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Kei Kumai

Awards

Kei Kumai

24 wins & 15 nominations

Asia-Pacific Film Festival

  • Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
    1973 Winner APFF Award
    • Best Film
    • Sandakan No. 8

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Kei Kumai
    2001 Winner Berlinale Camera
  • Luminous Moss (1992)
    1992 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Luminous Moss
  • The Sea and Poison (1986)
    1987 Winner Silver Berlin Bear
    • Special Jury Prize
    • The Sea and Poison
  • The Sea and Poison (1986)
    1987 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • The Sea and Poison
  • Willful Murder (1981)
    1982 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Willful Murder

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Death of a Tea Master (1989)
    1989 Winner Silver Hugo
    • Best Feature Film
    • Death of a Tea Master

Hawaii International Film Festival

  • Deep River (1995)
    1997 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • Deep River

Awards of the Japanese Academy

  • Deep River (1995)
    1996 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Director
    • Deep River
  • Death of a Tea Master (1989)
    1990 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Director
    • Death of a Tea Master
  • The Sea and Poison (1986)
    1987 Winner Special Award
    • The Sea and Poison
    Shared with: Shūsaku Endō · Kazu Ōtsuka · Keiichiro Takishima
  • Willful Murder (1981)
    1982 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Director
    • Willful Murder

Montréal World Film Festival

  • To Love (1997)
    1997 Nominee Grand Prix des Amériques
    • To Love
  • Deep River (1995)
    1995 Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
    • Deep River
  • Shikibu monogatari (1990)
    1990 Winner Best Artistic Contribution
    • Shikibu monogatari
    Tied with Memories of a Marriage (1989).

Moscow International Film Festival

  • The Long Darkness (1972)
    1973 Nominee Golden Prize
    • The Long Darkness

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • The Sea Is Watching (2002)
    2002 Nominee Golden Seashell
    • The Sea Is Watching

Shanghai International Film Festival

  • Darkness in the Light (2001)
    2001 Nominee Golden Goblet
    • Best Film
    • Darkness in the Light

Venice Film Festival

  • Death of a Tea Master (1989)
    1989 Winner Silver Lion
    • Death of a Tea Master
    Tied with Recollections of the Yellow House (1989).
  • Death of a Tea Master (1989)
    1989 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Death of a Tea Master

Kinema Junpo Awards

  • The Sea and Poison (1986)
    1987 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Film
    • The Sea and Poison
  • The Sea and Poison (1986)
    1987 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Director
    • The Sea and Poison
  • Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
    1975 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Film
    • Sandakan No. 8
  • Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
    1975 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Director
    • Sandakan No. 8
  • The Long Darkness (1972)
    1973 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Film
    • The Long Darkness

Mainichi Film Concours

  • Kei Kumai
    2008 Winner Special Award
    For his work.
  • The Sea and Poison (1986)
    1987 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Film
    • The Sea and Poison
  • The Sea and Poison (1986)
    1987 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Director
    • The Sea and Poison
  • The Long Darkness (1972)
    1973 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Film
    • The Long Darkness

Blue Ribbon Awards

  • The Sea and Poison (1986)
    1987 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Director
    • The Sea and Poison
  • A Chain of Islands (1965)
    1966 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best New Director
    • A Chain of Islands

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