Seijirō Kōyama (神山征二郎, Kōyama Seijirō) (born 16 July 1941[1]) is a Japanese film director.
Born in Gifu Prefecture, Kōyama attended Nihon University but quit midway to join the independent production company Kindai Eiga Kyokai, where he worked as an assistant director under such directors as Kaneto Shindō, Kōzaburō Yoshimura, and Tadashi Imai.
[1][2] He made his directorial debut in 1971 with the children's film Koi no iru mura.
[4] His 1987 film, Hachiko Monogatari, about the faithful dog Hachikō, was the top Japanese film at the box office that year.
[2] Kōyama was given the Chunichi Culture Award in 2000 for "producing films that scrutinize the age and the region.