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Ryusuke Hamaguchi

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Ryusuke Hamaguchi

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1978-12-16 （Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese, English
居住地歴
Iran (early childhood, ages 3–5) → Kawasaki, Kanagawa (birthplace) → Tokyo (education / residence) → Boston (Visiting researcher at Harvard University, Reischauer Institute) → Kobe (residency as invited writer / workshop leader)

経歴

職業
film director, screenwriter
活動期間
2001年〜
影響を受けた人物
John Cassavetes, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Jean Renoir, Éric Rohmer, Robert Bresson, Hou Hsiao-hsien
影響を与えた人物
Sho Miyake (one of the younger Japanese directors), Kiyohara Yui (younger director from Tokyo Geidai)
ノミネート
Academy Award — Best Picture, Academy Award — Best Director, Academy Award — Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award — Best International Feature Film

学歴

University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters / Aesthetics and Art Studies
国: Japan
Tokyo University of the Arts (Graduate School)
Graduate School of Film, Master's Program / Film
学位: 修士
卒業年: 2008
国: Japan
Graduation film 'PASSION' was selected/recognized at San Sebastián and Tokyo Filmex competitions

受賞歴

Academy Award — Best International Feature Film
2022
対象作品: Drive My Car
部門: 国際長編映画賞
主催: Academy Awards (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
結果: winner
Cannes Film Festival — Screenplay Award
2021
対象作品: Drive My Car
部門: 脚本賞
主催: Cannes Film Festival
結果: winner
Cannes FIPRESCI Prize (International Federation of Film Critics)
2021
対象作品: Drive My Car
部門: 国際映画批評家連盟賞
主催: Cannes Film Festival (FIPRESCI)
結果: winner
Cannes Film Festival — Ecumenical Jury Prize
2021
対象作品: Drive My Car
部門: エキュメニカル審査員賞
主催: Cannes Film Festival
結果: winner
Berlin International Film Festival — Silver Bear (Grand Jury Prize)
2021
対象作品: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
部門: 銀熊賞（審査員グランプリ）
主催: Berlin International Film Festival
結果: winner
Venice International Film Festival — Silver Lion (Grand Jury Prize)
2023
対象作品: Evil Does Not Exist
部門: 銀獅子賞（審査員大賞）
主催: Venice International Film Festival
結果: winner
Venice FIPRESCI Prize
2023
対象作品: Evil Does Not Exist
部門: 国際映画批評家連盟賞
主催: Venice Film Festival (FIPRESCI)
結果: winner
New York Film Critics Circle — Best Film
2021
対象作品: Drive My Car
部門: 作品賞
主催: New York Film Critics Circle
結果: winner
Los Angeles Film Critics Association — Best Screenplay
2021
対象作品: Drive My Car
部門: 脚本賞
主催: Los Angeles Film Critics Association
結果: winner
Critics' Choice Awards — Best Foreign Language Film
2021
対象作品: Drive My Car
部門: 外国語映画賞
主催: Critics' Choice Association
結果: winner
BAFTA — Best Film Not in the English Language
2022
対象作品: Drive My Car
部門: 非英語作品賞
主催: British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
結果: winner
Golden Globe — Best Motion Picture (Non-English Language)
2022
対象作品: Drive My Car
部門: 非英語映画賞
主催: Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes)
結果: winner
Japan Academy Prize — Best Director / Best Screenplay / Best Picture
2022
対象作品: Drive My Car
部門: 最優秀監督賞・最優秀脚本賞・最優秀作品賞
主催: Japan Academy Prize Association
結果: winner
Arts Encouragement Prize — Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Newcomer)
2016
対象作品: Happy Hour
部門: 新人賞
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan)
結果: winner
Art Encouragement Prize — Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2022
対象作品: Drive My Car
部門: 大臣賞
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan)
結果: winner
Locarno Film Festival — Special Prize
2015
対象作品: Happy Hour
部門: 特別賞
主催: Locarno Film Festival
結果: winner
Chicago International Film Festival — Silver Hugo (Jury Award)
2021
対象作品: Drive My Car
部門: シルバー・ヒューゴ（審査員賞）
主催: Chicago International Film Festival
結果: winner
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres — Chevalier (France)
2023
部門: シュヴァリエ
主催: Ministry of Culture (France) / French government
結果: recipient
Ghent International Film Festival — Joseph Plateau Honorary Award
2023
部門: 栄誉賞
主催: Ghent International Film Festival
結果: winner
BFI London Film Festival — Best Film
2023
対象作品: Evil Does Not Exist
部門: 作品賞
主催: BFI London Film Festival
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Happy Hour

