Kaizo Hayashi (林 海象, Hayashi Kaizō, born July 15, 1957) 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 Power Rangers: Time Force.

• To Sleep so as to Dream (夢みるように眠りたい, Yume miru yō ni nemuritai, 1986)
• Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (帝都物語, Teito monogatari, 1988)
• Tokyo: The Last War (帝都大戦, Teito taisen, 1989)
• Circus Boys (二十世紀少年読本, Nijūsseiki shōnen dokuhon, 1989)
• Zipang (1990)
• Figaro Story (フィガロ・ストーリー, Figaro sutōrī, 1991, "Man from the Moon" segment)
• The Most Terrible Time in My Life (我が人生最悪の時, Waga jinsei saiaku no toki, 1994)
• Stairway to the Distant Past (遥かな時代の階段を, Haruka na jidai no kaidan o, 1995)
• The Trap (罠, Wana, 1996)
• The Breath (海ほおずき, Umihoozuki, 1996)
• Cat's Eye (1997)
• Bolt (2020)

• Kaizo Hayashi at IMDb
• Kaizo Hayashi at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)