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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.
Kei Kumai was born on 1 June 1929 in Nagano, Japan. He was a writer and director, known for The Sea and Poison (1986), The Long Darkness (1972) and Sandakan No. 8 (1974). He died on 23 May 2007 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Mar 20, 2021 · Kei Kumai spent most of his long independent film career making movies about the parts of Japanese life the Japanese didn’t really want to talk about.
May 25, 2007 · Kei Kumai, a Japanese film director whose focus on true stories with strong social themes won him international recognition, died on Wednesday in Tokyo. He was 76. The cause was a brain...
Kei Kumai. A Japanese filmmaker whose work displayed a strong social conscience, Kumai also excelled at epic period tales. This Swarming Earth (1970), The Long Darkness (1972), Sandakan 8 (1974) are among his best known films, with later examples including Death of a Tea Master (1989) and Darkness in the Light (2001).
May 23, 2007 · Kei Kumai is known as an Director, Screenplay, Writer, Actor, and First Assistant Director. Some of his work includes Hiroshima, Sandakan No. 8, The Sea Is Watching, The Sea and Poison, Death of a Tea Master, The Long Darkness, A Chain of Islands, and Deep River.
May 24, 2007 · Kei Kumai, one of Japan 's most respected directors, died of a brain hemorrhage in the morning of May 23 at the age of 76. Born on June 1, 1930, in Nagano Prefecture, Kumai attended Shinshu ...
