Fumio Kamei
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-04-01 (79 years old)
Deathday
1987-02-27
Place of Birth
Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Also known As
Фумио Камэи
Fumio Kamei
Biography
Fumio Kamei (1908–1987) was a Japanese documentary and fiction film director known for his politically charged works. Influenced by Soviet montage theory, he began his career at Photo Chemical Laboratories (PCL), making propaganda films about Japan’s war in China. His 1939 film Fighting Soldiers was banned for its unflinching portrayal of exhausted troops, and he later became the first director to lose his license under the 1939 Film Law and the only filmmaker arrested under the Peace Preservation Law. After World War II, Kamei helped reorganize Nippon Eiga-sha and directed The Japanese Tragedy (1946), a documentary critical of Japan’s imperi...
Production
1947
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1939
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1960
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1955
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1955
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1955
as Editor
1957
1938
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1946
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1953
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1938
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1938
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1935
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1935
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1958
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1958
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1984
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1953
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1956
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1938
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1957
as Cinematography
1957
as Editor
1957
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1949
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1939
as Editor
1941
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1952
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