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.
Cape of the North
(Director)
Death of a Tea Master
(Director)
The Long Darkness
(Director)
Sandakan No. 8
(Director)
Sandakan No. 8
(Writer)
Hiroshima
(First Assistant Director)
The Sea Is Watching
(Director)
Deep River
(Screenplay)
To Love
(Director)
To Love
(Writer)
The Sea and Poison
(Director)
Apart from Life
(Director)
Apart from Life
(Writer)
The Sands of Kurobe
(Director)
Luminous Moss
(Director)
Luminous Moss
(Writer)
Sun and Stars
(Screenplay)
Darkness in the Light
(Director)
Love and Faith
(Director)
A Chain of Islands
(Director)
Deep River
(Director)
Rise, Fair Sun
(Director)
Rise, Fair Sun
(Writer)
The Cards Will Tell
(Screenplay)
Pursuit
(Screenplay)
An Ocean to Cross
(Director)
Hitoribotchi no futari daga
(Screenplay)
Wounded Beast
(Screenplay)
The Long Death
(Screenplay)
The Long Death
(Director)
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
(Screenplay)
The Sands of Kurobe
(Screenplay)
Cape of the North
(Screenplay)
The Long Darkness
(Writer)
Sun and Stars
(Assistant Director)
The Sea and Poison
(Screenplay)
Love in Ginza
(Screenplay)
The Sea Is Watching
(Screenplay)
The Call of the Foghorn
(Writer)
A Chain of Islands
(Screenplay)
Darkness in the Light
(Screenplay)
Willful Murder
(Director)
Shikibu monogatari
(Director)
Shikibu monogatari
(Screenplay)
Isseki Nicho
(Screenplay)
Pacific Porters
(Screenplay)
Sora no shita tōi yume
(Screenplay)
Shichinin no chōsensha
(Screenplay)
Fantasia
(Director)