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Kei Kumai

Director · 20 credits · 5 in highly-rated films

Best known for Sandakan No. 8 (1974)

Directed movies (20 total, ranked by score)

  1. Sandakan No. 8

    1974 · ★ 7.7 (19 votes)

    Drama, History

    1

  2. A Chain of Islands

    1965 · ★ 6.4 (5 votes)

    Drama, Mystery, Thriller

    2

  3. The Sands of Kurobe

    1968 · ★ 6.5 (6 votes)

    Drama

    3

  4. The Sea and Poison

    1986 · ★ 7.1 (15 votes)

    Drama, War

    4

  5. The Long Darkness

    1972 · ★ 6.4 (11 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    5

  6. An Ocean to Cross

    1980

    History

    6

  7. Deep River

    1995 · ★ 7.0 (5 votes)

    Drama

    7

  8. Death of a Tea Master

    1989 · ★ 5.4 (13 votes)

    Drama, History

    8

  9. The Sea Is Watching

    2002 · ★ 5.7 (27 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    9

  10. Darkness in the Light

    2001 · ★ 6.8 (3 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. The Long Death

    1964 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Mystery, Drama, Crime

    11

  12. Cape of the North

    1976 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    12

  13. Rise, Fair Sun

    1973 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    13

  14. Willful Murder

    1981 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    Drama

    14

  15. Love and Faith

    1978 · ★ 6.3 (5 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. To Love

    1997 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    16

  17. Apart from Life

    1970 · ★ 5.8 (4 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. Shikibu monogatari

    1990 · ★ 3.7 (3 votes)

    Drama

    18

  19. Luminous Moss

    1992 · ★ 5.5 (4 votes)

    Drama

    19

  20. Fantasia

    1973

    Music

    20

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.