Kei Kumai
Kei Kumai | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1930年06月01日)1 June 1930 Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 23 May 2007(2007年05月23日) (aged 76) |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Spouse | Akiko 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.[1]
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.[4]
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. Kinuyo Tanaka won the Best Actress Award at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival for her performance.[5] The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards.[6]
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.[7] In 1992, his film Luminous Moss was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.[8]
Other works include Death of a Tea Master starring Toshirō Mifune as Sen no Rikyū (Silver Lion at the 46th Venice International Film Festival), and the 2002 film The Sea Is Watching , based on Akira Kurosawa's posthumous script.
Kumai was married to the writer and researcher Akiko Kumai.[9] He died in 2007 at age 76.[10]
Filmography
[edit ]- Mutekiga Ore o Yondeiru (1960) (Screenplay)
- The Long Death (1964)
- A Chain of Islands [ja] (1965)
- The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
- Apart from Life (1970)
- Shinobu Kawa (1972)
- Rise, Fair Sun (1973)
- Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
- Cape of North (1976)
- Ocean to Cross
- Ogin-sama (1978)
- Tempyō no Iraka (1980)
- Nihon no Atsui Hibi Bōsatsu: Shimoyama Jiken (1981)
- The Sea and Poison (1986)
- Death of a Tea Master (1989)
- Luminous Moss (1992)
- Deep River (1995)
- To Love (1997)
- The Sea Is Watching (2002)
References
[edit ]- ^ "映画監督の熊井啓氏が死去". Fuji Sankei Shinbun. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ "8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013年01月16日. Retrieved 2013年01月03日.
- ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Rise, Fair Sun". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010年07月02日.
- ^ "Berlinale 1975: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010年07月11日.
- ^ "The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2012年03月18日.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1987 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011年03月03日.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1992 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011年05月27日.
- ^ "作家の熊井明子さん死去、84歳 「私の部屋のポプリ」シリーズ:朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). 2024年10月02日. Retrieved 2024年12月30日.
- ^ "Kei Kumai, 76, Japanese Director Who Specialized in True Stories, Dies (Published 2007)". 2007年05月25日. Archived from the original on 2023年12月10日. Retrieved 2024年12月30日.
External links
[edit ]- Kei Kumai at IMDb
- Kei Kumai at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)