Kei Kumai

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.

  • Title: Kei Kumai
  • Popularity: 5.292
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1930-06-01
  • Place of Birth: Nagano Prefecture, Japan
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  • Also Known As: 熊井啓, Кэй Кумаи
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Kei Kumai Movies

  • 2006
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    What's a Director?

    What's a Director?

    1 2006 HD

    Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association

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  • 1976
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    Cape of the North

    Cape of the North

    1 1976 HD

    A Swiss nun falls in love with a Japanese engineer.

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  • 1989
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    Death of a Tea Master

    Death of a Tea Master

    5.3 1989 HD

    Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death.

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  • 1972
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    The Long Darkness

    The Long Darkness

    6.8 1972 HD

    A delicate study of the relationship between two disillusioned young people, shot in atmospheric monochrome among Tokyo's decaying lumberyards and...

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  • 1974
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    Sandakan No. 8

    Sandakan No. 8

    7.5 1974 HD

    A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.

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  • 1974
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    Sandakan No. 8

    Sandakan No. 8

    7.5 1974 HD

    A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.

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  • 1953
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    Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

    7.5 1953 HD

    The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in history.

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  • 2002
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    The Sea Is Watching

    The Sea Is Watching

    5.9 2002 HD

    O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers,...

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  • 1995
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    Deep River

    Deep River

    7.2 1995 HD

    A group of Japanese tourists try to forget their pasts and find themselves in India.

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  • 1997
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    To Love

    To Love

    5 1997 HD

    Mitsu works in a factory and has a crush on Tsutomu, a young man she met on the Tokyo streets. One day the two go out, and after some deception,...

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  • 1997
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    To Love

    To Love

    5 1997 HD

    Mitsu works in a factory and has a crush on Tsutomu, a young man she met on the Tokyo streets. One day the two go out, and after some deception,...

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  • 1986
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    The Sea and Poison

    The Sea and Poison

    6.9 1986 HD

    Two interns and a nurse are interrogated by American MPs for their involvement in an atrocity during the war: the vivisections of a downed American...

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  • 1970
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    Apart from Life

    Apart from Life

    5.8 1970 HD

    A film set in Nagasaki examining prejudice against atom bomb victims.

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  • 1970
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    Apart from Life

    Apart from Life

    5.8 1970 HD

    A film set in Nagasaki examining prejudice against atom bomb victims.

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  • 1968
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    The Sands of Kurobe

    The Sands of Kurobe

    6.2 1968 HD

    Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of...

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  • 1992
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    Luminous Moss

    Luminous Moss

    5.5 1992 HD

    A headmaster and a novelist, looking for inspiration, regard a strange natural phenomenon before sharing stories of their own.

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  • 1992
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    Luminous Moss

    Luminous Moss

    5.5 1992 HD

    A headmaster and a novelist, looking for inspiration, regard a strange natural phenomenon before sharing stories of their own.

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  • 1962
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    Sun and stars

    Sun and stars

    1 1962 HD

    It's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down tale of brothers burning with masculine will and...

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  • 2001
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    Darkness in the Light

    Darkness in the Light

    5.8 2001 HD

    A middle-aged salaryman with a typical family, living quietly in a provincial city (Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture), wakes up one morning in the summer...

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  • 1978
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    Love and Faith

    Love and Faith

    5.9 1978 HD

    Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daughter, the beautiful Lady Ogin, has an...

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  • 1965
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    A Chain of Islands

    A Chain of Islands

    6.4 1965 HD

    When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation...

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  • 1995
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    Deep River

    Deep River

    7.2 1995 HD

    A group of Japanese tourists try to forget their pasts and find themselves in India.

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  • 1973
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    Rise, Fair Sun

    Rise, Fair Sun

    1 1973 HD

    Though a farmer and his fellow villagers in this Japanese film resist the effort to turn the unspoiled region in which they live into a land...

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  • 1973
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    Rise, Fair Sun

    Rise, Fair Sun

    1 1973 HD

    Though a farmer and his fellow villagers in this Japanese film resist the effort to turn the unspoiled region in which they live into a land...

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  • 1960
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    The Cards Will Tell

    The Cards Will Tell

    1 1960 HD

    A 1960 crime film

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  • 1961
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    Pursuit

    Pursuit

    1 1961 HD

    Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.

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  • 1980
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    An Ocean to Cross

    An Ocean to Cross

    1 1980 HD

    Set in Japan's Tenpyou era (729-749 CE), four young monks are sent to China to study Buddhism and bring a high priest back to Japan with them. The...

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  • 1962
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    Hitoribotchi no futari daga

    Hitoribotchi no futari daga

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1959
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    Wounded Beast

    Wounded Beast

    1 1959 HD

    A tense action game that skillfully intertwines the human love between a criminal, his sister and his lover, and the desperate pursuit of a detective...

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  • 1964
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    The Long Death

    The Long Death

    1 1964 HD

    On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large...

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  • 1964
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    The Long Death

    The Long Death

    1 1964 HD

    On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large...

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  • 1962
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    Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

    Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1968
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    The Sands of Kurobe

    The Sands of Kurobe

    6.2 1968 HD

    Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of...

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  • 1973
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    Fantasia

    Fantasia

    1 1973 HD

    A 1973 musical film released by Toho-Towa, directed by Masanori Hata, Shôhei lImamura, Kei Kumai, Jun'ya Satô, Isao Takahata, Takeshi...

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  • 1976
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    Cape of the North

    Cape of the North

    1 1976 HD

    A Swiss nun falls in love with a Japanese engineer.

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  • 1972
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    The Long Darkness

    The Long Darkness

    6.8 1972 HD

    A delicate study of the relationship between two disillusioned young people, shot in atmospheric monochrome among Tokyo's decaying lumberyards and...

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  • 1962
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    Sun and stars

    Sun and stars

    1 1962 HD

    It's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down tale of brothers burning with masculine will and...

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  • 1986
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    The Sea and Poison

    The Sea and Poison

    6.9 1986 HD

    Two interns and a nurse are interrogated by American MPs for their involvement in an atrocity during the war: the vivisections of a downed American...

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  • 1962
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    Love in Ginza

    Love in Ginza

    5 1962 HD

    Hanjiro is a struggling painter that shares a tiny apartment in the back streets of Ginza with his jazz pianist friend who works at a bar. When he...

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  • 2002
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    The Sea Is Watching

    The Sea Is Watching

    5.9 2002 HD

    O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers,...

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  • 1960
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    The Call of the Foghorn

    The Call of the Foghorn

    1 1960 HD

    A sailor is stuck in harbor due to an engine failure in his boat, and he learns that a friend of his has died, reportedly from suicide. He begins to...

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  • 1965
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    A Chain of Islands

    A Chain of Islands

    6.4 1965 HD

    When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation...

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  • 2001
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    Darkness in the Light

    Darkness in the Light

    5.8 2001 HD

    A middle-aged salaryman with a typical family, living quietly in a provincial city (Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture), wakes up one morning in the summer...

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  • 1981
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    Willful Murder

    Willful Murder

    7.333 1981 HD

    The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and...

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  • 1990
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    Shikibu monogatari

    Shikibu monogatari

    1 1990 HD

    Toyoichi Otomo suffers from psychological and spiritual troubles after a horrific industrial accident. He lives with his elderly mother and wife near...

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  • 1990
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    Shikibu monogatari

    Shikibu monogatari

    1 1990 HD

    Toyoichi Otomo suffers from psychological and spiritual troubles after a horrific industrial accident. He lives with his elderly mother and wife near...

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  • 1961
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    Isseki Nicho

    Isseki Nicho

    1 1961 HD

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