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