Kirio Urayama
Directing
- Born
- December 14, 1930 · Aioi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
- Died
- October 20, 1985 (age 54)
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.
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He directed a total of nine films before his death in 1985.
Known for
Pigs and Battleships
January 21, 1961
A Man Vanishes
July 8, 1967
Taro the Dragon Boy
March 17, 1979
Nishi Ginza Station
July 29, 1958
Stolen Desire
May 20, 1958
Endless Desire
November 18, 1958
Foundry Town
April 8, 1962
Dark Room
September 17, 1983
My Second Brother
October 28, 1959
Burden of Love
March 18, 1955
Bad Girl
March 16, 1963
The Gate of Youth
February 15, 1975
Behind the camera25
- 1990Ningen no sabaku Screenplay
- 1985Friends Love Director
- 1985Yume-Chiyo Director
- 1983Dark Room Director
- 1983Phantom Lady Director of Photography
- 1980Child of the Sun Director, Screenplay
- 1979Taro the Dragon Boy Director, Writer
- 1977The Gate of Youth Part 2 Writer, Director
- 1975The Gate of Youth Writer, Director
- 1969The Girl I Abandoned