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-DirectorThe Curse (2026) — Assistant DirectorPoca Pon (2026) — Assistant DirectorIncomplete Chairs (2025) — Assistant DirectorBaby Assassins Everyday! (2024) — DirectorTeasing Master Takagi-san (2024) — Assistant DirectorDesert of Namibia (2024) — Assistant DirectorWakamusha (2024) — Assistant DirectorIchiko (2023) — Assistant DirectorUndercurrent (2023) — Assistant DirectorA Girl on the Shore (2021) — Assistant DirectorWadaiko Girls (2021) — Assistant DirectorDouble Red (2021) — Assistant DirectorThe Pledge to Megumi (2021) — Assistant DirectorMy Favorite Girl (2020) — Assistant DirectorOver the Town (2019) — Assistant DirectorNonoyu (2019) — DirectorMinori, on the Brink (2019) — Assistant DirectorOur Blue Moment (2018) — Assistant DirectorThe Name (2018) — Assistant DirectorTheir Distance (2016) — Assistant DirectorSame Old, Same Old (2016) — Assistant DirectorOwatteru (2011) — Assistant Director