rian Johnson, Curt Goetz, Gábor Csupó, and René Vautier. After him are D. A. Pennebaker, Alice Rohrwacher, Victor Schertzinger, Brian Helgeland, Judd Apatow, and Lev Kulidzhanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Ryusuke Hamaguchi ranks 221. Before him are Alireza Faghani, Tyler Reks, Paola Núñez, Chris Brown, Marcelo Zalayeta, and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. After him are Koichi Higashi, Albert Luque, Luke Kirby, Bonaventure Kalou, Emile Heskey, and Paul Banks.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryusuke Hamaguchi ranks 1,766 out of 6,245. Before him are Soichi Noguchi (1965), Yoichi Futori (1982), Yasutaro Matsuki (1957), Kazuki Tsuda (1982), Mika Nakashima (1983), and Makoto Yukimura (1976). After him are Junichi Kono (1992), Matsuichi Yamada (1961), Tetta Kawai (2000), Kazuo Echigo (1965), Koshi Inaba (1964), and Shinichiro Tani (1968).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Ryusuke Hamaguchi ranks 56. Before him are Shunji Iwai (1963), Yōjirō Takita (1955), Akiyuki Shinbo (1961), Naomi Kawase (1969), Takashi Shimizu (1972), and Hiromasa Yonebayashi (1973). After him are Hiroyuki Imaishi (1971), Tatsuya Egawa (1961), Hiroyuki Morita (1964), Noriyuki Abe (1961), Kazuya Tsurumaki (1966), and Mahiro Maeda (1963).

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