Kei Kumai
Directing
1930-06-01 · Nagano Prefecture, Japan
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.
Filmography
What's a Director?
2006 · Movie
The Sea Is Watching
2002 · Movie
Darkness in the Light
2001 · Movie
To Love
1997 · Movie
Deep River
1995 · Movie
Luminous Moss
1992 · Movie
Shikibu monogatari
1990 · Movie
Death of a Tea Master
1989 · Movie
The Sea and Poison
1986 · Movie
Willful Murder
1981 · Movie
An Ocean to Cross
1980 · Movie
Love and Faith
1978 · Movie
Cape of the North
1976 · Movie
Sandakan No. 8
1974 · Movie
Rise, Fair Sun
1973 · Movie
The Long Darkness
1972 · Movie
Apart from Life
1970 · Movie
The Sands of Kurobe
1968 · Movie
A Chain of Islands
1965 · Movie
The Long Death
1964 · Movie
Sora no shita tōi yume
1963 · Movie
Two People, Yet All Alone
1962 · Movie
Sun and Stars
1962 · Movie
Love in Ginza
1962 · Movie
A City Where Men Live
1962 · Movie
Pursuit
1961 · Movie
Seven Challengers
1961 · Movie
Isseki Nicho
1961 · Movie
Pacific Porters
1961 · Movie
The Call of the Foghorn
1960 · Movie
The Cards Will Tell
1960 · Movie
Wounded Beast
1959 · Movie
Hiroshima
1953 · Movie