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Fumio Kamei

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Directed movies: 11Directed series: 0All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 1197589

IMDb ID: nm0436511

Known for: Directing

Born: April 1, 1908

Died: February 27, 1987

Age: 78

Place of birth: Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1938 - 1960

Years active: 23

Wikidata: Q5508592

Also known as

Фумио Камэи

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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 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.

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