Kei Kumai

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1930-06-01

Deathday 2007-05-23 (76 years old)

Place of Birth Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As Кэй Кумаи

Kei Kumai

Biography

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

Director

2002
2001
1997
To Love

as Director

1995
Deep River

as Director

1992
Luminous Moss

as Director

1990
Shikibu monogatari

as Director

1989
1986
The Sea and Poison

as Director

1981
Willful Murder

as Director

1980
An Ocean to Cross

as Director

1978
Love and Faith

as Director

1976
Cape of the North

as Director

1974
Sandakan No. 8

as Director

1973
Rise, Fair Sun

as Director

1973
Fantasia

as Director

1972
The Long Darkness

as Director

1970
Apart from Life

as Director

1968
1965
A Chain of Islands

as Director

1964
The Long Death

as Director

1962
Sun and stars

as Assistant Director

1953
Hiroshima

as First Assistant Director

Writer

2002
The Sea Is Watching

as Screenplay

2001
Darkness in the Light

as Screenplay

1997
To Love

as Writer

1995
Deep River

as Screenplay

1992
Luminous Moss

as Writer

1990
Shikibu monogatari

as Screenplay

1986
The Sea and Poison

as Screenplay

1976
Cape of the North

as Screenplay

1974
Sandakan No. 8

as Writer

1973
Rise, Fair Sun

as Writer

1972
1970
Apart from Life

as Writer

1968
The Sands of Kurobe

as Screenplay

1965
A Chain of Islands

as Screenplay

1964
The Long Death

as Screenplay

1962
Sun and stars

as Screenplay

1962
1962
Love in Ginza

as Screenplay

1961
Pursuit

as Screenplay

1961
Isseki Nicho

as Screenplay

1960
The Cards Will Tell

as Screenplay

1959
Wounded Beast

as Screenplay