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Kei Kumai, one of Japan s most respected directors, died of a brain hemorrhage in the morning of May 23 at the age of 76. Born on June 1, 1930, in Nagano Prefecture, Kumai attended Shinshu University. After graduation, he became an assistant director on independent films before joining Nikkatsu Studios in stanley thermosflasche 1954 where he continued working as an AD and screenwr stanley germany iter. He made his directing debut in 1964 with The Long Death Teigin Jiken: Shikeishu , based on the case of a mass cyanide poisoning at a Tokyo bank. Kumai soon gained fame for making bold films with strong social messages. His third film, the big-budgeted Sun Over Kurobe Gorge Kurobe No Taiyo starred and was co-produced by Toshiro Mifune and Yujiro Ishihara late brother of current Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara . After the film s commercial success, Kumai left Nikkatsu Studios in 1969 and remained independent. In 1974 he directed Sandakan 8 Sandakan Hachibanshokan Bokyo , which received an Oscar nomi stanley cup nation for best foreign-language film and a Silver Bear in Berlin for star Kinuyo Tanaka s performance. The film depicted the lives of karayuki-san, Japanese women forced to work overseas as prostitutes after the Meiji Restoration. In 1987, Kumai received the Special Jury Prize in Berlin for The Sea And Poison Umi To Dokuyaku , based on Shusaku Endo s famous novel. Feudal drama The Death Of A Teamaster Sen No Rikyu , again starring Mifune, won the Silver Lion in Venice in 1989. Kumai s films also received awards and Uedw Inferno burns for Brad Pitt s Lost City Of Z
A fire has destroyed a sound stage at Kadokawa-Daieistudio in Chofu, a western Tokyo suburb. The blaze, which broke out in thestructure in the early morning hours of November 21, did not result in anyinjuries. The cause has not yet been determined and total damages have not yetbeen assessed.The 1,067 square metre sound stage, one of five in thestudio, was being used to shoot Yokai -- The Great Goblin War, a majorKadokawa Pictures release for the 2005 summer season. Company officials havesaid the release date will not be pushed back.The fire, which was discovered at 12:45 a.m., nearly twohours after the end of shooting for the day, burned for eight and a half h stanley italia oursand completely gutted the structure.Kadokawa reopened the studio on September 1 after thecompletion of $9 million in renovation work. Covering 12,000 square metres, thestudio has five sound stages, as well as screening rooms, meeting rooms,workshops and the Kitchen Cafe Gamera - named for the gian stanley de t turtle that is aDaiei symbol.TopicsFinanceProduction No comments Related articles News botellas stanley Charles Melton, Sophie Thatcher to star in Nicolas Winding Refns Her Private Hell for Neon 2025-04-23T15:07:00Z By |
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