Kirio Urayama (浦山 桐郎, Urayama Kirio, 14 December 1930 – 20 October 1985)[1] was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Kirio Urayama | |
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| Born | 14 December 1930 Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 20 October 1985 (aged 54) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1956-1985 |
Career
editBorn in Hyōgo Prefecture, Urayama graduated from Nagoya University before joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1954.[1] After working as an assistant director to Yūzō Kawashima and Shohei Imamura, he debuted as a director with Foundry Town in 1962,[1] 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.[2] His 1963 film Bad Girl (Each day I cry)[3] was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Golden Prize.[4]
He directed a total of nine films before his death in 1985.[1]
Filmography
edit- Ai no onimotsu (1955, assistant director)
- Victory Is Mine (1956, co-writer)
- Nishi Ginza Station (1958, assistant director)
- Endless Desire (1958, assistant director)
- My Second Brother (1959, assistant director)
- Ojôsan no sampomichi (1960, co-writer)
- Yami ni hikaru me (1960, assistant director)
- Yami o saku kuchibue (1960, assistant director)
- Pigs and Battleships (1961, assistant director)
- Foundry Town, aka Kyūpora no aru machi (1962, director and co-writer)
- Bad Girl, aka Hiko shōjo (1963, director and co-writer)
- The Girl I Abandoned (1969, director)
- The Gate of Youth, aka Seishun no mon (1975, director and co-writer)
- The Gate of Youth Part 2, aka Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen (1977, director and co-writer)
- Taro the Dragon Boy (1979, director and co-writer)
- Child of the Sun, aka Taiyo no ko teda no fua (1980, director and co-writer)
- Dark Room (1983, director)
- Yumechiyo's Diary (1985, director)
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Urayama Kirio". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdansha. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ^ "Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "3rd Moscow International Film Festival (1963)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2012.