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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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- Nagano, Japan
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- Tokyo, Japan
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...
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.
Jan 4, 2018 · Kei Kumai made just 19 films films in his 40 year career, but even since his earliest days he ranked among the most fearless of directors, ready to confront the most unpleasant or taboo aspects of contemporary Japan.
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).
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123 min | Drama. 7.5. Rate. Downed American fliers in WWII are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in cruel medical experiments. Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Eiji Okuda, Ken Watanabe, Takahiro Tamura, Kyôko Kishida. Votes: 314. 5.
