Ryusuke Hamaguchi

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Ryusuke Hamaguchi
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi attending Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2018.
Born (1978-12-16) 16 December 1978 (age 42)
Kanagawa, Japan
EducationUniversity of Tokyo
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (M.A.)
OccupationFilm director, Screenwriter

Ryusuke Hamaguchi (濱口 竜介, Hamaguchi Ryūsuke, born 16 December 1978, in Kanagawa) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Career[]

After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Hamaguchi worked in the commercial film industry for a few years before entering the graduate program in film at Tokyo University of the Arts.[1] His graduation film Passion was selected for the competition of the 2008 Tokyo Filmex.[2][3][4] With Kō Sakai, he made a three-part documentary about survivors of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, with Voices from the Waves being selected for the competition at the 2013 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival,[5] and Storytellers winning the Sky Perfect IDEHA Prize.[6] His next film Happy Hour was first developed while Hamaguchi was an artist in residence at KIITO Design and Creative Center Kobe in 2013.[7] It came out of an improvisational acting workshop he held for non-professionals, with many of the film's performers having participated in the workshop.[8] The four lead actresses shared the best actress award and the film earned a special mention for its script at the 2015 Locarno Film Festival.[9] Hamaguchi was also given a special jury award at the 2016 ,[10] as well as a best newcomer award in the film division of the Agency for Cultural Affairs's Geijutsu Sensho Awards that year.[11] His Asako I & II was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[12][13] His Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy was selected to compete at the 2021 Berlinale.

In an interview with Filmmaker Magazine, Hamaguchi said: "I was just purely a cinephile, conventionally in love with Hollywood films—Tarantino, Wong Kar-wai, things called mini theater films in Japan. But after I went to this film club in college and the cinephile culture just poured right in. I think the biggest inception for me to becoming a director was watching Cassavetes."

Selected filmography[]

References[]

  1. ^ 里信, 邦子. "「ハッピーアワー」の濱口監督、「人は本当に思っていることが言えない」". SWI swissinfo (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. ^ "『PASSION』濱口竜介（監督）インタビュー". Eiga Geijutsu (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Tokyo FILMeX Competition". TOKYO FILMeX 2008. TOKYO FILMeX. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  4. ^ "映画に寄せるたおやかなパッション──濱口竜介監督インタヴュー". Flower Wild. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  5. ^ "YIDFF: Past Festivals: 2013: Screening List". Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  6. ^ "YIDFF: Past Festivals: 2013". Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  7. ^ "濱口竜介監督作品『ハッピーアワー』ロカルノ国際映画祭にて最優秀女優賞受賞／脚本スペシャルメンション授与 KIITO". KIITO (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  8. ^ Sullivan, Dan. "Review: Happy Hour, Ryusuke Hamaguchi". Film Comment. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Palmarès 2015". pardo.ch. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Dai 25-kai Jusho Sakuhin". 日本映画批評家大賞 公式サイト. Japan Movie Critics Award. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Geijutsu Senshō Rekidai Jushōsha Ichiran" (PDF). Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  12. ^ "The 2018 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Cannes Lineup Includes New Films From Spike Lee, Jean-Luc Godard". Variety. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  14. ^ "西島秀俊、濱口竜介監督作「ドライブ・マイ・カー」に主演！ 三浦透子、岡田将生、霧島れいかが共演". eiga.com. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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