Haruhiko Arai
| Haruhiko Arai | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1947 (age 67–68) |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
Haruhiko Arai (荒井 晴彦 Arai Haruhiko, born 1947) is a Japanese screenwriter.[1] He is also publisher and editor of the Eiga Geijutsu magazine.[2]
Career
Arai won the Mainichi Film Award for best screenplay for the film W's Tragedy in 1984.[3] He wrote the screenplay for Junji Sakamoto's KT (2001),[4] and also penned the screenplays for Ryuichi Hiroki's films Vibrator (2003) and It's Only Talk (2005).[5][6] In 2013, he wrote the scripts for Junichi Inoue's A Woman and War and Shinji Aoyama's The Backwater.[7][8]
His published but unfilmed scenario, Divine Comedy (神聖喜劇 Shinsei kigeki) has been called lesescenario by figures such as the director Shinichiro Sawai.[9]
Filmography
As screenwiter
- Woman with Red Hair (1979)
- W's Tragedy (1984)
- Body and Soul (1997)
- KT (2002)
- Vibrator (2003)
- It's Only Talk (2005)
- Someday (2011)
- A Woman and War (2013)
- The Backwater (2013)
- Unlucky Woman's Blues (2014)
- Kabukicho Love Hotel (2014)
As director
- Body and Soul (1997)
Bibliography
- Arai, Haruhiko (2004). Shinario shinsei kigeki. Tokyo: Ōta Shuppan. ISBN 9784872339024.
References
- ↑ "Arai Haruhiko" (in Japanese). Athenee Francais Cultural Center.
- ↑ "Nippon Connection 2006". Shift. May 2006.
- ↑ "Mainichi Konkūru no Ayumi: 1984-nen". Mainichi Film Awards. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ↑ Schilling, Mark (14 April 2002). "KT - Review - Screen". Screen International.
- ↑ Schilling, Mark (7 January 2004). "Vibrator - Review - Screen". Screen International.
- ↑ Mes, Tom (22 November 2005). "Midnight Eye review: It's Only Talk". Midnighy Eye.
- ↑ Mes, Tom (February 16, 2013). "Midnight Eye review: A Woman and War". Midnight Eye.
- ↑ Fujii, Jinshi (February 22, 2013). "Blood and Transmigration - Shinji Aoyama's Tomogui (The Backwater)". Waseda Online. Yomiuri Shimbun.
- ↑ "Sawai-ryū enshutsujitsu". Spiritual Movies. Kishū Izuchi. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
External links
- Haruhiko Arai at the Internet Movie Database
- Haruhiko Arai at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)