Kaizo Hayashi

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.

Kaizo Hayashi
Born	(1957-07-15) July 15, 1957 Kyoto, Japan
Occupation	Screenwriter and film director

Partial filmography

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

References

1. Richie, Donald (2005). A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: A Concise History, with a Selective Guide to DVDs and Videos. Kodansha International. p. 235. ISBN 4-7700-2995-0. Archived from the original on 2008-11-21.
2. IGN staff (October 31, 2000). "7 Blades". IGN. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
3. Provo, Frank. "7 Blades Preview". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 25, 2012.

External links

• Kaizo Hayashi on IMDb
• Kaizo Hayashi at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)