Haruhiko Arai

Writing

Haruhiko Arai

Born January 26, 1947 · Tokyo, Japan (age 79)

Writer and director.

Known For

Modori RiverModori River · 1983
Modori River
5.71983
MovieCrimeDrama
The story of Takeha, a free-spirited genius poet who lived through Taisho Romanticism, and the women who gave themselves over to his ambitions.
It Feels So GoodIt Feels So Good · 2019
It Feels So Good
6.62019
MovieDramaRomance
When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko surprises him by proposing that they have sex again. The one night stand is the new beginning.
A Spoiling RainA Spoiling Rain · 2023
A Spoiling Rain
5.72023
MovieDrama
The story is about a film director, Kutani, who lives in the dying pink film industry, and an aspiring screenwriter, Iseki, and their loved one, Shoko, whose dream of a film she has clung to begins to crumble, and how their lives intersect.
The Stars and the Moon are Holes in the SkyThe Stars and the Moon are Holes in the Sky · 2025
The Stars and the Moon are Holes in the Sky
5.32025
MovieDrama
A 40-something disillusioned novelist, Yazoe, haunted by a failed marriage and a crippling personal secret, navigates hollow affairs with a courtesan named Chieko while projecting his emotional void onto the protagonists of his love novels—until an accidental encounter with a naive college student, Noriko Seyawa, unravels his guarded solitude, forcing him to confront his fear of intimacy and the buried trauma shaping his twisted philosophy on love.
Kabukicho Love HotelKabukicho Love Hotel · 2014
Kabukicho Love Hotel
6.42014
MovieComedyDrama
This erotically charged drama traces the intersecting stories of a group of employees and visitors at a notorious "love hotel" in Tokyo's red-light district.
MinazukiMinazuki · 1999
Minazuki
5.81999
MovieDrama
Akira's wife walks out on him, leaving him to confide in his gangster brother-in-law. Using only a cryptic note as a clue the two brothers go on a road trip to find his wife. After a series of violent encounters with strangers, Akira meets a prostitute. The pair start a relationship. After Akira finds his wife, he questions whether he still wants to be with her.
BondsBonds · 1998
Bonds
5.61998
MovieCrimeDrama
Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father. His life begins to unravel when a journalist following him takes an interest in the wife of a boyhood chum, and the wife of another close friend takes an interest in Ise. A couple of murders later, Ise/Haga goes on the run and also sets out for revenge.
Captured Mother and Daughter: She BeastCaptured Mother and Daughter: She Beast · 1987
Captured Mother and Daughter: She Beast
4.81987
MovieDrama
After watching her friend fall from a building a depressed high school girl runs away from home. When she is picked up by a nice guy on a phone date she realizes too late that he has plans to use her for his own ends.

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East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly DelightsEast Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights · 1998
East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
6.01998
MovieDrama
Fukano, an elderly novelist who grew up in the mountains of Tokyo, met a young woman, Kana, for the first time in Fukagawa. Overcoming the age difference, they are strongly attracted to each other. However, in Fukano, in addition to the problem of downtown and uptown, there was a deep “river” that separated women and men. However, Kana, on the other hand, easily crossed that "river" due to her sexual love with Fukano. "I never thought I'd live west of the Sumida River," Kana said. However, behind this lies the conspiracy of Fukano's old lover, Junko. The two get married, but Kana's behavior is gradually haunted by a mystery, and the shadow of her detective and old man flickers. The core of the mystery involved a strange sex shop

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