Katsuyuki Hirano

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Place of Birth Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Katsuyuki Hirano

Biography

Born in Shizuoka, 1964. Aspiring cartoonist until the age of 18, when he began filmmaking. After being selected for the Pia Film Festival three years in a row, 1985 to 1987, he began to direct adult-experimental-video in 1990. Yumika, the first Hokkaido-bike-trip film, had its theatrical debut in 1997. Encyclopedia of a Drifter, the second in the bike-trip series came out in 1998. The White, finished in 1999, concludes the three part bike-trip series.

Known For

Director

2016
2011
1999
Shiro the White

as Director

1997
Yumika

as Director

1994
The Kimodameshi

as Director

1994
1992
Naked Rabbit

as Director

1988
Raigyo

as Director

1988
1988
Raigyo: Swan

as Director

1986
Happiness Avenue

as Director

1985
1985
SUNAYAMA-GINZA

as Director

1984
CRAZY FEELER

as Director

1984
ほたる

as Director

1984
白い犬

as Director

1984
くだらねー朝

as Director

1983
FINALE

as Director

1983
金魚のうんこ

as Director

1983
ハシ

as Director

1982
GUST

as Director

Crew

2011
Director Disqualified

as Cinematography

1999
Shiro the White

as Cinematography

1998
Encyclopedia of a Drifter

as Cinematography

1997
Yumika

as Cinematography

1984
CRAZY FEELER

as Script

Camera

2002
A Painful Pair

as Director of Photography

1987
A Man's Flower Road

as Assistant Camera

1985
SUNAYAMA-GINZA

as Director of Photography

1984
CRAZY FEELER

as Director of Photography

Editor

1999
Shiro the White

as Editor

1997
Yumika

as Editor

Producer

1999
GAMERA 1999

as Co-Producer

1985
SUNAYAMA-GINZA

as Producer

1984
CRAZY FEELER

as Producer

Writer

1999
Shiro the White

as Writer

1997
Yumika

as Writer

1986