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.
Acting
Crew
Movie
Hiroshima
First Assistant Director
1953
Movie
The Sea Is Watching
Director
2002
Movie
Sandakan No. 8
Director
1974
Movie
The Sea and Poison
Director
1986
Movie
Death of a Tea Master
Director
1989
Movie
The Long Darkness
Director
1972
Movie
The Sands of Kurobe
Director
1968
Movie
Deep River
Screenplay
1995
Movie
Luminous Moss
Writer
1992
Movie
Love and Faith
Director
1978
Movie
A Chain of Islands
Director
1965
Movie
Apart from Life
Writer
1970