Kirio Urayama

Japanese film director (1930–1985)

Kirio Urayama

Born	(1930-12-14)14 December 1930 Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Died	20 October 1985(1985-10-20) (aged 54)
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1956-1985

Kirio Urayama (浦山桐郎, Urayama Kirio, 14 December 1930 – 20 October 1985)^[1] was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

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 death in 1985.^[1]

Selected filmography

Victory Is Mine (1956, writer)
Foundry Town (1962, director and writer)
Bad Girl (1963)
The Gate of Youth (1975, director and writer)
Taro the Dragon Boy (1979, director and screenplay)

References

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