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Kei Kumai

くまい けい

Kumai Kei

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1930-06-01 （Toyoshina, Minami-Azumi District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan (now Azumino)）
死没
2007-05-23 （Died at hospital after being found collapsed at home） 76歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Film director, Screenwriter
活動期間
1954年〜2007年
影響を受けた人物
Hideo Sekigawa, Shusaku Endo, Yasushi Inoue, Tetsuro Miura
ノミネート
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nomination (Japan representative: Sandakan No. 8)

学歴

Shinshu University
Faculty of Arts and Science
国: Japan
Attended Tamachi Elementary and old Matsumoto schools; graduated from Shinshu University, Faculty of Arts and Science.

受賞歴

Silver Lion
1989
対象作品: Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubo Ibun
主催: Venice International Film Festival
結果: 受賞
Silver Bear (Jury Grand Prix)
1986
対象作品: The Sea and Poison
主催: Berlin International Film Festival
結果: 受賞
Berlinale Camera (Honorary Award)
2001
主催: Berlin International Film Festival
結果: 受賞
Special Planning Award
1987
対象作品: The Sea and Poison
主催: Japan Academy Prize
結果: 受賞
President's Special Award
2008
主催: Japan Academy Prize
結果: 受賞（追贈）
Director Award (Blue Ribbon Awards)
1986
対象作品: The Sea and Poison
主催: Blue Ribbon Awards
結果: 受賞
Newcomer Award (Blue Ribbon Awards)
1965
対象作品: Nihon Rettou (Japan Archipelago)
主催: Blue Ribbon Awards
結果: 受賞
Directors Guild of Japan Newcomer Award
1965
対象作品: Nihon Rettou (Japan Archipelago)
主催: Directors Guild of Japan
結果: 受賞
Silver Award
1989
対象作品: Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubo Ibun
主催: Chicago International Film Festival
結果: 受賞
Best Film (Asian-Pacific Film Festival)
1974
対象作品: Sandakan No. 8
主催: Asian-Pacific Film Festival
結果: 受賞
Art Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education)
1972
対象作品: Shinobu River
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs / Ministry of Education (as applicable)
結果: 受賞
Medal with Purple Ribbon
1995
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 受章
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (4th Class)
2003
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 受章
Mainichi Film Awards Grand Prize & Director Award
1986
対象作品: The Sea and Poison
主催: Mainichi Film Awards
結果: 受賞
Mainichi Film Awards Grand Prize
1972
対象作品: Shinobu River
主催: Mainichi Film Awards
結果: 受賞
Mainichi Film Awards Special Award
2007
主催: Mainichi Film Awards
結果: 受賞（追悼）
Japan Movie Critics Award — Best Film
2001
対象作品: Japan's Black Summer: Wrongful Conviction
主催: Japan Movie Critics Award
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Teigin Incident: The Condemned

1964年 Film

Kumai's directorial debut, a documentary-style exploration of the Teigin Incident arguing for the innocence of a suspect; Kumai also wrote the screenplay.

Postwar historyWrongful accusationDocumentary style

Nihon Rettou (Japan Archipelago)

1965年 Film

A socially conscious film that links various postwar incidents in Japan to alleged U.S. plots; Kumai served as director and screenwriter.

Social issuesConspiracyPostwar Japan

The Sun of Kurobe

1968年 Film (epic)

An epic depicting the construction of the Kurobe Dam, featuring a star-studded cast including Toshiro Mifune and Yujiro Ishihara.

Human dramaLabor and naturePublic works

Shinobu River

1972年 Film (black-and-white)

A sober human drama adapted from Tetsuro Miura's novel, shot in black and white and acclaimed both domestically and abroad.

Human natureEthicsPostwar

Sandakan No. 8

1974年 Film (social drama)

A film on the 'karayuki-san' sold to Southeast Asia; it won international acclaim and was selected as Japan's entry for the Academy Awards (Foreign Language).

Treatment of womenHistorical issuesTrafficking and exploitation

The Sea and Poison

1986年 Film (social drama)

Adapted from Shusaku Endo's novel, it confronts wartime human experiments on prisoners and questions medical responsibility during war.

War responsibilityEthicsMedical morality

Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubo Ibun

1989年 Film (period drama)

A period drama about Sen no Rikyu starring Toshiro Mifune; it won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Tea ceremonyPower and convictionHistorical figures

Japan's Black Summer: Wrongful Conviction

2001年 Documentary / Drama

A film about the Matsumoto sarin incident addressing wrongful conviction and issues in the justice system; it was specially invited to the Berlin Film Festival.

Wrongful convictionJudicial issuesContemporary history

The Sea Was Watching

2002年 Film

A later work directed by Kumai; one of his final theatrical films.

Human dramaMemory

全著作

  • Film and Poison
  • The Deep River of Cinema
  • Loving Cinema
  • Japan's Black Summer: Wrongful Conviction — Matsumoto Sarin Incident
  • The Sun of Kurobe (book)
  • Complete Record of the Film 'The Sun of Kurobe' (Shincho Bunko edition)
  • My Shinshu Story

作風・主題

文体
Socially conscious, documentary-tinged realismWeighty, tranquil visual styleFocus on characters' ethical conflicts
頻出モチーフ
Postwar history and its repercussionsConflict between authority and conscienceRelationships of victim and perpetrator

健康

  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage
    2007-05
    In May 2007 he collapsed at home and was taken to hospital; after a brief recovery he died of subarachnoid hemorrhage. He had been preparing new projects.

評価・遺産

A leading postwar Japanese social realist director. He was repeatedly honored at international festivals and major domestic awards for his incisive social insight and weighty human dramas.

記念館・博物館

  • Kei Kumai Memorial Museum Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

関連学会

  • Directors Guild of Japan

資料所蔵先

  • Azumino City (Kei Kumai works introduction and chronology)

豆知識

  • Married essayist Akiko Kumai in 1962.
  • Many of his films were selected for Kinema Junpo's Best Ten.
  • Sandakan No. 8 was selected as Japan's entry for the Academy Awards (Best Foreign Language Film).
  • Won the Silver Bear (Jury Grand Prix) at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival for The Sea and Poison.
  • Won the Silver Lion at the 1989 Venice Film Festival for Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubo Ibun.
  • Awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1995 and the Order of the Rising Sun (4th class) in 2003.
  • Left Nikkatsu in 1969 and worked as an independent director.
  • Died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage in May 2007; posthumously honored with Mainichi Film Awards' Special Award.