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: 2.3502
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1930-06-01
  • Place of Birth: Nagano Prefecture, Japan
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  • Also Known As: 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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  • 1974
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    Sandakan No. 8

    Sandakan No. 8

    7.7 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

    7.7 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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  • 1989
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    Death of a Tea Master

    Death of a Tea Master

    5.4 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

    6.364 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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  • 1953
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    Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

    7.431 1953 HD

    Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its effects on various civilians, especially...

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  • 2002
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    The Sea Is Watching

    The Sea Is Watching

    5.708 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 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

    5.5 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

    5.5 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

    6.5 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

    6.3 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 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

    6.5 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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  • 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

    6.364 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

    5.708 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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  • 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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  • 1981
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    Willful Murder

    Willful Murder

    7.3 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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  • 1961
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    Isseki Nicho

    Isseki Nicho

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    Pacific Porters

    Pacific Porters

    1 1961 HD

    Tetsuji Tachibana was fired as a pilot after Jim gave false testimony in an accident caused by Captain Jim's intoxication. Only Junpei Nambu, the...

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  • 1963
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    Sora no shita tōi yume

    Sora no shita tōi yume

    1 1963 HD

    Set on a luxury ship sailing through the Far East, the film depicts the affection of young boys for a young girl traveling alone and the exchange of...

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  • 1961
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    Shichinin no chōsensha

    Shichinin no chōsensha

    1 1961 HD

    One vow, seven faces! If you don't want to live, get together! Hot-blooded fellows challenging the darkness of the big city! Seven men, each with an...

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