Kaizo Hayashi (林 海象, Hayashi Kaizō, born July 15, 1957) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
He made his directorial debut with To Sleep so as to Dream (1986).
He is best known for his neo-noir Maiku Hama trilogy, The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1994), Stairway to the Distant Past (1995) and The Trap (1996).
[1] In addition to film, Hayashi served as creative director on the 2000 Konami video game 7 Blades for the PlayStation 2,[2][3] and was director for two episodes of Power Rangers: Time Force.
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