Writing
Haruhiko Arai
- Titles
- 66movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1971 to 2025, busiest in 1979 with 6 main titles.
- Directed
- 5titles as director
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
The Tragedy of "W"73/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Eroticism5.0average 1.8
- Melancholy7.2average 4.7
- Contemporary Realism7.7average 5.2
- Psychological7.9average 5.6
- Pathos7.0average 5.2
- Romance5.0average 3.8
- Social Commentary6.0average 4.9
- Catharsis5.8average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Coming of Age1.3, average 2.9
- Adrenaline3.7, average 5.1
- Physical Comedy1.1, average 2.5
- Situational Comedy1.4, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 13
- Character-Driven 9
- Social Commentary 7
- Character Study 5
- Coming-of-Age 4
- Psychological Drama 4
- Slow Burn 4
- Melancholy 3
- Complex Relationships 3
- Melancholic Romance 3
- Psychological Exploration 3
- Melancholic Tone 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Akira EmotoActorIt Feels So Good, Double Bed, The War and a Woman, September 1923, KT, +2 more- AAkira SuzukiEditorDistant Thunder, Rolling on the Road, The Woman with Red Hair, Pleasure Campus: Secret Games, Bonds, +1 more
Osamu InoueEditorDouble Bed, Bathhouse 911: Jellyfish Bliss, Joshidaisei: Kairaku Ayame-ryô, Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman, Revolver, +1 more
Tatsumi KumashiroWriterModori River, Rolling on the Road, The Woman with Red Hair, Pleasure Campus: Secret Games, Love Bites Back- CChieko SuzakiEditorIt Feels So Good, A Spoiling Rain, The Stars and the Moon are Holes in the Sky, September 1923, This Country’s Sky
Kichitaro NegishiDirectorFlakes of Snow, Distant Thunder, Rape Ceremony, Bonds, Cabaret Diary
Shinobu TerajimaActor2 Women, Dear Etranger, Vibrator, It's Only Talk
Hidetoshi KageyamaActorBathhouse 911: Jellyfish Bliss, Hard Scandal: Sex Drifter, Koichiro Uno's Moist and Steamy, Joshidaisei: Kairaku Ayame-ryô
Ryuichi HirokiDirectorKabukicho Love Hotel, 2 Women, Vibrator, It's Only Talk- SShinji YamadaEditorSuper Gun Lady: Police Branch 82, Koichiro Uno's Moist and Steamy, Zoom Up: Graduation Photo, Shinjuku Midare Machi: Ikumade Matte
Renji IshibashiActorRolling on the Road, The Woman with Red Hair, Someday
Eiji OkudaActorMinazuki, A Spoiling Rain, Investigation of a Typical Love
Movies and TV shows
662020s
5 titles · average score 65
The Stars and the Moon are Holes in the Sky (2025)
Screenplay, Director
62
A Spoiling Rain (2023)
Director, Screenplay
68
September 1923 (2023)
Screenplay
2 Women (2022)
Writer
Tenjō no hana (2022)
Screenplay
2010s
10 titles · average score 64
65
It Feels So Good (2019)
Screenplay, Director
70
Dear Etranger (2017)
Screenplay
This Country’s Sky (2015)
Screenplay, Director
60
Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014)
Screenplay
Undulant Fever (2014)
Writer
60
Backwater (2013)
Writer
The War and a Woman (2013)
Screenplay
Someday (2011)
Writer
Partners (2010)
Screenplay
2000s
6 titles · average score 63
Yariman (2008)
Thanks
63
It's Only Talk (2006)
Screenplay
Seicho Matsumoto Special: Fingers (2006)
Producer, Screenplay
68
Vibrator (2003)
Screenplay
59
KT (2002)
Screenplay
1990s
9 titles
Minazuki (1999)
Screenplay
Bonds (1998)
Screenplay
Body and Soul (1997)
Screenplay, Director
Arigatou (1996)
Screenplay
Ｆ．ヘルス嬢日記 (1996)
Screenplay
Investigation of a Typical Love (1992)
Screenplay
1980s
21 titles · average score 73
Revolver (1988)
Screenplay
Flakes of Snow (1985)
Screenplay
73
The Tragedy of "W" (1984)
Screenplay
Double Bed (1983)
Screenplay
Modori River (1983)
Screenplay
Time and Tide (1983)
Writer
Distant Thunder (1981)
Screenplay
Rolling on the Road (1981)
Screenplay
Blue Lagoon: A Summer Experience (1981)
Screenplay
Hard Scandal: Sex Drifter (1980)
Screenplay
Pleasure Campus: Secret Games (1980)
Screenplay
1970s
15 titles · average score 56
59
The Woman with Red Hair (1979)
Screenplay
Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82 (1979)
Screenplay
Prey (1979)
Screenplay
Heaven Sent (1979)
Writer
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman (1979)
Screenplay
Bathhouse 911: Jellyfish Bliss (1978)
Screenplay
Case of the Disjointed Murder (1977)
Screenplay
Hell's Angels: Crimson Roar (1977)
Screenplay
Cruel Bondage Picture Legend (1976)
Screenplay
Wet Dice (1974)
Lyricist, Screenplay
Secret Flower (1971)
Screenplay