| Kaizo Hayashi | |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Kyoto, Japan |
| Occupation: | Screenwriter and film director |
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut with To Sleep so as to Dream (1986). He is best known for his neo-noir Maiku Hama trilogy, The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1994), Stairway to the Distant Past (1995) and The Trap (1996).[1] In addition to film, Hayashi served as creative director on the 2000 Konami video game 7 Blades for the PlayStation 2,[2] [3] and was director for two episodes of .
. Donald Richie . A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: A Concise History, with a Selective Guide to DVDs and Videos . . 2005 . 4-7700-2995-0 . 235 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081121034830/http://www.kodansha-intl.com/books/html/en/9784770029959.html . 2008-11-21 .