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Kirio Urayama

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
0

Gender
Male

Birthday
December 14, 1930 (95 years old)

Place of Birth
Aioi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Kirio Urayama

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

Writing

1990Ningen no sabaku...Screenplay
1980Child of the Sun...Screenplay
1979Taro the Dragon Boy...Writer
1977The Gate of Youth Part 2...Writer
1975The Gate of Youth...Writer
1963Bad Girl...Screenplay
1962Foundry Town...Screenplay
1961Tōkyō no otenba musume...Screenplay
1956Victory Is Ours...Screenplay

Directing

1985Friends Love...Director
1985Yume-Chiyo...Director
1983Dark Room...Director
1980Child of the Sun...Director
1979Taro the Dragon Boy...Director
1977The Gate of Youth Part 2...Director
1975The Gate of Youth...Director
1969The Girl I Abandoned...Director
1963Bad Girl...Director
1962Foundry Town...Director
1961Pigs and Battleships...Assistant Director
1960Yami wo saku kuchibue...Assistant Director
1959My Second Brother...Assistant Director
1959Wakai hyou no mure...Assistant Director
1959Abashiri Prison...Assistant Director
1959I Will Challenge...Assistant Director
1958Endless Desire...Assistant Director
1958Nishi Ginza Station...Assistant Director
1958Stolen Desire...Assistant Director
1955Burden of Love...Second Assistant Director

Camera

1983Phantom Lady...Director of Photography

Acting