| Hirofumi Arai | |||||||||||||||
| Native Name: | 新井浩文 | ||||||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | ja | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Park Kyung-sik (Korean: 박경식) | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 18 January 1979 | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Other Names: | Park Kyung-bae (Korean: 박경배) | ||||||||||||||
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| Occupation: | Actor | ||||||||||||||
| Years Active: | 2001–2019 | ||||||||||||||
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Park Kyung-bae (born January 18, 1979), professionally known by his Japanese alias is a Zainichi South Korean former actor.[1] [2]
Arai made his screen debut in Isao Yukisada's Go in 2001 when he was 22 years old. His next film role was the emotionally disturbed senior high school student Aoki in Toshiaki Toyoda's Blue Spring, which won him the Best New Actor award at the 17th Takasaki Film Festival.[3]
In 2011, Arai co-starred as Detective Kazuhiko Soga in a one-off TV crime thriller Douki with co-stars Ryuhei Matsuda as Detective Ryota Udagawa and Chiaki Kuriyama as Michiru Soga.
The June 2012 issue of Switch, a Japanese arts and media magazine,[4] features a special segment on top ten manga that teaches love and passion, chosen by Japanese actors, artists and musicians including Arai, who chose Bakuman while explaining: "You should up your girl power by learning how to behave like a heroine."[5]
Arai was represented by Anore Inc., a talent agency founded in 1996 by actor Tadanobu Asano, Asano's father Yukihisa Sato[6] and Asano's musician brother Kujun Sato.[7]
The talent agency terminated his contract shortly after Arai's arrest on February 1, 2019.[8]
Arai's birth name is Park Kyung-sik (박경식).[9] He had stated in a number of Japanese interviews that he has a continual interest in being involved with films that explore Korean-Japanese issues.
Tokyograph announced in 2007 that Arai entered a "serious relationship" with singer Miu Sakamoto, the eldest daughter of noted musician Ryuichi Sakamoto and singer-songwriter Akiko Yano, after meeting during a television talk show in 2006.[10]
On February 1, 2019, Arai was arrested for sexual assault involving rape of an outcall masseuse on July 1, 2018 by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.[11] [12] On February 21, 2019, he was indicted by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.[13] [14] On December 2, 2019, Arai was sentenced to five years in prison.[15]
On December 25, 2019, Arai's lawyer requested bail from the Tokyo District Court.[16] On December 27, the Tokyo District Court decided to grant bail, and Arai paid a bail deposit of 5 million yen.[17]
On November 17, 2020, the sentence was reduced to four years in prison due to the actor paying a settlement of 3 million yen (about US$29,000) to the victim.[18]
| Year | Title | Other titles | Director | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Blue Spring | 青い春 | Aoi haru | Toshiaki Toyoda | Based on Taiyō Matsumoto's manga, sets in a run-down all-boys school where violence and apathy rule the roost. | ||
| Go | Yukisada Isao | Based on Kazuki Kaneshiro's coming-of-age novel, Go. | |||||
| 2002 | Justice | Yukisada Isao | (short film) | ||||
| 2003 | Josee, the Tiger and the Fish | ジョゼと虎と魚たち Joze to Tora to Sakanatachi | Isshin Inudo | Based on Seiko Tanabe's novel. | |||
| 2004 | Heaven's Bookstore | 天国の本屋～恋火 Tengoku no honya | Tetsuo Shinohara | Based on Atsushi Matsuhisa and Wataru Tanaka's novel. | |||
| Loved Gun | ラブドガン Rabudo gan | Kensaku Watanabe | |||||
