
Kirio Urayama
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-12-14
Day of Death
1985-10-20 (54 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
Crew
(1990)
Ningen no sabaku
Screenplay
(1985)
Yume-Chiyo
Director
(1985)
Friends Love
Director
(1983)
Dark Room
Director
(1980)
Child of the Sun
Director, Screenplay
(1979)
Taro the Dragon Boy
Director, Writer
(1977)
The Gate of Youth Part 2
Writer, Director
(1975)
The Gate of Youth
Writer, Director
(1969)
The Girl I Abandoned
Director
(1963)
Bad Girl
Director, Screenplay
(1962)
Foundry Town
Director, Screenplay
(1961)
Pigs and Battleships
Assistant Director
(1961)
Tōkyō no otenba musume
Screenplay
(1960)
Yami wo saku kuchibue
Assistant Director
(1959)
I Will Challenge
Assistant Director
(1959)
My Second Brother
Assistant Director
(1959)
Abashiri Prison
Assistant Director
(1959)
Wakai hyou no mure
Assistant Director
(1958)
Endless Desire
Assistant Director
(1958)
Stolen Desire
Assistant Director
(1958)
Nishi Ginza Station
Assistant Director
(1956)
Victory Is Ours
Screenplay
(1955)
Burden of Love
Second Assistant Director