Person

Kirio Urayama

Directing · 1930–1985 · Aioi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

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.

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  Burden of Love

  Second Assistant Director

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  Child of the Sun

  Director

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  The Gate of Youth Part 2

  Writer

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  Pigs and Battleships

  Assistant Director

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  Foundry Town

  Director

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  Taro the Dragon Boy

  Director

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  Dark Room

  Director

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  Bad Girl

  Director

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  Endless Desire

  Assistant Director

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  The Gate of Youth

  Writer

• 1990Ningen no sabakuScreenplay
• 1985Friends LoveDirector
• 1985Yume-ChiyoDirector
• 1983Dark RoomDirector
• 1983Phantom LadyDirector of Photography
• 1980Child of the SunDirector
• 1979Taro the Dragon BoyDirector
• 1977The Gate of Youth Part 2Writer
• 1975The Gate of YouthWriter
• 1969The Girl I AbandonedDirector
• 1963Bad GirlDirector
• 1962Foundry TownDirector
• 1961Tōkyō no otenba musumeScreenplay
• 1961Pigs and BattleshipsAssistant Director
• 1960Yami wo saku kuchibueAssistant Director
• 1959My Second BrotherAssistant Director
• 1959Wakai hyou no mureAssistant Director
• 1959Abashiri PrisonAssistant Director
• 1959I Will ChallengeAssistant Director
• 1958Endless DesireAssistant Director
• 1958Nishi Ginza StationAssistant Director
• 1958Stolen DesireAssistant Director
• 1956Victory Is OursScreenplay
• 1955Burden of LoveSecond Assistant Director