Wataru Hiranami

Directing • 1978-12-13 • Nagano Prefecture, Japan

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

8.4

We Are Bad Barbers

2026

7.9

Baby Assassins Everyday!

2024

7.5

Nonoyu

2019

7.0

A Girl on the Shore

2021

7.3

Teasing Master Takagi-san

2024

7.4

Ichiko

2023

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Filmography

2026
We Are Bad BarbersTV
Director • 12 episodes
★ 8.4
2026
Time Loop DetectiveTV
Director • 3 episodes
★ 9.0
2026
Time Loop DetectiveTV
Co-Director • 1 episodes
★ 9.0
2026
The CurseFilm
Assistant Director
★ 5.5
2026
Poca PonFilm
Assistant Director
2025
Incomplete ChairsFilm
Assistant Director
★ 6.5
2025
Sato and SatoFilm
Assistant Director
★ 6.8
2025
The Deepest Space in UsFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.0
2025
I Fell in Love with a Z-Grade Director in BrooklynFilm
Assistant Director
2025
InsectFilm
Director
2025
冬の朝Film
Assistant Director
2024
Baby Assassins Everyday!TV
Director • 3 episodes
★ 7.9
2024
Teasing Master Takagi-sanFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.3
2024
Desert of NamibiaFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.1
2024
WakamushaFilm
Assistant Director
★ 8.0
2023
IchikoFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.4
2023
UndercurrentFilm
Assistant Director
★ 8.1
2023
Search LightFilm
Director
★ 7.0
2023
Dreaming in BetweenFilm
Assistant Director
★ 6.5
2023
Love Will Tear Us ApartFilm
Assistant Director
★ 5.5
2023
The GirlsFilm
Assistant Director
2022
Love NonethelessFilm
Assistant Director
★ 5.4
2022
Extraneous Matter Complete EditionFilm
Assistant Director
★ 3.9
2022
Amnesiac LoveFilm
Director
★ 6.7
2022
StrayingFilm
Assistant Director
★ 6.3
2022
Manami 100%Film
Assistant Director
★ 5.0
2022
I’m Glad to Be AliveFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.0
2021
A Girl on the ShoreFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.0
2021
Wadaiko GirlsFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.2
2021
The Pledge to MegumiFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.3
2021
Double RedFilm
Assistant Director
★ 8.0
2021
Let Me Hear It BarefootFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.0
2020
My Favorite GirlFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.3
2020
Rolling MarblesFilm
Assistant Director
★ 6.5
2020
the believersFilm
Director
★ 7.0
2020
Hobonichi no KaidanTV
Director • 12 episodes
★ 6.0
2019
Over the TownFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.3
2019
DomainsFilm
Assistant Director
★ 5.2
2019
NonoyuTV
Director • 11 episodes
★ 7.5
2019
Minori, on the BrinkFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.3
2019
Wild VirginsFilm
Assistant Director
2019
Junction 29Film
Assistant Director
2018
Our Blue MomentFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.3
2018
The NameFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.6
2018
Sweating the Small StuffFilm
Assistant Director
★ 5.0
2018
Goodbye SilenceFilm
Assistant Director
2017
Star SandFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.0
2016
Their DistanceFilm
Assistant Director
★ 6.8
2016
Easter NightmareFilm
Director
★ 4.6
2016
Same Old, Same OldFilm
Assistant Director
★ 8.0
2016
TSUMUGUFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.0
2016
Kawagoe HighwayFilm
Assistant Director
2015
DawnFilm
Director
★ 5.5
2013
Sad TeaFilm
Assistant Director
★ 6.8
2013
Just Another Live TapeFilm
Assistant Director
2011
OwatteruFilm
Assistant Director
★ 8.0
2011
I Catch a Terrible CatFilm
Assistant Director
★ 7.0
2011
TUESDAYGIRLFilm
Assistant Director
2011
ashideFilm
Assistant Director
2008
Naked of DefensesFilm
Assistant Director