Ryūsuke Hamaguchi Movies

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...

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

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...

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and...

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...

A young couple’s announcement of their engagement to their friends is followed by a series of interactions and conflicts that forces everyone...

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

After his parents die, a teenager goes to live with his older brother. As his loneliness grows, he becomes engrossed in practicing modern dance with...

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

The third part of a trilogy focusing on the Tohoku region that is comprised of dialogues with victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Ideas on...

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

On a country road, a young girl meets her classmates.

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

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...

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

Once an idol, a Japanese girl studies abroad at a theatre school in Paris, where she gains new values and energy for her future through meeting...

A documentary on Japanese choreographer Osamu Jareo

Some youths interact at a bar, a horse race and a bowling alley. A girl who has been visiting from out of town ,on her train ride back, reads aloud a...

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...