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Hideyuki Hirayama

Directing · Born 1950-09-18 · Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Hideyuki Hirayama (平山秀幸) is a Japanese film director. His theatrical debut was the film Maria's Stomach in 1990. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for The Games Teachers Play in 1992. In 1995, School Ghost Stories was a big hit and made into popular series. Begging for Love in 1998 got many awards as International press award (FIPRESCI) in Montreal World Film Festival, Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year, Mainichi Film Award for Best Director etc. In 2001, Hirayama won Best Director Choice for Turn at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. He also got several Japanese film awards for director, including the Best Director award for The Laughing Frog and Out at the 2003 Yokohama Film Festival.

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Filmography

20251972 Fireflies on the ShoreDirector
2023Warera ga ParadiseSeries Director
2022TsuyukusaDirector
2019Family of StrangersDirector
2017Hitoya no TogeSeries Director
2012Hitori ShizukaDirector
2011Oba: The Last SamuraiDirector
2010Forget Me NotDirector
2010Sword of DesperationDirector
2007Three for the RoadDirector
2007Talk, Talk, TalkDirector
2006The Woman OppositeDirector
2004Lady JokerDirector
2003Samurai ResurrectionDirector
2002OutDirector
2002The Laughing FrogDirector
2001TurnDirector
1999Haunted School 4Director
1998Begging for LoveDirector
1996Haunted School 2Director
1995Haunted SchoolDirector
1994Yoi Ko to AsobouDirector
1993Human Scramble: RainDirector
1992The Games Teachers PlayDirector
1990Playmate Murder Case Let Me Go to HeavenDirector
1990Maria's StomachDirector
1988Kaito RubyAssistant Director
1988DoorAssistant Director
1987Robinson's GardenAssistant Director
1986Beyond the Shining SeaAssistant Director
1985Marukin marubi no kintamashii makiAssistant Director
1984The FuneralAssistant Director

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