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 from Azumino, Nagano prefecture. 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kei Kumai has received more than 50,371 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 18 in 2019). Kei Kumai is the 1,036th most popular film director (up from 1,038th in 2019), the 1,241st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,181st in 2019) and the 46th most popular Japanese Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Kei Kumai has had the most page views in the with 21,620 views, followed by English (6,024), and Chinese (2,221). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (19.24%), French (7.65%), and Russian (−1.25%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kei Kumai ranks 1,036 out of 2,041. Before him are Candida Royalle, Moufida Tlatli, Mimi Leder, Michael Chapman, Stephen Sommers, and Jean-Marc Vallée. After him are Louis Leterrier, Barbara Hammer, Pierre Tchernia, Todd Haynes, Josef von Báky, and Abraham Polonsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Kei Kumai ranks 388. Before him are Malcolm Fraser, Aleksandar Petaković, Salvatore De Giorgi, Polly Bergen, Christian Tumi, and Cristóbal Halffter. After him are Françoise Mallet-Joris, Jean Tabary, Ivan Kolev, Sigvard Ericsson, Bayram Şit, and David Amram. Among people deceased in 2007, Kei Kumai ranks 269. Before him are Joey Bishop, Zahrad, Blaga Aleksova, Chrisye, John P. Ryan, and Ellen Preis. After him are Julius Wess, Anatol Rapoport, Qurratulain Hyder, Tony Scott, Henry L. Giclas, and Angelo Conterno.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kei Kumai ranks 1,241 out of 6,245. Before him are Tetsuya Komuro (1958), Nobuhiro Watsuki (1970), Hitoshi Sasaki (1891), Hiroyuki Usui (1953), Isao Okano (1944), and Shōhei Ōoka (1909). After him are Shigeo Arai (1916), Yoko Kanno (1963), Takayuki Kubota (1934), Akira Matsunaga (1948), Kazumi Tsubota (1956), and Mitsugu Nomura (1956).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Kei Kumai ranks 46. Before him are Yasushi Akimoto (1958), Masato Harada (1949), Yoshishige Yoshida (1933), Hideo Nakata (1961), Masaaki Yuasa (1965), and Shinya Tsukamoto (1960). After him are Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Naomi Kawase (1969), Shunji Iwai (1963), Shinichirō Watanabe (1965), Yōjirō Takita (1955), and Ryusuke Hamaguchi (1978).

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Filmography

The Sea Is Watching
Director
O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.
Jul 27o 20027 / 10
Hiroshima
Director
The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in history.
Oct 7o 19537.6 / 10
Sandakan No. 8
Director
A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.
Nov 2o 19747.5 / 10