Born in Shizuoka, 1964.
Aspiring cartoonist until the age of 18, when he began filmmaking.
After being selected for the Pia Film Festival three years in a row, 1985 to 1987, he began to direct adult-experimental-video in 1990.
Yumika, the first Hokkaido-bike-trip film, had its theatrical debut in 1997.
Encyclopedia of a Drifter, the second in the bike-trip series came out in 1998.
The White, finished in 1999, concludes the three part bike-trip series.
The retirement movie for adult film actress Ai Uehara, directed by Katsuyuki Hirano. A big fan of Ai Uehara have to go on a 100-kilometer marathon to have sex with her.
In 1997, Hirano Katsuyuki, a married, middle-aged AV director, and his 26-year-old actress and lover, Hayashi Yumika, set out to cycle from Tokyo to Hokkaido. Two video versions of their trip already exist, the intimate documentary Yumika and its gonzo porno alter ego 41-Day Adultery Bicycle Tour. Hirano’s Kantoku Shikkaku reframes this ambiguous relationship in light of Yumika’s death in 2005.
Don't get it twisted: Yumika Hayashi is way more than just a porn star. She's a Rorschach test, film theory with curves, her screen image throwing off endless refractions within the hearts of those who knew her, loved her, or just got off to her. The "iron woman" of Japanese erotic film, best known for critically-acclaimed pink eiga LUNCHBOX, Hayashi died in 2005 at age 35, but in ANNYONG YUMIKA, the new documentary by Tetsuaki Matsue (LIVE TAPE), Yumika's legend is reborn, her passion made immortal. (Description by Subway Cinema)
Ryo and Natsu love each other immensely. They are also able to feel each other's pain. Their relationship is troubled when Ryo allows himself to be seduced by an office employee.
Hideaki Anno's documentary about the making of Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. From concept to film, the documentary is a video diary of the film's production. Not included in the Arrow Video collection.
Short film "My beloved AV gal - Yumika Hayashi" included in the Yumika 1997 DVD by Katsuyuki Hirano. "My beloved AV gal" (愛しのAVギャル) is an omnibus project by three directors Akira Takatsuki (高槻彰), Company Matsuo (カンパニー松尾) and Katsuyuki Hirano (平野勝之) for which each director was to shoot their beloved AV gal. For this and as a continuation of "Yumika", two years after their bicycle trip, Katsuyuki Hirano and Yumika Hayashi went out on a bicycle trip again.
Nagaremono zukan is a documentary video, release from V&R Planning (AV). "Flower Picture Book" is the second work in the bicycle trilogy after Yumika. A very private sexual movie with Tomoko Matsunashi, right after Hirano broke up with Yumika. The violence of the camera is clearly increasing. If Yumika was the light, Nagaremono zukan is the shadow. There are two version of Nagaremono zukan, the censored one and the original hardcore one, with additional scenes, better quality and longer runtime.
The documentary of director Katsuyuki Hirano and adult film actress Yumika Hayashi's 41-day biking trip.