Kirio Urayama

Kirio Urayama (浦山 桐郎, Urayama Kirio; 14 December 1930 – 20 October 1985)^[1] was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Kirio Urayama
Born	(1930-12-14)14 December 1930 Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Died	20 October 1985(1985-10-20) (aged 54)
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1956-1985

Career

Born 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

• 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)