Wataru Hiranami

Known for
Directing
Born
December 13, 1978 (age 47)
Birthplace
Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Wataru HIRANAMI, born in Nagano Prefecture in 1978, learned his craft from Kazuyoshi KUMAKIRI starting in 2003. After graduation, he became heavily involved in Japan's independent filmmaking scene.

Known For

Filmography

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THE FILM IS MINE poster

THE FILM IS MINE

Movie · Director

2026
Poca Pon poster

Poca Pon

Movie · Assistant Director

2026
The Curse poster

The Curse

Movie · Assistant Director

2026
We Are Bad Barbers poster

We Are Bad Barbers

TV · Director · 12 eps

2026
Time Loop Detective poster

Time Loop Detective

TV · Director, Co-Director · 3 eps

2025
I Fell in Love with a Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn poster

I Fell in Love with a Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn

Movie · Assistant Director

2025
Insect poster

Insect

Movie · Director

2025
冬の朝 poster

冬の朝

Movie · Assistant Director

2025
Sato and Sato poster

Sato and Sato

Movie · Assistant Director

2025
The Deepest Space in Us poster

The Deepest Space in Us

Movie · Assistant Director

2025
Incomplete Chairs poster

Incomplete Chairs

Movie · Assistant Director

2024
Wakamusha poster

Wakamusha

Movie · Assistant Director

2024
Desert of Namibia poster

Desert of Namibia

Movie · Assistant Director

2024
Teasing Master Takagi-san poster

Teasing Master Takagi-san

Movie · Assistant Director

2024
Baby Assassins Everyday! poster

Baby Assassins Everyday!

TV · Director · 3 eps

2023
Search Light poster

Search Light

Movie · Director

2023
Ichiko poster

Ichiko

Movie · Assistant Director

2023
The Girls poster

The Girls

Movie · Assistant Director

2023
Undercurrent poster

Undercurrent

Movie · Assistant Director

2023
Love Will Tear Us Apart poster

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Movie · Assistant Director

2023
Dreaming in Between poster

Dreaming in Between

Movie · Assistant Director

2022
Amnesiac Love poster

Amnesiac Love

Movie · Director

2022
Love Nonetheless poster

Love Nonetheless

Movie · Assistant Director

2022
Manami 100% poster

Manami 100%

Movie · Assistant Director

2022
I’m Glad to Be Alive poster

I’m Glad to Be Alive

Movie · Assistant Director

2022
Straying poster

Straying

Movie · Assistant Director

2022
Extraneous Matter Complete Edition poster

Extraneous Matter Complete Edition

Movie · Assistant Director

2021
A Girl on the Shore poster

A Girl on the Shore

Movie · Assistant Director

2021
The Pledge to Megumi poster

The Pledge to Megumi

Movie · Assistant Director

2021
Double Red poster

Double Red

Movie · Assistant Director

2021
Let Me Hear It Barefoot poster

Let Me Hear It Barefoot

Movie · Assistant Director

2021
Wadaiko Girls poster

Wadaiko Girls

Movie · Assistant Director

2020
Rolling Marbles poster

Rolling Marbles

Movie · Assistant Director

2020
the believers poster

the believers

Movie · Director

2020
My Favorite Girl poster

My Favorite Girl

Movie · Assistant Director

2020
Hobonichi no Kaidan poster

Hobonichi no Kaidan

TV · Director · 12 eps

2019
Domains poster

Domains

Movie · Assistant Director

2019
Over the Town poster

Over the Town

Movie · Assistant Director

2019
Minori, on the Brink poster

Minori, on the Brink

Movie · Assistant Director

2019
Junction 29 poster

Junction 29

Movie · Assistant Director

2019
Wild Virgins poster

Wild Virgins

Movie · Assistant Director

2019
Nonoyu poster

Nonoyu

TV · Director · 11 eps

2018
Our Blue Moment poster

Our Blue Moment

Movie · Assistant Director

2018
The Name poster

The Name

Movie · Assistant Director

2018
Sweating the Small Stuff poster

Sweating the Small Stuff

Movie · Assistant Director

2018
Goodbye Silence poster

Goodbye Silence

Movie · Assistant Director

2017
Star Sand poster

Star Sand

Movie · Assistant Director

2016
Their Distance poster

Their Distance

Movie · Assistant Director

2016
Easter Nightmare poster

Easter Nightmare

Movie · Director

2016
Kawagoe Highway poster

Kawagoe Highway

Movie · Assistant Director

2016
Same Old, Same Old poster

Same Old, Same Old

Movie · Assistant Director

2016
TSUMUGU poster

TSUMUGU

Movie · Assistant Director

2015
Dawn poster

Dawn

Movie · Director

2013
Sad Tea poster

Sad Tea

Movie · Assistant Director

2013
Just Another Live Tape

Just Another Live Tape

Movie · Assistant Director

2011
Owatteru poster

Owatteru

Movie · Assistant Director

2011
TUESDAYGIRL

TUESDAYGIRL

Movie · Assistant Director

2011
I Catch a Terrible Cat poster

I Catch a Terrible Cat

Movie · Assistant Director

2011
ashide

ashide

Movie · Assistant Director

2008
Naked of Defenses poster

Naked of Defenses

Movie · Assistant Director