FILM DIRECTOR

Kei Kumai

1930 - 2007

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Kei Kumai (熊井 啓, Kumai Kei; 1 June 1930 – 23 May 2007) was a Japanese film director. 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 rettō, in 1965. His 1972 film Shinobu Kawa was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kei Kumai is the 1,091st most popular film director (down from 1,036th in 2019), the 1,373rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,241st in 2019) and the 48th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kei Kumai ranks 1,091 out of 2,041. Before him are Štefan Uher, Gaston Kaboré, Christopher Landon, Eduardo Serra, Larry Cohen, and Kurt Maetzig. After him are Mitchell Leisen, Fridrikh Ermler, Edmond Keosayan, Peter Farrelly, Danièle Thompson, and Dorothy Arzner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Kei Kumai ranks 436. Before him are Polly Bergen, Chuck Daly, Richard Lynn, Štefan Uher, Alakbar Mammadov, and Estela de Carlotto. After him are Marisol Escobar, Eino Tamberg, Magomedali Magomedov, Bob Guccione, Éva Novák-Gerard, and Jean Brankart. Among people deceased in 2007, Kei Kumai ranks 281. Before him are Beverly Sills, Édouard Gagnon, Joey Bishop, Iwao Takamoto, Eva Crane, and Atilio Cremaschi. After him are Pedro Cubilla, Kerwin Mathews, Walter Kempowski, Florea Dumitrache, Hans Sturm, and Tony Scott.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kei Kumai ranks 1,373 out of 6,245. Before him are Kinue Hitomi (1907), Teppei Uchida (1975), Masaru Hirayama (1972), Kenkichi Iwasawa (1917), Hiroshi Suzuki (1933), and Masahiro Hasemi (1945). After him are Nobuhiro Watsuki (1970), Kei Nishikori (1989), Masanori Yusa (1915), Maho Shimizu (1960), Ukyo Katayama (1963), and Katsuyoshi Shinto (1960).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Kei Kumai ranks 48. Before him are Juzo Itami (1933), Tadashi Imai (1912), Yasushi Akimoto (1958), Sion Sono (1961), Yasuzo Masumura (1924), and Kihachi Okamoto (1924). After him are Masaaki Yuasa (1965), Shunji Iwai (1963), Yōjirō Takita (1955), Naomi Kawase (1969), Takashi Shimizu (1972), and Hiromasa Yonebayashi (1973).

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