Last week, I wrote about Hamaguchi Goryō, the man who lit the rice sheaves on fire to guide the way to high ground for his town. There are many in Japan today who have taken on his mantle of ...

This was done to commemorate Inamura-no-hi, which fell on November 5, 1854, wherein a tsunami was declared to hit following an earthquake by Japanese farmer Hamaguchi Goryō in his observation of ...

A sneak peek: novelist Yiyun Li, cartoonist Daniel Clowes, filmmakers Ari Aster, Amalia Ulman, and Ryusuke Hamaguchi, critics Hunter Harris and Thora Siemsen, writer Lucy Sante, cult writer/actor ...

The Hamaguchi Award is named after 19th-century Japanese leader Hamaguchi Goryō, who is remembered for guiding his village to safety from a tsunami. The award was established in 2016 in conjunction ...

VENICE--Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi is on a roll with his “Evil Does Not Exist” winning the runner-up Silver Lion award at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 9. In 2021 ...

Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi has returned to Japan from the Venice International Film Festival where he won the Silver Lion award for his film “Evil Does Not Exist.” Hamaguchi is the second ...

LOS ANGELES--Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi was clearly over the moon after winning the Oscar for best international feature film for his movie “Drive My Car,” but said he hoped the ...

Hamaguchi's film won three prizes at Cannes last year including best screenplay Ryusuke Hamaguchi is in uncharted waters. A well-known and respected director on the festival circuit through films ...