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