| 69 sixtynine | Sang-il Lee | Based on Ryu Murakami's semi-autobiographical novel, 69. | |||||
| Blood and Bones | 血と骨 Chi to Hone | Yoichi Sai | Based on Yan Sogiru's semi-autobiographical novel. | ||||
| 2005 | Neighbour No. 13 | 隣人13号 Rinjin 13 Gou | Yasuo Inoue | Based on Santa Inoue's 3-volume dark psychological thriller manga. | |||
| The Whispering of the Gods | ゲルマニウムの夜 Gerumaniumu no Yoru (Germanium's Night) | Tatsushi Ōmori | Based on Mangetsu Hanamura's novel. Rou (Arai) returns to his childhood home, a monastery of a tight-knit Christian community, where he soon forces them to face its dark brutal past. | ||||
| 2006 | Sway | ゆれる Yureru | Miwa Nishikawa | A courtroom drama that revolves around fraternal rivalry that ends with the murder of a childhood friend. | |||
| 2007 | The Matsugane Potshot Affair | 松ヶ根乱射事件 Matsugane Ransha Jiken | Nobuhiro Yamashita | Based on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's crime novel. | |||
| 2008 | A Crowd of Three | (ケンタとジュンとカヨちゃんの国 Kenta to Jun to Kayo-chan no Kuni | Tatsushi Ōmori | a.k.a. Kenta, Jun And Kayo-chan's Country | |||
| My Darling of the Mountains | Yama no Anata ~Tokuichi no Koi~ (Beyond the Mountains: Tokuichi in Love) | Katsuhito Ishii | A remake of Hiroshi Shimizu’s 1938 film The Masseurs and a Woman. | ||||
| 2009 | The Blood of Rebirth | Yomigaeri no Chi | Toshiaki Toyoda | ||||
| The Crab Cannery Ship | Kanikōsen | Hiroyuki Tanaka | Based on Takiji Kobayashi's 1929 politically satirical novella. | ||||
| The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio | Kuhio Taisa (Captain Kuhio) | Daihachi Yoshida | Based on Kazumasa Yoshida’s 2006 biographical novel Kekkon Sagishi Kuhio Taisa (Marriage Swindler: Captain Kuhio). | ||||
| 224466 | Tadanobu Asano | Part of R246 Story, a film anthology that revolves around Japan's 76-mile highway, Route 246. Other R246 Story short films: CLUB246 (Ilmari), Jiroru: Densetsu no Yo-na-o-shi (Shido Nakamura), Bento Fufu (Yūsuke Santamaria), Arifureta Kisho (Genki Sudo), Dead Noise (Verbal). | |||||
| Villon's Wife | ヴィヨンの妻 Viyon no Tsuma | Kichitaro Negishi | Based on Osamu Dazai's 1947 semi-autobiographical short story. | ||||
| Mt. Tsurugidake | 劒岳 点の記 Tsurugidake Ten no Ki | Daisaku Kimura | Based on Jirō Nitta's historical novel. | ||||
| 2010 | Douki (TV movie) | 同期 (Synchronization) | Yu Irie | Detective Ryouta Udagawa (Ryuhei Matsuda) searches for his rival colleague Kazuhiko Soga (Hirofumi Arai) who went missing after a murder. | |||
| Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano | (名前のない女たち Namae no Nai Onnatachi (Nameless Women) | Hisayasu Satō | Based on Atsuhiko Nakamura's memoir on how she was roped into working in Japan's porn industry. | ||||
| A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries | Doch yakudzy Yakuza Girl | Sergei Bodrov | |||||
| Confessions | 告白 Kokuhaku | Tetsuya Nakashima | Based on Kanae Minato's 2008 novel. | ||||
| All Around Us | ぐるりのこと Gururi no Koto (What's All Round Us) | Ryōsuke Hashiguchi | |||||
| - What's Life? | BOX 袴田事件 命とは BOX: Hakamada jiken - inochi towa | Banmei Takahashi | Based on the Hakamada Incident, a real-life event that inspires former magistrate Norimichi Kumamoto's nationwide campaign[19] to save a man who was sentenced to Japan's Death Row for murdering a family of four in 1966. | ||||
| 2011 | That's the Way! | A Film Starring Fujio Akatsuka | これでいいのだ! | 映画★赤塚不二夫 Korede iinoda | Eiga★Akatsuka Fujio | Hideaki Sato | Based on the life of manga artist Fujio Akatsuka. |
| Slapstick Brothers | 漫才ギャング Manzai gyangu (Manzai Gang) | Hiroshi Shinagawa | |||||
| 一命 Ichimei (one life) | Takashi Miike | A 3D remake of Masaki Kobayashi's 1962 film Harakiri. | |||||
