Kirio Urayama
Directing
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Kirio Urayama
Dark Room
1983
Filmography
Production & Directing (31)
1990
Ningen no sabakuScreenplay
1985
Friends LoveDirector
1985
Yume-ChiyoDirector
8.0
1983
Dark RoomDirector
5.6
1983
Phantom LadyDirector of Photography
1980
Child of the SunDirector
1980
Child of the SunScreenplay
1979
Taro the Dragon BoyDirector
6.4
1979
Taro the Dragon BoyWriter
6.4
1977
The Gate of Youth Part 2Writer
7.5
1977
The Gate of Youth Part 2Director
7.5
1975
The Gate of YouthWriter
8.3
1975
The Gate of YouthDirector
8.3
1969
The Girl I AbandonedDirector
9.0
1967
A Man VanishesAssistant Director
6.9
1963
Bad GirlDirector
7.6
1963
Bad GirlScreenplay
7.6
1962
Foundry TownDirector
7.8
1962
Foundry TownScreenplay
7.8
1961
Tōkyō no otenba musumeScreenplay
1961
Pigs and BattleshipsAssistant Director
7.1
1960
Yami wo saku kuchibueAssistant Director
1959
My Second BrotherAssistant Director
6.6
1959
Young PantherAssistant Director
1959
Abashiri PrisonAssistant Director
1959
I Will ChallengeAssistant Director
1958
Endless DesireAssistant Director
6.8
1958
Nishi Ginza StationAssistant Director
5.5
1958
Stolen DesireAssistant Director
6.7
1956
Harbour Toast: Victory Is in Our GraspScreenplay
10.0
1955
Burden of LoveSecond Assistant Director
6.8