Kirio Urayama

Directing·Dec 14, 1930·Aioi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

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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.

Film	Credit
Ningen no sabaku1990 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Friends Love1985 · Director	Director
Yume-Chiyo1985 · Director	Director
Dark Room1983 · Director	Director
Phantom Lady1983 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Child of the Sun1980 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Taro the Dragon Boy1979 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Gate of Youth Part 21977 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Gate of Youth1975 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Girl I Abandoned1969 · Director	Director
Bad Girl1963 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Foundry Town1962 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tōkyō no otenba musume1961 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Victory Is Ours1956 · Screenplay	Screenplay