Kaizo Hayashi

Kaizo Hayashi (林 海象) 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). In addition to film, Hayashi served as creative director on the 2000 Konami video game 7 Blades for the PlayStation 2, and was director for two episodes of Power Rangers: Time Force.

Partial filmography

 * To Sleep so as to Dream (夢みるように眠りたい)
 * Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (帝都物語)
 * Tokyo: The Last War (帝都大戦)
 * Circus Boys (二十世紀少年読本)
 * Zipang (1990)
 * Figaro Story (フィガロ・ストーリー)
 * The Most Terrible Time in My Life (我が人生最悪の時)
 * Stairway to the Distant Past (遥かな時代の階段を)
 * The Trap (罠)
 * The Breath (海ほおずき)
 * Cat's Eye (1997)
 * Bolt (2020)