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Kirio Urayama

Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Born December 14, 1930Died 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.

Known For

  • Pigs and Battleships
  • Taro the Dragon Boy
  • Stolen Desire
  • Endless Desire
  • Foundry Town
  • Nishi Ginza Station
  • Dark Room
  • Hikô shôjo
  • Burden of Love
  • The Girl I Abandoned
  • The Diary of Yumechiyo
  • The Gate of Youth
  • The Gate of Youth Part 2

Filmography

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