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Kei Kumai

Regisseur, Schrijver, Producer

1 juni 1930 — 23 mei 2007 (76 years)
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.

Known For

  • The Sea Is Watching
    The Sea Is Watching2002
  • Sandakan No. 8
    Sandakan No. 81974
  • Hiroshima
    Hiroshima1953
  • Death of a Tea Master
    Death of a Tea Master1989
  • The Sea and Poison
    The Sea and Poison1986
  • The Sands of Kurobe
    The Sands of Kurobe1968
  • Willful Murder
    Willful Murder1981
  • To Love
    To Love1997
  • Luminous Moss
    Luminous Moss1992
  • Darkness in the Light
    Darkness in the Light2001
  • Apart from Life
    Apart from Life1970
  • A Chain of Islands
    A Chain of Islands1965
  • The Long Death
    The Long Death1964
  • Muteki ga ore o yondeiru
    Muteki ga ore o yondeiru1960
  • Ginza no koi no monogatari
    Ginza no koi no monogatari1962
  • Men and Women's Lullaby Game
    Men and Women's Lullaby Game1962

Cinematografie

2002
The Sea Is Watching
2001
Darkness in the Light
1997
To Love
1995
Deep River
1992
Luminous Moss
1989
Death of a Tea Master
1986
The Sea and Poison
1981
Willful Murder
1978
Love and Faith
1976
Cape of the North
1974
Sandakan No. 8
1973
Fantasia
1972
The Long Darkness
1970
Apart from Life
1968
The Sands of Kurobe
1965
A Chain of Islands
1964
The Long Death