Director
Hideyuki Hirayama
Born 1950 · Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
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.
Directed
The Funeral
Assistant Director · 1984
Sword of Desperation
Director · 2010
The Games Teachers Play
Director · 1992
Maria's Stomach
Director · 1990
Family of Strangers
Director · 2019
Yoi Ko to Asobou
Director · 1994
Door
Assistant Director · 1988
Kaito Ruby
Assistant Director · 1988
1972 Fireflies on the Shore
Director · 2025
Oba: The Last Samurai
Director · 2011
Haunted School
Director · 1995
Turn
Director · 2001
Haunted School 2
Director · 1996
Hitori Shizuka
Director · 2012
Begging for Love
Director · 1998
Lady Joker
Director · 2004
Robinson's Garden
Assistant Director · 1987
Beyond the Shining Sea
Assistant Director · 1986