Wataru Hiranami
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Assistant Director
Born Dec 13, 1978 · Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Active 2008–present
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.
Filmography
We Are Bad Barbers (2026) — DirectorTime Loop Detective (2026) — Director · Co-DirectorIncomplete Chairs (2025) — Assistant DirectorThe Curse (2026) — Assistant DirectorI Fell in Love with a Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn (2025) — Assistant DirectorBaby Assassins Everyday! (2024) — DirectorIchiko (2023) — Assistant DirectorA Girl on the Shore (2021) — Assistant DirectorUndercurrent (2023) — Assistant DirectorTeasing Master Takagi-san (2024) — Assistant DirectorDesert of Namibia (2024) — Assistant DirectorOver the Town (2019) — Assistant DirectorOur Blue Moment (2018) — Assistant DirectorThe Name (2018) — Assistant DirectorMy Favorite Girl (2020) — Assistant DirectorWakamusha (2024) — Assistant DirectorNonoyu (2019) — DirectorTheir Distance (2016) — Assistant DirectorSame Old, Same Old (2016) — Assistant DirectorWadaiko Girls (2021) — Assistant DirectorOwatteru (2011) — Assistant DirectorDouble Red (2021) — Assistant DirectorMinori, on the Brink (2019) — Assistant DirectorThe Pledge to Megumi (2021) — Assistant Director