---
name: "Kentaro Hirase"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kentaro-hirase"
fi1m_id: "kentaro-hirase"
imdb_id: "nm6433179"
tmdb_id: 2021333
wikidata_id: "Q122902496"
roles: ["Assistant director"]
born: "10 December 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T19:13:22.791420+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kentaro Hirase

## Identity

Kentaro Hirase

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kentaro-hirase
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kentaro-hirase
- **IMDb ID:** nm6433179
- **TMDB ID:** 2021333
- **Wikidata ID:** Q122902496
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122902496, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6433179/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2021333

Assistant director. Born 10 December 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Assistant director
- **Born:** 10 December 1986
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122902496, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6433179/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2021333

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Exit 8*](https://film.one/film/exit-8.md) (72)

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## Biography

Kentaro Hirase is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 2025 mystery horror film *Exit 8*, directed by Genki Kawamura and adapted from the video game by Kotake Create. He also served as assistant director on the production.

Hirase has directed several features and shorts, including *Miyamatsu to Yamashita* (2022) and *Sai: Juchang ban* (2025). He has written screenplays for other projects such as *A Hundred Flowers* (2022) and edited multiple films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, jfdb.jp, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Exit 8* (2025), Fi1m 72, Screenplay, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/exit-8.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *泉京香は黙らない* (2026), series, Writer, Director
- *Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Kyoka Izumi Will Not Be Silenced* (2026), Director, Writer
- *Sai: Disaster* (2026), Director, Editor, Screenplay
- *Exit 8* (2025), Assistant Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/exit-8.md)
- *Sai* (2025), series, Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *What Did You Do After That?* (2023), series, Director, Writer
- *Roleless* (2022), Director, Screenplay
- *A Hundred Flowers* (2022), Screenplay, Assistant Director
- *Sanpatsu* (2021), Director
- *Duality* (2018), Director, Editor, Screenplay
- *Happo-en* (2014), Director

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/kentaro-hirase