Kaizo Hayashi

{{short description|Japanese film director and screenwriter (born 1957)}} {{Infobox person | name = Kaizo Hayashi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|07|15}} | birth_place = Kyoto, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Screenwriter and film director | spouse = | children = | website = }} {{nihongo|'''Kaizo Hayashi'''|林海象|Hayashi Kaizō|born {{dts|1957|07|15}}}} 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).<ref>{{cite book|last=Richie |first=Donald |authorlink=Donald Richie |title=A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: A Concise History, with a Selective Guide to DVDs and Videos |publisher=Kodansha International |year=2005 |isbn=4-7700-2995-0 |url=http://www.kodansha-intl.com/books/html/en/9784770029959.html |page=235 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121034830/http://www.kodansha-intl.com/books/html/en/9784770029959.html |archivedate=2008-11-21 }}</ref> In addition to film, Hayashi served as creative director on the 2000 Konami video game ''7 Blades'' for the PlayStation 2,<ref name="ignpreview">{{cite web | author=IGN staff | date=October 31, 2000 | title=''7 Blades'' | url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/135/135185p1.html | publisher=IGN | accessdate=March 25, 2012}}</ref><ref name="gspotpreview">{{cite web | author=Provo, Frank | date= | title=''7 Blades'' Preview | url=http://www.gamespot.com/7-blades/previews/7-blades-preview-2623248/ | publisher=CBS Interactive | work=GameSpot | accessdate=March 25, 2012}}</ref> and was director for two episodes of Power Rangers: Time Force.

==Partial filmography== *{{nihongo|''To Sleep so as to Dream''|夢みるように眠りたい|''Yume miru yō ni nemuritai'', 1986}} *{{nihongo|''Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis''|帝都物語|''Teito monogatari'', 1988}} *{{nihongo|''Tokyo: The Last War''|帝都大戦|''Teito taisen'', 1989}} *{{nihongo|''Circus Boys''|二十世紀少年読本|''Nijūsseiki shōnen dokuhon'', 1989}} *''Zipang'' (1990) *{{nihongo|''Figaro Story''|フィガロ・ストーリー|''Figaro sutōrī'', 1991, "Man from the Moon" segment}} *{{nihongo|''The Most Terrible Time in My Life''|我が人生最悪の時|''Waga jinsei saiaku no toki'', 1994}} *{{nihongo|''Stairway to the Distant Past''|遥かな時代の階段を|''Haruka na jidai no kaidan o'', 1995}} *{{nihongo|''The Trap''|罠|''Wana'', 1996}} *{{nihongo|''The Breath''|海ほおずき|''Umihoozuki'', 1996}} *''Cat's Eye'' (1997) *''Bolt'' (2020)

==References== {{reflist|1}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0370627|Kaizo Hayashi}} *{{jmdb name|id=0373180|name=Kaizo Hayashi}}

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