FILM DIRECTOR

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 the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, he started gaining attention in his home country with the graduate film Passion (2008). Hamaguchi first gained international recognition with the film Happy Hour (2015) and continued with Asako I & II (2018). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryusuke Hamaguchi has received more than 484,233 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ryusuke Hamaguchi is the 1,285th most popular film director (down from 1,162nd in 2019), the 1,456th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,270th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Japanese Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ryusuke Hamaguchis by language

Over the past year Ryusuke Hamaguchi has had the most page views in the with 122,284 views, followed by English (116,092), and Chinese (38,287). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (187.30%), Belarusian (98.00%), and Basque (73.79%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ryusuke Hamaguchi ranks 1,285 out of 2,041. Before him are Tom Hooper, Andrew Adamson, Wesley Ruggles, Richard Eyre, Hossein Shahabi, and Kjell Grede. After him are Céline Sciamma, Georgy Tovstonogov, Peter Hall, Owen Roizman, Rian Johnson, and Nikos Koundouros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Ryusuke Hamaguchi ranks 139. Before him are Bogdan Lobonț, Ali Karimi, Gerald Asamoah, James Corden, Daisuke Ono, and Malin Åkerman. After him are Céline Sciamma, Bill Hader, Dennis Rommedahl, Judith Barsi, Christian Coulson, and Topher Grace.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryusuke Hamaguchi ranks 1,456 out of 6,245. Before him are Yasutomi Nishizuka (1932), Yukito Kishiro (1967), Toshio Hosokawa (1955), Kunio Hatoyama (1948), Isamu Sonoda (1946), and Mitsuru Komaeda (1950). After him are Tomio Okamura (1972), Shinichi Mochizuki (1969), Hiroaki Hirata (1963), Kaoru Kakinami (1966), Kaoru Ikeya (1943), and Wataru Takagi (1966).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Ryusuke Hamaguchi ranks 52. Before him are Kei Kumai (1930), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Naomi Kawase (1969), Shunji Iwai (1963), Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), and Yōjirō Takita (1955). After him are Hiromasa Yonebayashi (1973), Takashi Shimizu (1972), Jun'ichi Kōuchi (1886), Hiroyuki Imaishi (1971), Noriyuki Abe (1961), and Yasuhiro Takemoto (1972).

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Filmography

Asako I & II
Director
College student Asako falls in love at first sight with Baku after meeting at a photography exhibit. Romance sparks between the two but doesn't last long when Baku suddenly disappears from her life. Two years later, she spots a man that bears a striking resemblance to him. Even though it is only his physical similarities to Baku that attracted her to him, she doesn't say so and starts dating the soft-spoken young man called Ryohei.
Sep 1o 20186.853 / 10
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Director
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.
Apr 11o 20217.111 / 10
Drive My Car
Director
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.
Aug 18o 20217.412 / 10