Movies: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

A short film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi when he was at Tokyo University of the Arts....

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 people from different backgrounds....

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Spanning locations in Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Hokkaido and featuring interviews with cast members and rare behind-the-scenes footage, it captures the creative collective journey of the filmmaking team....

The prolific young Japanese director, who has already won an Oscar, has made a small film that celebrates the poetry and sensitivity of a gaze, thus also connecting to many other stories of cinema....

A companion piece to Voices from the Waves Kesennuma that forms half of the second installment in a documentary trilogy on the Tohoku region, co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke. It captures dialogues between closely-linked people in accord...

A short film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, about a story between a man and a strange girl....

Mari's quiet everyday life falls apart when she meets a mysterious boy. Her uncle returns after a long absence and tells her that earth is under alien control and that Mari is half human and half alien, while the strange boy confesses that he is tryi...

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

A documentary on Japanese choreographer Osamu Jareo...

When returning from a wedding, friends talk about their fears....