Yuichiro Hirakawa

Known for
Directing
Born
January 23, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Oita, Japan

Biography

He graduated from the Broadcasting Arts Department of Nihon Kogakuin College of Technology. In 2009, his drama "JIN" (TBS) won 33 domestic and international awards. In recent years, he directed the film "Whisper of the heart", the film "The Promised Neverland", the drama "Stepmother and Daughter's Blues" (TBS), and the drama "Heaven and Hell: Two Psychos" (TBS). He also directed the drama "Burn the House Down", which became a hot topic when it was released on Netflix in July 2023.

Known For

Filmography

2025
デイズ~かけがえのない日々~ poster

デイズ~かけがえのない日々~

Movie · Director

2024
Mars: Zero's Revolution poster

Mars: Zero's Revolution

TV · Director · 9 eps

2024
366 Days poster

366 Days

TV · Director · 11 eps

2023
Burn the House Down poster

Burn the House Down

TV · Director · 6 eps

2022
Whisper of the Heart poster

Whisper of the Heart

Movie · Director

2021
A School Where Students Can Start Over poster

A School Where Students Can Start Over

Movie · Director

2021
Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange poster

Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange

TV · Director · 6 eps

2020
The Promised Neverland poster

The Promised Neverland

Movie · Director

2020
The Memory Eraser poster

The Memory Eraser

Movie · Director

2019
Everyone’s Demoted!! poster

Everyone’s Demoted!!

TV · Director · 10 eps

2018
Waiting For Spring poster

Waiting For Spring

Movie · Director

2018
Stepmom and Daughter Blues poster

Stepmom and Daughter Blues

TV · Director · 10 eps

2017
A Life: A Love poster

A Life: A Love

TV · Director · 10 eps

2016
Erased poster

Erased

Movie · Director

2016
Brass Dreams poster

Brass Dreams

TV · Director · 8 eps

2016
Never Let Me Go poster

Never Let Me Go

TV · Director · 10 eps

2014
Lingering Spirits poster

Lingering Spirits

Movie · Director

2013
Black Kite poster

Black Kite

TV · Director · 10 eps

2013
Kurokouchi poster

Kurokouchi

TV · Director · 10 eps

2012
Until the Break of Dawn poster

Until the Break of Dawn

Movie · Director

2011
Love Come poster

Love Come

Movie · Director

2009
Rookies the Movie: Graduation poster

Rookies the Movie: Graduation

Movie · Director

2009
Jin poster

Jin

TV · Director · 22 eps

2008
Flowers in the Shadow poster

Flowers in the Shadow

Movie · Director

2008
The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki poster

The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki

TV · Director · 10 eps

2007
Say Hello for Me poster

Say Hello for Me

Movie · Director

2006
Into the White Night poster

Into the White Night

TV · Director · 11 eps

2006
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun poster

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

TV · Director · 7 eps

2005
Aikurushii poster

Aikurushii

TV · Director · 11 eps

2004
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World poster

Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World

TV · Director · 11 eps

2003
Stand Up!! poster

Stand Up!!

TV · Director · 11 eps

2000
Ikebukuro West Gate Park poster

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

TV · Assistant Director · 11 eps

1998
A Twist of Fate poster

A Twist of Fate

TV · Assistant Director · 1 ep

1998
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · Assistant Director · 11 eps