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Kei Kumai

1930 - 2007 (age 76) • Directing

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.

Known For

Hiroshima

74%

First Assistant Director

1953

The Sea Is Watching

58%

Director

2002

Sandakan No. 8

77%

Director

1974

The Sea and Poison

70%

Director

1986

Death of a Tea Master

56%

Director

1989

The Long Darkness

65%

Director

1972

The Sands of Kurobe

70%

Director

1968

Deep River

73%

Screenplay

1995

What's a Director?

2006

The Sea Is Watching

58%

Director

2002

The Sea Is Watching

58%

Screenplay

2002

Darkness in the Light

68%

Director

2001

Darkness in the Light

68%

Screenplay

2001

To Love

67%

Director

1997

To Love

67%

Writer

1997

Deep River

73%

Screenplay

1995

Deep River

73%

Director

1995

Luminous Moss

62%

Writer

1992

Luminous Moss

62%

Director

1992

Shikibu monogatari

37%

Director

1990

Shikibu monogatari

37%

Screenplay

1990

Death of a Tea Master

56%

Director

1989

The Sea and Poison

70%

Director

1986

The Sea and Poison

70%

Screenplay

1986

Willful Murder

80%

Director

1981

An Ocean to Cross

90%

Director

1980

Love and Faith

64%

Director

1978

Cape of the North

90%

Director

1976

Cape of the North

90%

Screenplay

1976

Sandakan No. 8

77%

Director

1974

Sandakan No. 8

77%

Writer

1974

Rise, Fair Sun

100%

Director

1973

Rise, Fair Sun

100%

Writer

1973

The Long Darkness

65%

Director

1972

The Long Darkness

65%

Writer

1972

Apart from Life

62%

Writer

1970

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