Kirio Urayama
- Directing
- December 14, 1930 · Aioi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
- October 20, 1985
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Ningen no sabaku · Screenplay
- Friends Love · Director
- Yume-Chiyo · Director
- Dark Room · Director
- Phantom Lady · Cinematography
- Child of the Sun · Director, Screenplay
- Taro the Dragon Boy · Director, Writer
- The Gate of Youth Part 2 · Writer, Director
- The Gate of Youth · Writer, Director
- The Girl I Abandoned · Director
- A Man Vanishes · Assistant Director
- Bad Girl · Director, Screenplay
- Foundry Town · Director, Screenplay
- Tōkyō no otenba musume · Screenplay
- Pigs and Battleships · Assistant Director
- Yami wo saku kuchibue · Assistant Director
- My Second Brother · Assistant Director
- Young Panther · Assistant Director
- Abashiri Prison · Assistant Director
- I Will Challenge · Assistant Director
- Endless Desire · Assistant Director
- Nishi Ginza Station · Assistant Director
- Stolen Desire · Assistant Director
- Harbour Toast: Victory Is in Our Grasp · Screenplay
- Burden of Love · Second Assistant Director