Kei Kumai
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.
Fotos
Filme (33)

What's a Director?
2006

Das Meer kommt
2002 · Director, Screenplay

Darkness in the Light
2001 · Director, Screenplay

To Love
1997 · Writer, Director

Deep River
1995 · Screenplay, Director

Luminous Moss
1992 · Writer, Director

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 · Writer, Director

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, Assistant Director

Love in Ginza
1962 · Screenplay

A City Where Men Live
1962 · Screenplay

Pursuit
1961 · Screenplay

Seven Challengers
1961 · Screenplay

Isseki Nicho
1961 · Screenplay

Pacific Porters
1961 · Screenplay

The Call of the Foghorn
1960 · Writer

The Cards Will Tell
1960 · Screenplay

Wounded Beast
1959 · Screenplay

Hiroshima
1953 · First Assistant Director
Serien (0)
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