Haruhiko Arai — Playwright (15)
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Backwater (2013) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
共喰い
director: Shinji Aoyama actor: Masaki Suda / Misaki Kinoshita …
other title: 共喰い
Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma becomes anxious that he will have inherited those urges.
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Revolver (1988) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
リボルバー
director: Toshiya Fujita actor: Kenji Sawada / Masatoshi Murakami …
other title: リボルバー
When a gun belonging to a police officer is stolen, it ends up in the hands of a student, who decides to use it on a yakuza who beat him recently. Now the police officer is hot on the student’s trail, and he’s determined to prevent the gun from going off.
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The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark (1993) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
眠らない街 新宿鮫
director: Yojiro Takita actor: Hiroyuki Sanada / Minako Tanaka …
other title: 眠らない街 新宿鮫 / Nemuranai Machi: Shinjuku Same …
A lone-wolf detective known as "The Shark" must navigate hostile territory within both the criminal underworld and his own corrupt department to hunt down a ruthless serial cop-killer in the streets of Shinjuku. Adaptation of the Arimasa Ohsawa novel Shinjuku Shark.
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Prey (1979) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
餌食
director: Kōji Wakamatsu actor: Yuya Uchida / Jun Tatara …
other title: 餌食
A rock singer who has returned to the U.S. approaches his former musician friends with the soulful sound of reggae that he encountered during his stay in the U.S. However, his friends lost their old energy and were busy chasing only the songs that would sell, and did not pay attention to reggae. Eventually, the lonely and violent rock singer turns to mass indiscriminate murder out of repugnance to the blurred times and humanity.
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It's Only Talk (2006) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
やわらかい生活
director: Ryuichi Hiroki actor: Shinobu Terajima / Etsushi Toyokawa …
other title: やわらかい生活
Based on an award winning novel, It's Only Talk is about the life of Yuko, a 35-year old woman. She is single and unemployed, and suffers from manic depression. The movie begins with Yuko moving to Kamata Town.
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Minazuki (1999) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
皆月
director: Rokurō Mochizuki actor: Eiji Okuda / Kazuki Kitamura …
other title: 皆月
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.
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Bonds (1998) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
絆
director: Kichitaro Negishi actor: Koji Yakusho / Ken Watanabe …
other title: 絆
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.
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Hell's Angels: Crimson Roar (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
地獄の天使　紅い爆音
director: Makoto Naito actor: Yûko Iruka / Hiroshi Tachi …
other title: 地獄の天使　紅い爆音 / Hells Angels Crimson Roar
After a fight with a local girl gang, Yoko serves time in prison. After her release the world she once knew has changed. When she is drugged and raped by a local yakuza she seeks revenge…
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Dear Etranger (2017) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
幼な子われらに生まれ
director: Yukiko Mishima actor: Tadanobu Asano / Rena Tanaka …
other title: Seat Etranger / 幼な子われらに生まれ
Makoto Tanaka is 40-years-old and has remarried. His wife is Nanae and they care for 2 daughters from Nanae's prior marriage. Makoto tries to have an ordinary family. Nanae then becomes pregnant. Afterwards, things begin to change among the family members.
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W's Tragedy (1984) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
Wの悲劇
director: 泽井信一郎 actor: 药师丸博子 / 三田佳子 …
other title: W的悲剧 / Wの悲劇 …
A young theatre actress fights for her uncertain career while having to confront the personal sacrifices that will arise from it.
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Double Bed (1983) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
ダブルベッド
director: Toshiya Fujita actor: Naoko Ohtani / 石田惠理 …
other title: 双人床 / ダブルベッド …
Kato is a small time TV producer. He has a wife Masako, and a young son Taro. Kato also has a friend Yamazaki who he knew since college. Yamazaki has a girl friend Riko who lives with her younger sister Yuko who's an actress. Yamazaki is a lyric writer/womanizer and he starts to have an affair with Masako, but he's still going out with Riko.
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Time and Tide (1983) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
時代屋の女房
director: 森崎东 actor: 渡濑恒彦 / 夏目雅子 …
other title: 时代屋的女房 / 時代屋の女房
An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.