Haruhiko Arai
Screenwriter
- Date of Birth
- January 26, 1947
- Career
- Born in Setagaya, Tokyo. Assistant Director at Wakamatsu Production. 1977: debut as a scriptwriter of „Shinjuku Midaremachi, Ikumade Matte“. 1997: debut as a director of “Mimo Kokoromo”. Editor and Publisher of quarterly magazine “Art of Movie”. Contract Professor at Japan Institute of the Moving Image.
Outstanding works
| Category | Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| screenplay (live action) | 1979 | Kamisama no kureta Akanbō (Baby from Heaven) | |
| screenplay (live action) | 1979 | Akai Kami no Onna (A Woman with Red Hair | |
| screenplay (live action) | 1981 | Enrai (Rolls of Thunder afar) | |
| screenplay (live action) | 1981 | Ah! Onnatachi Waika (Ah! Women’s pornography) | |
| screenplay (live action) | 1982 | Kyabarē Nikki (Cabaret Diary) | |
| teleplay (live action) | 1990 | Yūwaku (Seduction) | |
| teleplay (live action) | 1995 | Nusumareta Jōji (Stolen affair) | |
| screenplay (live action) | 2014 | Umi o kanjiru toki (When I feel the sea) | |
| screenplay (live action) | 2015 | When I was most beautiful | |
| screenplay (live action) | 2019 | Kakō no Hutari (At a crater) |
Awards List
| Year | Title of Award | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 58th Kinema Junpo Award for Screenplay | The Tragedy of W |
| 1988 | 62th Kinema Junpo Award for Screenplay | Kamu onna, Revolver, Machinureta onna |
| 2003 | 77th Kinema Junpo Award for Screenplay | Vibrator |
| 2011 | 85th Kinema Junpo Award for Screenplay | Someday |
| 2013 | 87th Kinema Junpo Award for Screenplay | The Back Water |