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
Died20 October 1985(1985-10-20) (aged 54)
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter
Years active1956-1985

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 untimely death in 1985.[1]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Urayama Kirio". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdansha. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  2. "Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "3rd Moscow International Film Festival (1963)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
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