Hideyuki HIRAYAMA 平山秀幸
A Laughing Frog
Nippon Cinema ª
On the run, Ippei seeks shelter at his wife Ryoko’s place. She agrees to hide him for a week in return for his signing of the divorce agreement. Through a peephole, Ippei witnesses the family’s in-fighting and the movements of his wife’s lover. Soon his passion for Ryoko is revived.
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A Laughing Frog (NC 2004)
日本 2002
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About Hideyuki HIRAYAMA
平山秀幸
Hideyuki HIRAYAMA, born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1950, studied at Nihon University and was assistant director to Shuji TERAYAMA, among others. HIRAYAMA made his directorial debut MARIA'S STOMACH in 1990 and won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award with his second film THE GAMES TEACHERS PLAY (1992). After the great success of his horror series SCHOOL GHOST STORIES (1995), he won the FIPRESCI Award in Montreal and the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Director with his 1998 film BEGGING FOR LOVE. Several of his films, including A LAUGHING FROG (2002 / NC '04) and THREE FOR THE ROAD (2007 / NC '08), have been screened at the Nippon Connection Film Festival.