is a Japanese
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pr ...
and
screenwriter
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. He made his directorial debut with ''
To Sleep so as to Dream'' (1986). He is best known for his
neo-noir
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''
Maiku Hama'' trilogy, ''
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
is a 1994 film directed by Kaizo Hayashi. The film is the first in the series featuring the detective Mike Hama (a play on the Mickey Spillane detective Mike Hammer), which included two more films by Hayashi (''Stairway to the Distant Past'' and ...
'' (1994), ''
Stairway to the Distant Past'' (1995) and ''
The Trap'' (1996).
In addition to film, Hayashi served as creative director on the 2000
Konami
, is a Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machines, slot machines, and arcade cabinets. Konami has ca ...
video game ''
7 Blades'' for the
PlayStation 2
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,
and was director for two episodes of
Power Rangers: Time Force.
Partial filmography
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Zipang'' (1990)
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Cat's Eye'' (1997)
* ''Bolt'' (2020)
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1957 births
Living people
People from Kyoto Prefecture
Japanese film directors
Japanese screenwriters
Writers from Kyoto Prefecture
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