Kirio Urayama
Kirio Urayama was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Career
Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Urayama graduated from Nagoya University before joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1954. After working as an assistant director to Akinori Matsuo, 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. It helped establish Sayuri Yoshinaga as a major actress. Urayama won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for Foundry Town. His 1963 film Bad Girl was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Golden Prize.
He directed a total of eleven films before his death in 1985 of acute heart failure.
Filmography
Screenwriter
Victory Is Mine Ojôsan no sampomichi Tōkyō no otenba musume
Assistant director
Burden of Love Ai no onimotsu Stolen Desire Nishi Ginza Station Endless Desire Abashiri bangaichi I Will Challenge My Second Brother Wakai hyou no mure Yami ni hikaru me Yami o saku kuchibue
Director
Foundry Town Bad Girl, aka Delinquent Girl, aka Each Day I Cry The Girl I Abandoned The Gate of Youth The Gate of Youth: Part 2, aka The Gate of Youth: Independence Chapter The Baseball Trained Warriors Practice, aka Baseball: The Hard-Trained Heroes – Practice Edition – Documentary about the Hankyu Braves.Taro the Dragon Boy Child of the Sun Dark Room Friends Love – V-Cinema film.Yumechiyo's Diary, aka The Diary of Yumechiyo, aka ''Yume-Chiyo''
Television
Hunger Straits – Episodes 1, 2, 5, 6 and 8. Adapted from the novel Kiga Kaikyō by Tsutomu Mizukami, which also inspired A Fugitive from the Past.One Year, aka Year One Class – Made-for-TV documentary.