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Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

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Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

  • Introduction (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi)
  • Room 2: Hamaguchi's Working Method
  • Room 3: The Importance of Cinematic Locations
  • Introduction (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi)
  • Room 2: Hamaguchi's Working Method
  • Room 3: The Importance of Cinematic Locations

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

Introduction (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi)

Hamaguchi Portrait Small Portrait

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

Boldly experimental in method and rigorously precise in execution, Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s growing body of work demonstrates the continuing vitality of classical Japanese and international auteur cinema. Room 2 focuses on two topics addressed in the portrait interview in this room: Hamaguchi's approach to adaptation and to selecting spaces. The latter point sets the stage for the broader exploration of the cinematic significance of specific locations and itineraries across film history in Room 3. Photograph by Gus Aronson (Tokyo, November 2022)

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi Interview

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Room 2: Hamaguchi's Working Method

Adapting Murakami

Drive My Car (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, 2021)

Hamaguchi's Spaces

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, 2021)

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Room 3: The Importance of Cinematic Locations

Japanese Travel Narratives

Travel is central to many of Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s movies, and his depictions of exploratory movement are part of a cinematic tradition that has much deeper roots. The most resonant and eloquent example is Kenji Mizoguchi's Sansho the Bailiff (1954).

Neorealism and the Po River Valley

The neorealist treatment of specific locations is epitomized by this iconic scene from Luchino Visconti's operatic Milanese epic Rocco and His Brothers (1960).

Kobe

Happy Hour (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, 2015)

Hiroshima

Drive My Car (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, 2021)

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