Directing
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- Titles
- 32movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 2001 to 2026, busiest in 2013 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 28titles as director
- Average score
72/100
- Highest rated
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Melancholy7.4average 4.7
- Contemporary Realism7.7average 5.2
- Psychological7.1average 5.6
- Romance5.3average 3.8
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
- Family Dynamics6.0average 4.7
- Pathos6.4average 5.2
- Catharsis5.9average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline1.9, average 5.1
- Violence1.6, average 4.3
- Crime1.4, average 3.7
- Scare1.0, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 4
- Japanese Cinema 3
- Relationship Drama 3
- Character Study 3
- Melancholic 3
- Dialogue-Heavy 2
- Psychological Drama 2
- Mystery 2
- Meditative Drama 2
- Slow Burn 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Yoshio KitagawaCinematographerEvil Does Not Exist, Happy Hour, Intimacies, Heaven Is Still Far Away, The Sound of Waves, +2 more- AAzusa YamazakiEditorDrive My Car, All of a Sudden, Evil Does Not Exist, Asako I & II, I Love Thee for Good
- KKo SakaiDirectorThe Sound of Waves, Voices from the Waves - Shinchimachi, Voices from the Waves - Kesennuma, Storytellers
Nao OkabeActorPassion, Heaven Is Still Far Away, I Love Thee for Good
Hitoshi OmikaActorWheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Evil Does Not Exist, GIFT
HyunriActorWheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Wife of a Spy, Heaven Is Still Far Away- HHiroyuki MiuraActorEvil Does Not Exist, Happy Hour, GIFT
Kiyohiko ShibukawaActorWheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Passion, Touching the Skin of Eeriness
Hazuki KikuchiActorEvil Does Not Exist, Happy Hour, GIFT
Hideyuki OkamotoActorIntimacies, Like Nothing Happened, I Love Thee for Good
Aoba KawaiActorWheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Passion, I Love Thee for Good
Eiko IshibashiComposerDrive My Car, Evil Does Not Exist, GIFT
Movies and TV shows
30Upcoming
1 title
Our Apprenticeship
Director, Writer
2020s
7 titles · average score 81
79
All of a Sudden (2026)
Director, Screenplay
78
Evil Does Not Exist (2023)
Director, Editor
GIFT (2023)
Director, Writer
Walden (2022)
Director
84
Drive My Car (2021)
Director, Screenplay
87
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
Director, Writer
79
Wife of a Spy (2020)
Screenplay
2010s
11 titles · average score 64
69
Asako I & II (2018)
Director, Screenplay
68
Heaven Is Still Far Away (2016)
Director, Writer
57
Happy Hour (2015)
as Yuzawa
Dance with OJ (2015)
Director
59
Touching the Skin of Eeriness (2013)
Producer, Director
Storytellers (2013)
Director
67
Intimacies (2012)
Director, Screenplay
The Sound of Waves (2012)
Director
62
The Depths (2011)
Director, Writer
2000s
11 titles · average score 76
I Love Thee for Good (2009)
Director
76
Passion (2008)
Writer, Director
second coming (2008)
Assistant Director
Solaris (2007)
Director, Writer
Attack (2006)
Director
Scent of Memories (2006)
Director
Beginning (2005)
Screenplay, Director
Friend of the Night (2005)
Director, Screenplay
Like Nothing Happened (2003)
Writer, Editor
Like Nothing Happened (2003)
as Hamaguchi
Go to the Movies (2001)
Director, Screenplay