Portrait of Kei Kumai

Directing

Kei Kumai

Career

Active from 1959 to 2002, busiest in 1961 and 1962 with 4 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sandakan No. 8
Sandakan No. 8
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kei Kumai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 4
  • Melancholy 2
  • Forbidden Love 2
  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

2 titles · average score 55
The Sea Is Watching
The Sea Is Watching (2002)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay, Director

Darkness in the Light
Darkness in the Light (2001)

Director, Screenplay

1990s

4 titles
To Love
To Love (1997)

Writer, Director

Deep River
Deep River (1995)

Screenplay, Director

Luminous Moss
Luminous Moss (1992)

Writer, Director

Shikibu monogatari
Shikibu monogatari (1990)

Director, Screenplay

1980s

4 titles · average score 70
Death of a Tea Master
Death of a Tea Master (1989)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

The Sea and Poison
The Sea and Poison (1986)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay, Director

Willful Murder
Willful Murder (1981)

Director

An Ocean to Cross
An Ocean to Cross (1980)

Director

1970s

6 titles · average score 72
Love and Faith
Love and Faith (1978)

Director

Cape of the North
Cape of the North (1976)

Director, Screenplay

Sandakan No. 8
Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Writer

Rise, Fair Sun
Rise, Fair Sun (1973)

Director, Writer

The Long Darkness
The Long Darkness (1972)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer, Director

Apart from Life
Apart from Life (1970)

Director, Writer

1960s

14 titles
The Sands of Kurobe
The Sands of Kurobe (1968)

Screenplay, Director

A Chain of Islands
A Chain of Islands (1965)

Screenplay, Director

The Long Death
The Long Death (1964)

Screenplay, Director

Love in Ginza
Love in Ginza (1962)

Screenplay

A City Where Men Live
A City Where Men Live (1962)

Screenplay

Two People, Yet All Alone
Two People, Yet All Alone (1962)

Screenplay

Sun and Stars
Sun and Stars (1962)

Assistant Director, Screenplay

Pacific Porters
Pacific Porters (1961)

Screenplay

Seven Challengers
Seven Challengers (1961)

Screenplay

Pursuit
Pursuit (1961)

Screenplay

Isseki Nicho
Isseki Nicho (1961)

Screenplay

The Call of the Foghorn
The Call of the Foghorn (1960)

Writer

1950s

2 titles · average score 74
Wounded Beast
Wounded Beast (1959)

Screenplay

Hiroshima
Hiroshima (1953)
GoodWatch score 74

First Assistant Director