Kei Kumai
Directing
Born 1930-06-01
Died 2007-05-23
Nagano Prefecture, Japan
34 credits
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Kei Kumai (熊井 啓, Kumai Kei, 1 June 1930 – 23 May 2007) was a Japanese film director from Azumino, Nagano prefecture. After his studies in literature at Shinshu University, he began work as a director's assistant.
He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for his first film, Nihon rettō, in 1965.[2] His 1972 film Shinobu Kawa was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.[3] His 1973 film Rise, Fair Sun was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.
Sandakan No. 8 received widespread acclaim for tackling the issue of a woman forced into prostitution in Borneo before the outbreak of World War II. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards.
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Filmography
Directing
20 credits
Sandakan No. 8
Darkness in the Light
The Sea Is Watching
The Long Darkness
Willful Murder
Luminous Moss
The Sea and Poison
Deep River
The Sands of Kurobe
Death of a Tea Master
The Long Death
Love and Faith
To Love
An Ocean to Cross
A Chain of Islands
Rise, Fair Sun
Apart from Life
Cape of the North
Shikibu monogatari
Fantasia
Writing
27 credits
Sandakan No. 8
Pursuit
Darkness in the Light
The Sea Is Watching
The Long Darkness
Luminous Moss
The Sea and Poison
Deep River
The Sands of Kurobe
The Long Death
Love in Ginza
The Call of the Foghorn
Wounded Beast
To Love
A Chain of Islands
Rise, Fair Sun
Apart from Life
Sun and Stars
The Cards Will Tell
Cape of the North
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Isseki Nicho
Shikibu monogatari
Two People, Yet All Alone
Pacific Porters
Sora no shita tōi yume
Seven Challengers
Other credits
3 credits
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