Kirio Urayama
Director, Writer, Actor
December 14, 1930 — October 20, 1985 (54 years)
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.
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
| 1979 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1963 | Hikô shôjo · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | Foundry Town · as Screenplay |
| 1974 | The Last Swordsman · as Koshitaro Ito |
| 1961 | Pigs and Battleships · as Assistant Director |
| 1959 | My Second Brother · as Assistant Director |
| 1959 | Wakai hyô no mure · as Assistant Director |
| 1958 | Endless Desire · as Assistant Director |
| 1958 | Nishi Ginza Station · as Assistant Director |
| 1958 | Stolen Desire · as Assistant Director |
| 1955 | Burden of Love · as Second Assistant Director |