Kirio Urayama (浦山 桐郎, Urayama Kirio, 14 December 1930 – 20 October 1985)[1] was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Urayama graduated from Nagoya University before joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1954.

[1] After working as an assistant director to Yūzō Kawashima and Shohei Imamura, he debuted as a director with Foundry Town in 1962,[1] a film that depicted the life of Zainichi Korean residents of Japan.

[2] His 1963 film Bad Girl (Each day I cry)[3] was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Golden Prize.

[4] He directed a total of nine films before his death in 1985.