Speakers：Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Moderator：Joyce Yang
*The sharing session will be conducted in Japanese with Cantonese interpretation.
 | About the Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi was born in Japan in 1978. In 2008, Passion, his master’s degree graduate work from Tokyo University of Arts, was selected at the San Sebastián Interna-tional Film Festival and Tokyo Filmex. In 2015, his award-winning film Happy Hour prem-iered at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival. In 2021, Wheel of Fortune and Fan-tasy won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 71st Berlinale. At the 74th edition of Cannes, Drive My Car won the Screenplay Prize and three independent prizes, including FIPRESCI. The following year it received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. | |