Ryūsuke Hamaguchi Movies

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping...

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...

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...

An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female...

It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her...

Four women in their thirties reevaluate their relationships, both shared and private, after a startling revelation concerning one's marriage forces...

Korean photographer Baehwan and gay japanese hotel employee Ryu work together on a series of photographs. Their relationship crosses uneasily between...

The film follows the unusual, usual life and the ever wandering souls of 5 young men and women. This short film, that was part of Hamaguchi's longer...

Spanning locations in Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Hokkaido and featuring interviews with cast members and rare behind-the-scenes footage, it captures the...

Here is a couple who have their wedding close at hand. In the middle of the celebration party where their friends get together, it is accidentally...

Shot while the director was still in college, the film is a remake of the Russian film of the same name. The man's dead ex who had committed suicide...

We follow Takumi and his daughter who lead a modest life in the village in the middle of nature. One day Takumi receives word that there are plans to...

Yuzo and Mitsuki live together in Yuzo's small apartment, their constant companionship tender and indifferent in turn. Then Yuzo receives a call from...

Hamaguchi wrote and directed this film as a graduation project for the students at ENBU Seminar (film and theater school in Tokyo) when he taught...

After the death of his father, Chihiro goes to live with his older half-brother Togo and his girlfriend Satomi. Togo and Satomi greet him with open...

Mari's quiet everyday life falls apart when she meets a mysterious boy. Her uncle returns after a long absence and tells her that earth is under...

The prolific young Japanese director, who has already won an Oscar, has made a small film that celebrates the poetry and sensitivity of a gaze, thus...

A maiden work by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, and the origin to his later masterpieces “Passion” (2008), the 255 minute long...

While the wedding day should be blissful for the bride, Eiko, there is a secret that she can’t tell her fiance...

A companion piece to Voices from the Waves Kesennuma that forms half of the second installment in a documentary trilogy on the Tohoku region,...