Ryohei Arai (director)

Ryohei Arai (荒井良平, Arai Ryōhei) (22 October 1901 – 22 October 1980^[1]) was a Japanese film director. He directed films from the 1930s to 1950s, especially jidaigeki and ghost movies based on kaidan.

Filmography

Ryohei Arai directed 47 films:^[2]

• Tsubanari Ronin (1939)
• Zoku Tsubanari Ronin (1940)
• Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace (Kaibyō Arima goten) (1953)
• Ghost of Saga Mansion (Kaidan Saga yashiki) (1953)
• (赤穂義士 Akō gishi) (1954)

References

1. "Arai Ryōhei". Nihon eiga jinmei jiten: Kantoku hen (in Japanese). Kinema Junpō. 25 November 1997. p. 33. ISBN 4-87376-208-1.
2. "荒井良平". www.jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 22 January 2009.