About
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.
Filmography
Tsuyukusa2022 · Director
Family of Strangers2019 · Director, Screenplay
Oba: The Last Samurai2011 · Director
Forget Me Not2010 · Director
Sword of Desperation2010 · Director
Three for the Road2007 · Director
Talk, Talk, Talk2007 · Director
The Woman Opposite2006 · Director
Lady Joker2004 · Director
Samurai Resurrection2003 · Director
Out2002 · Director
The Laughing Frog2002 · Director
Turn2001 · Director
Haunted School 41999 · Director
Begging for Love1998 · Director
Haunted School 21996 · Director
Haunted School1995 · Director
Yoi Ko to Asobou1994 · Director
Human Scramble: Rain1993 · Director
The Games Teachers Play1992 · Director