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.
Filmography
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Crew Credits
Ningen no sabaku
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1990
Friends Love
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1985
Yume-Chiyo
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1985
Dark Room
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1983
Child of the Sun
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1980
Child of the Sun
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1980
Taro the Dragon Boy
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979
Taro the Dragon Boy
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1979
The Gate of Youth Part 2
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1977
The Gate of Youth Part 2
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
The Gate of Youth
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1975
The Gate of Youth
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1975
The Girl I Abandoned
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1969
Bad Girl
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1963
Bad Girl
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1963
Foundry Town
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1962
Foundry Town
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1962
Tōkyō no otenba musume
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1961
Pigs and Battleships
Role: Assistant Director
MOVIE • 1961
Yami wo saku kuchibue
Role: Assistant Director
MOVIE • 1960