Kei Kumai
1 June 1930 – 23 May 2007 was a Japanese film director. 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 second film, Nihon rettō, in 1965.
Kei Kumai

キネマ旬報社 撮影者不明 · キネマ旬報社『キネマ旬報』第265号(1966)より · Public domain
- Name
- Kei Kumai
- Born
- 1 June 1930
- Birthplace
- Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
- Died
- 23 May 2007
- Occupation
- Film director
- Spouse
- Akiko Kumai
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Fields
- film
- Education
- Shinshu University
- Honours
- Medal with Purple Ribbon · Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer · Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director · Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award · Mainichi Film Award for Best Director
- Languages
- Japanese
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1 June 1930 – 23 May 2007 was a Japanese film director. 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 second film, Nihon rettō, in 1965.
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His 1972 film Shinobu Kawa was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1973 film Rise, Fair Sun was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival. 8 received widespread acclaim for tackling the issue of a woman forced into prostitution in Borneo before the outbreak of World War II. Kinuyo Tanaka won the Best Actress Award at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival for her performance. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards. Kumai's follow-up film was 1976's Cape of North, starring French actress Claude Jade as a Swiss nun who falls in love with a Japanese engineer on a trip from Marseilles to Yokohama. His 1986 film The Sea and Poison won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1992, his film Luminous Moss was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. Other works include Death of a Tea Master starring Toshirō Mifune as Sen no Rikyū (Silver Lion at the 46th Venice International Film Festival), and the 2002 film The Sea Is Watching, based on Akira Kurosawa's posthumous script. Kumai was married to the writer and researcher Akiko Kumai.
Kei Kumai studied at Shinshu University. The recorded working language is Japanese. The field of work recorded is film. Distinctions recorded are Medal with Purple Ribbon, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director and Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award.

Kei Kumai
キネマ旬報社 · 『 キネマ旬報 』1966年2月決算特別号。 " Kinema Junpo ", Special February 1966 issue.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Kei Kumai • Born — 1 June 1930 • Birthplace — Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, Japan • Died — 23 May 2007 • Occupation — Film director • Spouse — Akiko Kumai
Filmography
Filmography
• Mutekiga Ore o Yondeiru (1960) (screenplay) • Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi (1962) (screenplay) • The Long Death (1964) • A Chain of Islands (1965) • The Sands of Kurobe (1968) • Apart from Life (1970) • Shinobu Kawa (1972) • Rise, Fair Sun (1973) • Sandakan No. 8 (1974) • Cape of the North (1976) • Ogin-sama (1978) • Tempyō no Iraka (1980) • Nihon no Atsui Hibi Bōsatsu: Shimoyama Jiken (1981) • The Sea and Poison (1986) • Death of a Tea Master (1989) • Shikibu Monogatari (1990) • Luminous Moss (1992) • Deep River (1995) • To Love (1997) • Darkness in the Light (2001) • The Sea Is Watching (2002)
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Kei Kumai died at Tokyo.
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Kei Kumai received Medal with Purple Ribbon, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director, Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award and Mainichi Film Award for Best Director.
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- 1.Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2007 : Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. 2008. 978-0-7864-5191-3.
- 2.Filmographie. JMDB.
- 3.Le Cinéma japonais, Tome II. Cinéma/pluriel et Centre Georges Pompidou. 1997. 2-85850-930-1 , p.
- 4.La Longue Mort - Articles de revues de cinéma. calindex.eu.
- 5.L'Archipel du Japon - Articles de revues de cinéma. calindex.eu.
- 6.Troupeaux terrestres : titre français du film lors de la rétrospective « Japon : vingt cinéastes d'aujourd'hui » du 10 janvier au 10 février 1974 à la Cinémathèque française
- 7.Un océan à traverser - Articles de revues de cinéma. calindex.eu.
- 8.New Directors Award (version archivée). www.dgj.or.jp.
- 9.cérémonie des Japan Academy Prize - (1987年). www.japan-academy-prize.jp.
- 10.Brothel No. 8. www.filmaffinity.com.
- 11.Prizes & Honours 1987. www.berlinale.de.
- 12.1986年 第29回 ブルーリボン賞. www.allcinema.net.
- 13.Japanese Filmography: A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the Over 1250 Films Released in the United States, 1900 Through 1994. Mcfarland. 1996. 9-780786-400324.
- 14.Japanese Filmography: A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the Over 1250 Films Released in the United States, 1900 Through 1994. Mcfarland. 1996. 9-780786-400324.
- 15.Japanese Filmography : A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the Over 1250 Films Released in the United States, 1900 Through 1994. Mcfarland. 1996. 9-780786-400324.
- 16.cérémonie des prix du film Mainichi - (1972年). mainichi.jp.
- 17.cérémonie des prix du film Mainichi - (1986年). mainichi.jp.
- 18.cérémonie des prix du film Mainichi - (2007年). mainichi.jp.
- 19.cérémonie des Japan Academy Prize - (1982年). www.japan-academy-prize.jp.
- 20.cérémonie des Japan Academy Prize - (1990年). www.japan-academy-prize.jp.
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- 23.Asayake no uta. www.filmaffinity.com.
- 24.Berlinale - Programme 1975. www.berlinale.de.
- 25.Berlinale - Programme 1982. www.berlinale.de.
- 26.Berlinale - Programme 1987. www.berlinale.de.
- 27.Berlinale - Programme 1992. www.berlinale.de.
- 28.Moscow International Film Festival : 1973 year. moscowfilmfestival.ru.
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