Director
Kei Kumai
96 years · Nagano Prefecture, Japan · 32 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 32
What's a Director?
2006 · Actor
The Sea Is Watching
2002 · Director, Screenplay
Darkness in the Light
2001 · Director, Screenplay
To Love
1997 · Director, Writer
Deep River
1995 · Screenplay, Director
Luminous Moss
1992 · Director, Writer
Shikibu monogatari
1990 · Director, Screenplay
Death of a Tea Master
1989 · Director
The Sea and Poison
1986 · Director, Screenplay
Willful Murder
1981 · Director
An Ocean to Cross
1980 · Director
Love and Faith
1978 · Director
Cape of the North
1976 · Director, Screenplay
Sandakan No. 8
1974 · Director, Writer
Rise, Fair Sun
1973 · Director, Writer
The Long Darkness
1972 · Director, Writer
Apart from Life
1970 · Director, Writer
The Sands of Kurobe
1968 · Director, Screenplay
A Chain of Islands
1965 · Director, Screenplay
The Long Death
1964 · Screenplay, Director
Sora no shita tōi yume
1963 · Screenplay
Two People, Yet All Alone
1962 · Screenplay
Sun and Stars
1962 · Screenplay
Love in Ginza
1962 · Screenplay