Kirio Urayama

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.

Crew

Yami wo saku kuchibue

Assistant Director

Taro the Dragon Boy

Director, Writer

The Gate of Youth Part 2

Writer, Director

The Gate of Youth

Writer, Director

Child of the Sun

Director, Screenplay

Bad Girl

Director, Screenplay

The Girl I Abandoned

Director

Foundry Town

Director, Screenplay

Dark Room

Director

Endless Desire

Assistant Director

Yume-Chiyo

Director

Ningen no sabaku

Screenplay

I Will Challenge

Assistant Director

My Second Brother

Assistant Director

Friends Love

Director

Abashiri Prison

Assistant Director

Victory Is Ours

Screenplay

Burden of Love

Second Assistant Director

Pigs and Battleships

Assistant Director

Nishi Ginza Station

Assistant Director

Stolen Desire

Assistant Director

Wakai hyou no mure

Assistant Director

Tōkyō no otenba musume

Screenplay