Kei Kumai (熊井 å•", Kumai Kei, June 1, 1930 â€" May 23, 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 rettÅ , in 1965. His 1972 film Shinobu
Kawa was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. His
1974 film Rise, Fair Sun was entered into the 24th Berlin
International Film Festival.Perhaps his best-known film is Sandakan
No. 8, which received widespread acclaim for tackling the issue of a
woman forced into prostitution in Borneo before the outbreak of World
War II. Kinuyo Tanaka won the Best Actress Award at the 25th Berlin
International Film Festival for her performance. The film was
nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy
Awards.Kumai's follow-up film was 1976's Cape of North, starring
French actress Claude Jade as a Swiss nun who falls in love with a
Japanese engineer on a trip from Marseilles to Yokohama. His 1986 film
The Sea and Poison won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the
37th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1992, his film Luminous
Moss was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.
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 rettÅ , in 1965. His 1972 film Shinobu
Kawa was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. His
1974 film Rise, Fair Sun was entered into the 24th Berlin
International Film Festival.Perhaps his best-known film is Sandakan
No. 8, which received widespread acclaim for tackling the issue of a
woman forced into prostitution in Borneo before the outbreak of World
War II. Kinuyo Tanaka won the Best Actress Award at the 25th Berlin
International Film Festival for her performance. The film was
nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy
Awards.Kumai's follow-up film was 1976's Cape of North, starring
French actress Claude Jade as a Swiss nun who falls in love with a
Japanese engineer on a trip from Marseilles to Yokohama. His 1986 film
The Sea and Poison won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the
37th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1992, his film Luminous
Moss was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.
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