Born in 1962 in Nagasaki, Japan, Hashiguchi Ryosuke began shooting Sper-8 in high school. While studying film at Osaka Arts University, he gained a reputation for his documentary-like style, which focused on the realistic portrayal of his characters. His 1989 film, The Secret of Last Night, won the Pia Film Festival Grand Prize.
Hashiguchi dropped out of university and worked as a director of TV programs and videos, and wrote the screenplay for A Touch of Fever. The film was released in Japan in 1993 and was a record hit in the theatre where it was shown. The film was invited to the Berlin Film Festival Young Forum and was screened at more than 25 festivals around the world. His film, Like Grains of Sand, won grand prizes at the Rotterdam and Dunkirk Film Festivals, as well as at the Turin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
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