Acting Chu Arai Born July 30, 1928 · Tokyo, Japan Died February 9, 2000 · aged 71 No biography available. ↗ Share Known For‹The Boss' Wife · 1988The Boss' Wife★ 6.31988MovieDramaCrimeThe widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.▶+Fun on the Run · 1970Fun on the Run1970MovieComedyComedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.▶+House on Fire · 1986House on Fire★ 4.51986MovieDramaIn the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work▶+The Jeweled Beauty · 1979The Jeweled Beauty1979Movie▶+Detective Story · 1983Detective Story★ 6.71983MovieDramaRomanceA private detective and a college student find themselves in hot water while investigating the murder of a night club owner.▶+It's a festival! It's a ghost festival! Everybody Gather!! · 1972It's a festival! It's a ghost festival! Everybody Gather!!1972Movie▶+Hakatakko Pure Heart · 1978Hakatakko Pure Heart★ 6.01978MovieComedyDramaBased on the comic by Housei Hasegawa▶+The Beauty of the Black Narcissus · 1978The Beauty of the Black Narcissus1978MovieTV Movie▶+› FilmographyAll (25)Movies (24)Series (1)SortPopularNewestTop ratedThe Boss' Wife · 1988The Boss' Wife★ 6.31988MovieDramaCrimeThe widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.▶+YamanaFun on the Run · 1970Fun on the Run1970MovieComedyComedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.▶+ChujiHouse on Fire · 1986House on Fire★ 4.51986MovieDramaIn the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work▶+KandaThe Jeweled Beauty · 1979The Jeweled Beauty1979Movie▶+Detective Story · 1983Detective Story★ 6.71983MovieDramaRomanceA private detective and a college student find themselves in hot water while investigating the murder of a night club owner.▶+Akira AkagawaIt's a festival! It's a ghost festival! Everybody Gather!! · 1972It's a festival! It's a ghost festival! Everybody Gather!!1972Movie▶+Hakatakko Pure Heart · 1978Hakatakko Pure Heart★ 6.01978MovieComedyDramaBased on the comic by Housei Hasegawa▶+The Beauty of the Black Narcissus · 1978The Beauty of the Black Narcissus1978MovieTV Movie▶+Everybody, Let's Go! · 1967Everybody, Let's Go!★ 9.01967MovieComedyA new stationmaster is appointed to a dilapidated local line. On top of the failing local line feuding for hot spring customers with a bus company looking to start a new route, they even get involved in a disappearance and a murder...▶+AraiJustice! Allies! Everybody Gather!! · 1975Justice! Allies! Everybody Gather!!★ 8.01975MovieComedyChotaro and Nakanishi, a duo of unemployed advertisers, drifted to Isehama, a port town near Yokohama, but a gang was making its presence felt in the town and the shopkeepers in the shopping arcade were troubled by it. Chotaro poses as a journalist and uses his words of wisdom to suggest that pen is mightier than the sword, so they create a mini-comic magazine and launch a campaign to expel the gang.▶+Let's Go to the Hospital · 1990Let's Go to the Hospital★ 7.51990MovieComedyWhen a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved in a scintillating game of strip rock-paper-scissors with some guy clad only in a pair of boxer shorts and Mickey Mouse ears, he is less than happy. When the stranger tries to make a run for it, a fight ensues between the two men, and they accidentally tumble down several flights of a concrete stairwell. One hurried ambulance ride later, the copywriter finds himself in a private teaching hospital equipped with the latest gleaming gizmos. Meanwhile, a young internist (Hiroko Yakushimaru) girds herself for her first emergency room case -- the battered copywriter. After giving a curt bow and a nervous "Good Evening," she accidentally jams a syringe into his bloody wound. Soon the absurdity of their situation, along with their medical misery, binds the two men and their blundering nurse together.▶+KokichiThe Beauty of the Big Clock · 1979The Beauty of the Big Clock1979MovieA story based on Edogawa Ranpo's "Ghost Tower".▶+Beauty with a Mysterious Scar · 1985Beauty with a Mysterious Scar1985MovieTV MovieMystery▶+The Beautiful Mechanical Doll · 1992The Beautiful Mechanical Doll1992MovieTV MovieMysteryOne night in Ginza, Kogoro Akechi meets a woman who calls herself Shizuko Yanagi. Shizuko claims that her mother, Michiko, is trying to kill her. As if to prove her point, Michiko has challenged Shizuko to a “duel” using potassium cyanide. Shizuko narrowly wins the duel, and Michiko falls to her death. However, a series of bizarre incidents begins to unfold around Shizuko, all centered on the vast fortune Michiko left behind. Furthermore, whenever these incidents occur, a mysterious monster with a disfigured face appears. Could it be Michiko, risen from the grave?▶+Inspector NamikoshiThe Extravagant Cops · 1977The Extravagant Cops1977MovieComedy▶+The Beauty of the Black Pearl · 1985The Beauty of the Black Pearl1985Movie▶+Madcap Mixup · 1969Madcap Mixup★ 7.01969MovieComedyFive fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups.▶+ChujiHighschool Scramble · 1982Highschool Scramble★ 10.01982Movie▶+Last Days of the Tokugawa Regime: Tenamonya Confusion · 1967Last Days of the Tokugawa Regime: Tenamonya Confusion1967MovieComedyThe fourth "Tenamonya" feature. Adapted from the popular television comedy, Fujita stars in this film based on historical events.▶+Fairy Beauty · 1978Fairy Beauty1978Movie▶+Ghost Story of Two Travelers at Tenamonya · 1967Ghost Story of Two Travelers at Tenamonya★ 10.01967MovieHorrorComedyTwo travelers (Makoto Fujita and Minoru Shiraki) have adventures along the road including strange supernatural happenings, ghosts, and monsters.▶+Chuzo AraiThe Beauty in the Bathroom · 1978The Beauty in the Bathroom1978MovieA magician who targets the Yucun family, who obtain huge wealth through gemstones. Even the wise Kogoro was fooled by his meticulous criminal plan▶+Beyond the Shining Sea · 1986Beyond the Shining Sea★ 7.01986MovieDramaRomanceHeartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a dangerous match with the husband of her frigid cousin.▶+TomizawaOur Miyo-chan · 1969Our Miyo-chan1969MovieComedyOwner and workers of a tiny medicine factory fall in love with a lovable girl.▶+ChujiEdogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu · 1977Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu1977Series▶+Namikoshi