Oscar-winning Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's "Evil Does Not Exist" on Saturday won the runner-up Grand Jury Prize award at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. With his latest feat, he follows the footsteps of renowned director Akira Kurosawa, who also bagged awards in all of the top three prestigious film festivals in Venice, Berlin and Cannes, as well as the Oscars in the United States. Hamaguchi has garnered a string of global accolades, including notably for his work "Drive My Car," which won the best international feature at the 94th U.

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