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Katsuyuki Hirano profile
Director

Katsuyuki Hirano

Directing

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Directed credits

27

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Strong directing catalog.

TMDB popularity

0.7

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Directed movies: 27Directed series: 0All crew credits: 31

TMDB ID: 1580838

IMDb ID: nm1989436

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1982 - 2016

Years active: 35

Wikidata: Q6378249

Frequent jobs

Director (26)Director of Photography (1)Assistant Camera (1)Cinematography (1)Co-Producer (1)Producer (1)

Biography

Born in Shizuoka, 1964. Aspiring cartoonist until the age of 18, when he began filmmaking. After being selected for the Pia Film Festival three years in a row, 1985 to 1987, he began to direct adult-experimental-video in 1990. Yumika, the first Hokkaido-bike-trip film, had its theatrical debut in 1997. Encyclopedia of a Drifter, the second in the bike-trip series came out in 1998. The White, finished in 1999, concludes the three part bike-trip series.

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