Portrait of Hideyuki Hirayama

Directing

Hideyuki Hirayama

Career

Active from 1990 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Family of Strangers
Family of Strangers
GoodWatch score69/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hideyuki Hirayama Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.2, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Wholesome
    1.9, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 4
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Revenge 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Psychological Intrigue 2
  • Redemption 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

28
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Tsuyukusa
Tsuyukusa (2022)

Director

2010s

4 titles · average score 66
Family of Strangers
Family of Strangers (2019)
GoodWatch score 69

Director, Screenplay

Oba: The Last Samurai
Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

Sword of Desperation
Sword of Desperation (2010)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

Forget Me Not
Forget Me Not (2010)

Director

2000s

8 titles · average score 59
Talk, Talk, Talk
Talk, Talk, Talk (2007)

Director

Three for the Road
Three for the Road (2007)

Director

The Woman Opposite
The Woman Opposite (2006)

Director

Lady Joker
Lady Joker (2004)

Director

Samurai Resurrection
Samurai Resurrection (2003)
GoodWatch score 50

Director

Out
Out (2002)

Director

The Laughing Frog
The Laughing Frog (2002)

Director

Turn
Turn (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

1990s

9 titles · average score 62
Haunted School 4
Haunted School 4 (1999)

Director

Begging for Love
Begging for Love (1998)

Director

Haunted School 2
Haunted School 2 (1996)

Director

Haunted School
Haunted School (1995)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

Yoi Ko to Asobou
Yoi Ko to Asobou (1994)

Director

Human Scramble: Rain
Human Scramble: Rain (1993)

Director

The Games Teachers Play
The Games Teachers Play (1992)

Director

Maria's Stomach
Maria's Stomach (1990)

Director

Playmate Murder Case Let Me Go to Heaven
Playmate Murder Case Let Me Go to Heaven (1990)

Director

1980s

6 titles · average score 72
Door
Door (1988)
GoodWatch score 64

Assistant Director

Kaito Ruby
Kaito Ruby (1988)

Assistant Director

Robinson's Garden
Robinson's Garden (1987)
GoodWatch score 64

Assistant Director

Beyond the Shining Sea
Beyond the Shining Sea (1986)

Assistant Director

Marukin marubi no kintamashii maki
Marukin marubi no kintamashii maki (1985)

Assistant Director

The Funeral
The Funeral (1984)
GoodWatch score 88

Assistant Director