About

Known credits:
28
Birthday:
1908-04-01
Place of birth:
Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
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Fumio Kamei

Overview

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 imperialist past, which was ultimately censored. He continued making politically engaged documentaries and fiction films, tackling issues such as U.S. military bases in Japan, nuclear weapons, social discrimination, and environmental destruction.

Known for

Directing
1987 All Living Things Are Friends—Lullabies of Birds, Insects and Fish Directing Director N/A
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1984 All Must Live: People, Insects and Birds Directing Director N/A
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1960 Men Are All Brothers Directing Director N/A
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1958 Living in a Rough Sea Directing Director N/A
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1957 The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death” Directing Director N/A
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1956 It Is Good to Live Directing Director 59
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1956 Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa Directing Director N/A
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1955 Wheat Will Never Fall Directing Director N/A
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1955 The People of Sunagawa Directing Director N/A
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1953 A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land Directing Director N/A
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1953 Children of the Base Directing Director N/A
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1952 Become a Mother, Become a Woman Directing Director N/A
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1949 A Woman's Life Directing Director N/A
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1947 War and Peace Directing Director N/A
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1946 Tragedy of Japan Directing Director N/A
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1941 Kobayashi Issa Directing Director N/A
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1939 Fighting Soldiers Directing Director N/A
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1938 Peking Directing Director N/A
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1938 Shanghai Directing Director N/A
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1935 Shape without Shape Directing Director N/A
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Crew
1956 Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing
1958 Living in a Rough Sea Editing Editor N/A
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1956 Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa Editing Editor N/A
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1955 Wheat Will Never Fall Editing Editor N/A
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1939 Fighting Soldiers Editing Editor N/A
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1938 Peking Editing Editor N/A
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1938 Shanghai Editing Editor N/A
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1935 Shape without Shape Editing Editor N/A
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