Kirio Urayama
Born: 1930-12-14 in Aioi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Died: 1985-10-20
Known For: Directing
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 of nine films before his death in 1985.
Filmography
1990
- Ningen no sabaku ... (Screenplay)
1985
- Yume-Chiyo ... (Director)
- Friends Love ... (Director)
1983
- Dark Room ... (Director)
1980
- Child of the Sun ... (Director)
1979
- Taro the Dragon Boy ... (Director)
1977
- The Gate of Youth Part 2 ... (Writer)
1975
- The Gate of Youth ... (Writer)
1969
- The Girl I Abandoned ... (Director)
1963
- Bad Girl ... (Director)
1962
- Foundry Town ... (Director)
1961
- Pigs and Battleships ... (Assistant Director)
- Tōkyō no otenba musume ... (Screenplay)
1960
- Yami wo saku kuchibue ... (Assistant Director)
1959
- My Second Brother ... (Assistant Director)
- Wakai hyou no mure ... (Assistant Director)
- I Will Challenge ... (Assistant Director)
- Abashiri Prison ... (Assistant Director)
1958
- Stolen Desire ... (Assistant Director)
- Nishi Ginza Station ... (Assistant Director)
- Endless Desire ... (Assistant Director)
1956
- Victory Is Ours ... (Screenplay)
1955
- Burden of Love ... (Second Assistant Director)