was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Career

Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Urayama graduated from Nagoya University before joining the

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studio in 1954. After working as an assistant director to Yūzō Kawashima and Shohei Imamura, he debuted as a director with ''

Foundry Town is a 1962 Japanese drama film directed by Kirio Urayama. It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival and won the Blue Ribbon Awards in 1962. Cast * Sayuri Yoshinaga as Jun * Mitsuo Hamada as Tsukamoto, Katsumi * Eijirō Tōno as Ishigur ...

'' in 1962, a film that depicted the life of

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residents of Japan. He won the

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for that film. His 1963 film '' Bad Girl'' (''Each day I cry'') was entered into the

3rd Moscow International Film Festival The 3rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1963. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Italian film '' 8½'' directed by Federico Fellini. Jury * Grigori Chukhrai (USSR - President of the Jury) * Shaken Ajmanov (USSR) * S ...

where it won a Golden Prize. He directed a total of nine films before his untimely death in 1985.

Selected filmography

* '' Victory Is Mine'' (1956, writer) * ''

'' (1962, director and writer) * '' Bad Girl'' (1963) * '' The Gate of Youth'' (1975, director and writer) * ''

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'' (1979, director and screenplay)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Urayama, Kiriro 1930 births 1985 deaths Japanese film directors People from Hyōgo Prefecture Nagoya University alumni 20th-century Japanese screenwriters