Hirofumi Arai
Acting
Biography
Hirofumi Arai is a third-generation Zainichi Korean former actor.
Born: January 18, 1979
Place of Birth: Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
Known For
Climbing to Spring
Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father’s footsteps?
Dokonjō Gaeru
Hiroshi is now 30-years-old and lethargic, but Pyonkichi, the frog imprinted on his shirt, is always energetic. Sometimes Hiroshi does not wear t-shirts with Pyonkichi, but Pyonkichi always encourages Hiroshi.
Falling Camellia
During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct of his leader. Years after, his dying wife wish was for him to go back to his clan.
Galileo
Narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, while the two pair up to solve many mysterious cases.
Box: The Hakamada Case
Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested for the June 10, 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka . Iwao Hakamada has always insisted on his innocence and many others also believe Iwao Hakamada has been falsely accused ...
Busujima Yuriko no Sekirara Nikki
Yuriko Busujima (Atsuko Maeda) does not trust men due to her father's betrayal when she was a child. She has a dating rule, which she has two boyfriends at the same time. This is in case one of her boyfriends betrays her, she will still have the other boyfriend who still love her. She works as a reporter.
Shitamachi Rocket
Tsukuda Kohei was once a researcher with the Aerospace and Science Exploration Agency and now runs Tsukuda Industries, a small factory which was left by his father. Although his relationship with his teenage daughter Rina is somewhat strained, business at Tsukuda Industries has gradually started to improve. But Tsukuda puts too much effort into his dream of developing a rocket engine and business declines little by little. One day, a major client suddenly declares that it is dropping Tsukuda Industries. Then, Tsukuda Industries gets sued by a big rival company, Nakashima Industries, for patent infringement. Tsukuda Industries’ reputation is hurt and financing from banks is also in a desperate situation. In the midst of this, Teikoku Heavy Industries, one of Japan’s leading corporations, offers to buy a patent which Tsukuda Industries possesses for 2 billion yen
Jam Films
Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.
Aka Medaka
One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular rakugoka, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi.
Penance
The murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is distraught when the classmates her daughter was playing with all claim not to remember the identity of the killer. In her anger, she puts a curse on them.
Filmography
as Kyosuke Suzuki
as Usami Kanji
as Kiyoshi Kagura
as Tange Sho
as Takuji Kanayama
as Riki Nendō
as Yoshizumi
as Nizo Okada
as Junpei Amakusa
as (segment “Boy’s Song”)
as Yamashita Kanta
as Takuma Kurosawa
as Kambayashi
as Ishihara
as Tetsundo Seo
as Yamanoue
as Shota Ozu
as Satoshi
as Kazuya Hiramaru
as Shouichi Yasunaga
as Gorira imo
as Yamazaki
as Uragami
as Jin Kuroki
as Uragami
as Yuji Kano
as Kozo Iijima
as Yoshitatsu Saito
as Kazuma Akechi
as Satoshi Nakagawa
as Freeter
as Nazuru
as Kageura
as Egawa Nobuo
as Yoshitaka Kakino
as Naoto Fujimoto
as Detective Moriya
as Tarou Miyagi
as Kazuki Toyomasu
as Junichi Aoki
as 山岸潤哉
as Ken
as Shun Sanada
as Tooru Ogata
as Shima
as Nikumamushi
as Kinji Sawanabe
as Yamato Mizoguchi
as Sugisaki Shunji
as Nobuteru Kiryū
as Kazuya
as Detective Moriya
as Hayatonosho Matsuzaki
as Yuichi Shimada
as Shu
as Minoru Mori
as Shirokawa
as Kashiwagi Koichi
as Yuya
as Shuya's Father
as Iwao Hakamada
as Shuma
as Keisuke
as Department worker
as Tatsuya Nagano
as Shioda
as Akira Ushiyama
as Jojiro Tatsumi
as Wataru
as a fortune teller
as Kotaro Suzuki
as Yohei Okajima
as 神沢夏彦
as Toru Akai
as Masao Kim
as Bancho
as Satoshi
as Futoshi Taneda
as Hiroshi Kagami
as Rhino
as Koji Kobe
as Won-soo
as Aoki