
Kirio Urayama
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
1990Ningen no sabaku
Screenplay
1985Yume-Chiyo
Director
1985Friends Love
Director
1983Dark Room
Director
1980Child of the Sun
Director & Screenplay
1979Taro the Dragon Boy
Director & Writer
1977The Gate of Youth Part 2
Director & Writer
1975The Gate of Youth
Director & Writer
1969The Girl I Abandoned
Director
1963Bad Girl
Director & Screenplay
1962Foundry Town
Director & Screenplay
1961Tōkyō no otenba musume
Screenplay
1956Victory Is Ours
Screenplay