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.
Directed 21
1980s
- 1985
Friends Love
Director
Yume-Chiyo
Director
- 1983
- 1980
Child of the Sun
Director
1970s
- 1979
Taro the Dragon Boy
Director
- 1977
- 1975
1960s
- 1969
- 1967
A Man Vanishes
Assistant Director
- 1963
Bad Girl
Director
- 1962
- 1961
Pigs and Battleships
Assistant Director
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
My Second Brother
Assistant Director
- 1958
Nishi Ginza Station
Assistant Director
Stolen Desire
Assistant Director
- 1955
Burden of Love
Second Assistant Director
Wrote 9
1990s
- 1990
Ningen no sabaku
Screenplay
1980s
- 1980
Child of the Sun
Screenplay
1970s
- 1979
Taro the Dragon Boy
Writer
- 1977
- 1975
1960s
- 1963
Bad Girl
Screenplay
- 1962
- 1961
Tōkyō no otenba musume
Screenplay
1950s
- 1956
Harbour Toast: Victory Is in Our Grasp
Screenplay
Acted in 1
1970s
- 1979
Taro the Dragon Boy
Tengu (voice)
Camera 1
1980s
- 1983
Phantom Lady
Director of Photography