Fans were “very annoyed” at the Academy Awards after Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi was played off during his acceptance speech for the Best International Feature. Hamaguchi and his drama are ...

RYÛSUKE HAMAGUCHI: I was on my way to Berlin, and I was on the plane when things were being announced. I had no Wi-Fi there so I didn’t know what was going on in the news. It was when I arrived in ...

Following his win of the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the recently concluded Berlin Film Festival for “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy,” 42-year-old Hamaguchi Ryusuke suddenly finds himself catapulted ...

“Drive My Car”s Oscar-winning director Ryusuke Hamaguchi is set to make his next film, “All of a Sudden,” in Paris with a glamorous female duo led by Virginie Efira (“Benedetta”) and Tao Okamoto (“The ...

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi has never felt an affinity for the great outdoors. “I didn’t really have a relationship with nature growing up,” the Japanese writer-director says from Tokyo over Zoom through an ...

We talked with Hamaguchi about preserving mystery while adapting Murakami, crafting dialogue that prioritizes listening, and his thoughts on infidelity. Driving with someone is a uniquely intimate ...

Getting behind the wheel of a moving vehicle doesn’t much entice thoughtful Japanese director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. “I don't consider myself a good driver, to be honest. I would rather be on the ...

Auteur Ryūsuke Hamaguchi is a natural cinephile. The critically acclaimed writer/director behind “Asako I & II,” “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy,” and Japan’s 2022 Oscar entry “Drive My Car” recently ...

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Maybe it's not so hard to explain the phenomenon of Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's nuanced drama about loss, isolation, and the universal urge to reconnect, released during a time when such ...

Making of ‘Drive My Car’: How Ryusuke Hamaguchi Turned a Haruki Murakami Short Story Into a Three-Hour Drama About Making Art Amid Grief Adapting Murakami is no small task, but Japanese auteur ...

Hidetoshi Nishijima and Tôko Miura in Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's "Drive My Car." (Courtesy Janus Films) 2021 was the year Ryûsuke Hamaguchi arrived as an international cinema superstar. A beloved cult figure ...