Director

Hideyuki Hirayama

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Directed movies: 28Directed series: 4All crew credits: 32

TMDB ID: 97359

IMDb ID: nm0386312

Known for: Directing

Born: September 18, 1950

Age: 75

Place of birth: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1984 - 2025

Years active: 42

Average TMDB rating: 6.64

Wikidata: Q1749267

Also known as

平山秀之

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Director (24)Assistant Director (6)Series Director (2)

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Biography

Hideyuki Hirayama (平山秀幸) 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. 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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