Directing · Writing · age 48

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

Best rated: Drive My Car (7.5)

Films: 10
Avg rating: 7.27
Peak run: 2015’23
Oscar noms: 1

Films: 10
Avg rating: 7.27
Peak run: 2015’23
Oscar noms: 1

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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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Ryūsuke Hamaguchi's career barcodecoolhot

200810 films2026

Current formLast 5: 7.34 vs career 7.27 (+0.07)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Ryūsuke by the numbers

Average

7.27

6 rated films

Vote weighted

7.28

bigger films count more

Median

7.3

half are better

Consistency

±0.30

rating spread

Career

19y

2008 to 2026

Total votes

117K

across every film

Best

7.5

Drive My Car

Worst

7.0

Evil Does Not Exist

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

2026	All of a Sudden	·	922
2023	Evil Does Not Exist	7.0	13,847
2021	Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy	7.5	11,572
2021	Drive My Car	7.5	78,295
2018	Asako I & II	7.1	6,306
2015	Happy Hour	7.6	3,426
2013	Touching the Skin of Eeriness	·	323
2012	Intimacies	·	324
2010	The Depths	·	424
2008	Passion	6.9	1,286

Better together?

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

2 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 2022
Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
Nominated
Best Director · Academy Awards 2022
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Nominated

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