Hideyuki Hirayama
Born September 18, 1950 in Kitakyushu is a Japanese film director. His theatrical debut was the film Maria's Stomach in 1990. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for The Games Teachers Play in 1992.
Hideyuki Hirayama
- Name
- Hideyuki Hirayama
- Born
- 18 September 1950
- Birthplace
- Kitakyushu, Japan
- Occupation
- Film director
- Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- Nihon University
- Honours
- Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award · Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director
- Languages
- Japanese
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In 1995, School Ghost Stories was a big hit and made into popular series. Begging for Love in 1998 got many awards as International press award (FIPRESCI) in Montreal World Film Festival, Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year, Mainichi Film Award for Best Director etc. In 2001, Hirayama won Best Director Choice for Turn at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. He also got several Japanese film awards for director, including the Best Director award for The Laughing Frog and Out at the 2003 Yokohama Film Festival.
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• Name — Hideyuki Hirayama • Born — 18 September 1950 • Birthplace — Kitakyushu, Japan • Occupation — Film director
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Hideyuki Hirayama, recorded as a film director, was born on 18 September 1950. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Television
Television
• 1972: Nagisa no Keika (2025)
Film
• Maria's Stomach (1990) • The Games Teachers Play (1992) • Human Scramble -RAIN- (1993) • Playing with Good Children (1994) • School Ghost Stories (1995) • School Ghost Stories 2 (1996) • Begging for Love (1998) • Haunted School 4 (1999) • Turn (2001) • The Laughing Frog (2002) • Out (2002) • Samurai Resurrection (2003) • Lady Joker (2004) • Talk, Talk, Talk (2007) • Three for the Road (2007) • Forget Me Not (2010) • Sword of Desperation (2010) • Oba: The Last Samurai (2011) • Everest: The Summit of the Gods (2016) • Family of Strangers (2019) • Tsuyukusa (2022)
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