Fumio Kamei

Fumio Kamei

Directing
Born 1908-04-01 Died 1987-02-27 Fukushima Prefecture, Japan 22 credits
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Fumio Kamei (1908–1987) was a Japanese documentary and fiction film director known for his politically charged works. Influenced by Soviet montage theory, he began his career at Photo Chemical Laboratories (PCL), making propaganda films about Japan’s war in China. His 1939 film Fighting Soldiers was banned for its unflinching portrayal of exhausted troops, and he later became the first director to lose his license under the 1939 Film Law and the only filmmaker arrested under the Peace Preservation Law. After World War II, Kamei helped reorganize Nippon Eiga-sha and directed The Japanese Tragedy (1946), a documentary critical of Japan’s imperialist past, which was ultimately censored. He continued making politically engaged documentaries and fiction films, tackling issues such as U.S. military bases in Japan, nuclear weapons, social discrimination, and environmental destruction.
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Filmography
Directing 22 credits
Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa
Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa
1957 · Director, Editor, Cinematography
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953 · Director
Chobei the Rogue
Chobei the Rogue
1949 · Director
A Woman's Life
A Woman's Life
1949 · Director
Kobayashi Issa
Kobayashi Issa
1941 · Director
Men Are All Brothers
Men Are All Brothers
1960 · Director
The China Incident
The China Incident
· Director
Shanghai
Shanghai
1938 · Director, Editor
Fighting Soldiers
Fighting Soldiers
1939 · Director, Editor
War and Peace
War and Peace
1947 · Director
All Living Things Are Friends—Lullabies of Birds, Insects and Fish
All Living Things Are Friends—Lullabies of Birds, Insects and Fish
1987 · Director
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
1952 · Director
The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death”
The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death”
1957 · Director
Children of the Base
Children of the Base
1953 · Director
It Is Good to Live
It Is Good to Live
1956 · Director
Wheat Will Never Fall
Wheat Will Never Fall
1955 · Director, Editor
All Must Live: People, Insects and Birds
All Must Live: People, Insects and Birds
1984 · Director
Tragedy of Japan
Tragedy of Japan
1946 · Director
The People of Sunagawa
The People of Sunagawa
1955 · Director
Living in a Rough Sea
Living in a Rough Sea
1958 · Director, Editor
Shape without Shape
Shape without Shape
1935 · Director, Editor
Peking
Peking
1938 · Director, Editor
Other credits 7 credits
Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa
Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa
1957 · Director, Editor, Cinematography
Shanghai
Shanghai
1938 · Director, Editor
Fighting Soldiers
Fighting Soldiers
1939 · Director, Editor
Wheat Will Never Fall
Wheat Will Never Fall
1955 · Director, Editor
Living in a Rough Sea
Living in a Rough Sea
1958 · Director, Editor
Shape without Shape
Shape without Shape
1935 · Director, Editor
Peking
Peking
1938 · Director, Editor
Acting 1 credit
Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa
Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa
1957 · Director, Editor, Cinematography
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