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Place of Birth: Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Date of Birth: 16 December, 1978
Ethnicity: Japanese
Ryusuke Hamaguchi (濱口 竜介) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He has directed the films Happy Hour , Asako I & II , Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy , Drive My Car , for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director; and Evil Does Not Exist . He also wrote the third and fifth films, and co-wrote the rest; as well as co-wrote the film Wife of a Spy .