Katsuyuki Hirano

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

-

Place of Birth

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Katsuyuki Hirano

Biography

Born in Shizuoka, 1964. Aspiring cartoonist until the age of 18, when he began filmmaking. After being selected for the Pia Film Festival three years in a row, 1985 to 1987, he began to direct adult-experimental-video in 1990. Yumika, the first Hokkaido-bike-trip film, had its theatrical debut in 1997. Encyclopedia of a Drifter, the second in the bike-trip series came out in 1998. The White, finished in 1999, concludes the three part bike-trip series.

Production

1984

CRAZY FEELER

as Director

1984

CRAZY FEELER

as Producer

1984

CRAZY FEELER

as Director of Photography

1984

CRAZY FEELER

as Script

1983

FINALE

as Director

1983

1984

ほたる

as Director

1984

白い犬

as Director

1983

ハシ

as Director

1992

Naked Rabbit

as Director

1994

The Kimodameshi

as Director

1988

Raigyo

as Director

1988

1984

1982

GUST

as Director

1988

Raigyo: Swan

as Director

1998

Encyclopedia of a Drifter

as Cinematography

1999

GAMERA 1999

as Co-Producer

1985

SUNAYAMA-GINZA

as Director

1985

SUNAYAMA-GINZA

as Producer

1985

SUNAYAMA-GINZA

as Director of Photography

1986

1986

Happiness Avenue

as Director

2011

2016

1987

A Man's Flower Road

as Assistant Camera

1999

1999

1999

Shiro the White

as Cinematography

1997

Yumika

as Director

2011

Director Disqualified

as Cinematography

1999

Shiro the White

as Director

1997

Yumika

as Writer

1997

Yumika

as Editor

1997

Yumika

as Cinematography

2002

A Painful Pair

as Director of Photography

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