Kirio Urayama

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-12-14 (55 years old)

Deathday

1985-10-20

Place of Birth

Aioi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Kirio Urayama

Biography

Kirio Urayama (浦山 桐郎, Urayama Kirio, 14 December 1930 – 20 October 1985) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Urayama graduated from Nagoya University before joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1954. After working as an assistant director to Yūzō Kawashima and Shohei Imamura, he debuted as a director with Foundry Town in 1962, a film that depicted the life of Zainichi Korean residents of Japan. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for that film. His 1963 film Bad Girl (Each day I cry) was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Golden Prize. He directed a total...

Production

1960

Yami wo saku kuchibue

as Assistant Director

1979

1975

1980

Child of the Sun

as Director

1963

Bad Girl

as Director

1969

1962

Foundry Town

as Director

1975

1983

Dark Room

as Director

1958

Endless Desire

as Assistant Director

1985

Yume-Chiyo

as Director

1990

Ningen no sabaku

as Screenplay

1959

I Will Challenge

as Assistant Director

1959

My Second Brother

as Assistant Director

1963

Bad Girl

as Screenplay

1985

Friends Love

as Director

1959

Abashiri Prison

as Assistant Director

1980

Child of the Sun

as Screenplay

1962

Foundry Town

as Screenplay

1956

Victory Is Ours

as Screenplay

1955

Burden of Love

as Second Assistant Director

1961

Pigs and Battleships

as Assistant Director

1958

Stolen Desire

as Assistant Director

1958

Nishi Ginza Station

as Assistant Director

1979

1959

Wakai hyou no mure

as Assistant Director

1961

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