Hideyuki Hirayama

18.09.1950, Kitakyushu, Japan

 

Director
His made his directing debut with Maria no ibukuro (Maria's Stomach, 1990). His next film Za Chugaku kyoshi (The Games Teachers Play, 1992) brought him an award for Best Directro from the Japanese Film Professionals’ Association. Then he made the drama Ningen kôsaten: Am (Human Scramble: Rain, 1993), while his next film, the adventure drama Gakkô no kaidan (School for Ghosts, 1995) brought him great success. Afterwards he made its sequel in 1996 and part four in 1999 (part three was directed by Shûsuke Kaneko). In the meantime, he directed the awarded drama Ai o kou hito (Begging for Love, 1998), which won the Japanese Academy’s Award for Best Film and Best Director in 1999. After this he continued working and directing dramas Taan (Turn, 2001) and Warau kaeru (A Laughing Frog, 2002), crime drama Out (2002), historical adventure film Makai tenshô (Samurai Resurrection, 2003), crime film Lady Joker (2004), comedy Shaberedomo shaberedomo (Talk, Talk, Talk, 2007), comedy Yajikita dôchû Teresuko (Three for the Road, 2007), Boku no sukina hito (2010), acclaimed historical film Hisshiken torisashi (Sword of Desperation, 2010), drama Shin-san Tankoumachi no serenâde (Forget Me Not, 2010) and war drama Taiheiyou no kiseki: Fokkusu to yobareta otoko (Battle of the Pacific, 2011).

Filmography


Films by this director

A Laughing Frog

(Warau kaeru, 2002.)

Directed by: Hideyuki Hirayama
PHOTOGRAPHY: Kôzô Shibasaki
Synopsis:

Ryoko Kurasawa lives in his parents' cottage, hiding from people. The reason for it is her husband who has embezzled money from the bank in which he worked and has since disappeared without a trace. One day, Ryoko meets her husband, now tired of life on the run. She tries talking him into surrendering to the police, but then agrees to hide him for seven days. She has one condition – he has to sign their divorce so she can marry her new lover Yoshizumi.

color, 35 mm, 96 min

Haunted School

(Gakkô no kaidan, 1995.)

Directed by: Hideyuki Hirayama
Synopsis:

O napuštenoj zgradi osnovne škole među djecom kruže priče da je zaposjednuta duhovima. Vrijeme je školskih praznika, a djevojčica Mika slijedeći zvuk smijeha uđe u zgradu. Nakon što se ne vrati, njezina starija sestra i prijatelji je krenu potražiti u zgradi škole. Ubrzo nakon ulaska, shvate da su zatočeni i da glasine koje kruže nisu lažne. Morat će skupiti svu svoju hrabrost da pronađu Miku, spase se od duhova i pronađu izlaz.

color, 100 min, 100 min

Haunted School 4

(Gakkô no kaidan 4, 1999.)

Directed by: Hideyuki Hirayama
Synopsis:

Četvrti iz serije Gakkô no kaidan filmova koju povezuju dječji protagonisti, duhovi i opsjednute škole iako radnja nije međusobno povezana. Ovaj nastavak ponešto je drugačiji, a počinje prikazom događanja iz dalje prošlosti. Četvero djece igra se skrivača, no nevina razbibriga završi tragedijom. U sadašnjosti, u mirnom priobalnom selu dešavaju se nestanci djece. Kako se ujedno djeca ponovno pojavljuju, odrasli tome ne pridaju pozornost. To ne vrijedi i za djecu...

color, 16 mm, 100 min
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