2015年 Drama (ensemble) 317ページ

A lengthy ensemble drama created with participants from a Kobe residency; it probes interpersonal relationships and the subtle shifts of daily life through extended, observational scenes.

interpersonal relationshipseveryday detailperformance and improvisationensemble drama
翻訳
  • Happy Hour

Asako I & II (Netemo Sametemo / Asako)

2018年 Drama / Psychological romance 119ページ

Adapted from a novel by Tomoka Shibasaki, this is Hamaguchi's first commercial feature exploring love, identity and the unsettling shifts of attachment.

love and obsessionidentityencounters and partings
映像化・舞台化
  • [Novel to film adaptation] Asako I & II (based on the novel by Tomoka Shibasaki) / Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2018)
翻訳
  • Asako I & II

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

2021年 Anthology (short film / drama) 121ページ

A triptych of short stories that examine how chance encounters and imagination shape human relationships, rendered with subtlety and moral curiosity.

contingencyhuman relationshipsethics and humor
翻訳
  • Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Drive My Car

2021年 Drama (literary adaptation) 179ページ

Based on a short story by Haruki Murakami, the film interweaves theatre, translation and multilingual communication to meditate on grief and recovery. It achieved wide international acclaim and numerous awards.

loss and recoverylanguage and translationintersection of theatre and realitysilence and conversation
映像化・舞台化
  • [Short story to film] Drive My Car (short story by Haruki Murakami) / Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2021)
翻訳
  • Drive My Car

Evil Does Not Exist

2023年 Drama 106ページ

A contemplative drama set in rural Japan that quietly probes environmental issues, ethics and the nature of community.

environment and ethicsthe nature of communitybanality and the presence/absence of violence
翻訳
  • Evil Does Not Exist

全著作

  • Going to See a Movie
  • A Casual Face
  • PASSION
  • THE DEPTHS
  • Intimacy
  • Happy Hour
  • Asako I & II
  • Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
  • Drive My Car
  • Evil Does Not Exist
  • GIFT

翻案

  • Wife of a Spy (script collaboration; directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

作風・主題

文体
extended long takes and minimal compositionblending documentary material with fictiondirection emphasizing repetitive 'cold reading' rehearsals for actorsslow, attentive depiction of everyday detail
頻出モチーフ
limits of understanding through language and translationmoments of failed and successful communicationloss and recoverycontingency and imagination

評価・遺産

A leading contemporary Japanese filmmaker with international acclaim. With 'Drive My Car' he achieved awards at the Academy Awards and the major world festivals, gaining widespread recognition among critics and festivals worldwide. He is known for his distinctive methods — repetitive rehearsals with actors and integration of documentary practice into fiction.

資料所蔵先

  • Sendai Mediatheque — involvement in the 3/11 documentary archive

大衆文化への影響

  • 'Drive My Car' ranked highly on major U.S. critics' lists and achieved an unusually long theatrical run in North America

引用

  • All films are to some extent fiction and to some extent documentary. From making both, I feel that no pure fiction or pure documentary truly exists.
    出典: Interviews (various) — summarized (2021年)
  • Fundamentally film is constructed, but I want to see the moment when another reality emerges within it.
    出典: Interview (on 'Drive My Car') (2021年)
  • Actors perform in front of the camera; that performance is also a kind of documentary of the acting. Each time it's a singular event.
    出典: Interview / lecture excerpt (2021年)

豆知識

  • Spent ages 3–5 in Iran during early childhood.
  • His father is former construction bureaucrat Tatsuo Hamaguchi; his grandfather was the painter Takao Hamaguchi.
  • 'Drive My Car' is adapted from a Haruki Murakami short story and achieved broad international acclaim.
  • Attended ENBU seminar and later Tokyo University of the Arts graduate school; his graduation film 'PASSION' received festival attention.
  • Co-founded the 'Mini-Theatre Aid Fund' crowdfund to support small cinemas during the COVID-19 pandemic.