| Seiji: House 475 | セイジ 陸の魚 Seiji: Riku no Sakana | Yûsuke Iseya | Based on Tomoki Tsujiuchi's novel, Seiji. In 2012, House 475 was retitled and re-released as Seiji: Riku no Uo (Seiji: Fish on Land). | ||||
| Love Strikes! | モテキ Moteki | Hitoshi Ohne | Based on Mitsuro Kubo's romantic comedy manga. Set a year after the ending of the 2010 TV series Moteki with Mirai Moriyama reviving his leading role as Yukiyo Fujimoto. Arai appears as Yuichi Shimada, Fujimoto's long-suffering friend. | ||||
| The Eclipse's Shadow | Shiro Tokiwa | (short film)[20] Three couples meet during the afternoon of a total solar eclipse. | |||||
| 2012 | ライアーゲーム-再生- | Hiroaki Matsuyama | Based on Shinobu Kaitani's manga Liar Game. | ||||
| Space Brothers | 宇宙兄弟 | Yoshitaka Mori | Based on Chūya Koyama's 2008 drama-comedy manga Uchu Kyodai. | ||||
| House of Quilt | キルトの家 Quilt no ie | Two-part NHK TV drama. Broadcast in January, 2012. After an earthquake, a young couple moves to a residential complex in Tokyo where they meet residents and learn about life from them. | |||||
| Helter Skelter | ヘルタースケルター Heruta Sukeruta | Mika Ninagawa | Based on Kyoko Okazaki's manga that revolves around a superstar whose mind and life rapidly unravel. | ||||
| Ushijima the Loan Shark | 闇金ウシジマくん Yamikin Ushijima-kun | Masatoshi Yamaguchi | Based on Shohei Manabe's manga series. | ||||
| Outrage Beyond | アウトレイジ ビヨンド Autoreiji Biyondo | Takeshi Kitano | A sequel to Kitano's 2010 film Outrage. | ||||
| Blazing Famiglia | 莫逆家族 Bakugeki Kazoku (Bakugyaku Family) | Kazuyoshi Kumakiri | Based on Hiroshi Tanaka's 11-volume manga series. | ||||
| The Samurai That Night | その夜の侍 Sono Yoru no Samurai | Masaaki Akahori | Based on director Akahori's stage play.[21] | ||||
| Hitori Shizuka | ヒトリシズカ | Hirayama Hideyuki | A TV adaptation of Honda Tetsuya's mystery novel, which revolves around a police investigation of six murders. | ||||
| 2013 | The Ravine of Goodbye | さよなら渓谷 (Sayonara keikoku) | Tatsushi Ōmori | Based on Shuichi Yoshida's short story that explores the media's role in determining the guilt of a potential child murderer. | |||
| The Eternal Zero | 永遠の0 (Eien no Zero) | Takashi Yamazaki | |||||
| 2014 | 100 Yen Love | 百円の恋 | Masaharu Take | ||||
| Tada's Do-It-All House | まほろ駅前狂騒曲 | Tatsushi Omori | |||||
| Close Range Love | 近キョリ恋愛 | Naoto Kumazawa | |||||
| Climbing to Spring | 春を背負って | Daisaku Kimura | |||||
| Kiki's Delivery Service | 魔女の宅急便 | Takashi Shimizu | |||||
| Love's Whirlpool | 愛の渦 | Daisuke Miura | |||||
| Judge! | ジャッジ！ | Akira Nagai | |||||
| 2015 | Sayonara | さようなら | Kōji Fukada | Based on a play by Oriza Hirata.[22] [23] | |||
| 寄生獣 完結編 | Takashi Yamazaki | ||||||
| Akegarasu | 明烏 | Yuichi Fukuda | |||||
| Hero | Masayuki Suzuki | ||||||
| Bakuman | バクマン。 | Hitoshi One | |||||
| 2016 | The Actor | 俳優 亀岡拓次 | Satoko Yokohama | ||||
| While the Women Are Sleeping | 女が眠る時 | Wayne Wang | |||||
| Lost and Found | 星ガ丘ワンダーランド | Show Yanagisawa | |||||
| Hentai Kamen: Abnormal Crisis | 変態仮面~アブノーマル・クライシス | Yuichi Fukuda | |||||
| The Katsuragi Murder Case | 葛城事件 | Masaaki Akahori | |||||
| Emi-Abi | エミアビのはじまりとはじまり | Kensaku Watanabe | |||||
| 2017 | A Boy Who Wished to be Okuda Tamio And A Girl Who Drove All Men Crazy | 奥田民生になりたいボーイと出会う男すべて狂わせるガール | Hitoshi Ohne | ||||
| Gintama | 銀魂 | Yūichi Fukuda | |||||
| The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. | 斉木楠雄のΨ難 | Yūichi Fukuda | |||||
| 2018 | Samurai's Promise | 散り椿 | Daisaku Kimura | ||||
| Thicker Than Water | 犬猿 | Keisuke Yoshida | |||||
| Nakimushi Shottan no Kiseki | 泣き虫しょったんの奇跡 | Toshiaki Toyoda | |||||
| 2019 | Typhoon Family | 台風家族 | Masahide Ichii | ||||