Katsu Kanai Photo

Katsu Kanai

Directing

0.1 Popularity Jul 09, 1936 (89 years old) Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Katsu Kanai (金井 勝, Kanai Katsu, born 9 July 1936) is a Japanese experimental and avant-garde film director. The Harvard Film Archive has called him "one of the most vital and inventive filmmakers in the history of Japanese underground film".

Born the son of a farmer in Kanagawa Prefecture, Ka...

Biography

Katsu Kanai (金井 勝, Kanai Katsu, born 9 July 1936) is a Japanese experimental and avant-garde film director. The Harvard Film Archive has called him "one of the most vital and inventive filmmakers in the history of Japanese underground film".

Born the son of a farmer in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanai graduated from the College of Art of Nihon University before finding work at Daiei Film. He later became a freelance cinematographer and founded Kanai Productions in 1968. His first film, The Deserted Archipelago (1969, aka The Desert Island) won the grand prix at the Nyon International Documentary Film Festival. His second film, Good-Bye (1971), was the "first post-war, post-liberation Japanese feature to be filmed in Korea," and according to the film scholar Oliver Dew, illustrated "how a surreal, decided non-representational approach could block the determinations of cultural essentialism". His 2003 work, Super Documentary: The Avant-Garde Senjutsu, was awarded the FIPRESCI award at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. Kanai has been the subject of retrospectives at Oberhausen, the Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, and the Harvard Film Archive.

Filmography 17

2001
Body Drop Asphalt Movie

as God (voice)

1998
1998
Holy Theater Movie

Director

1998
Holy Theater Movie

Director of Photography

1991
The Stormy Times Movie

as 本人役

1991
The Stormy Times Movie

Director

1988
1973
1973
The Kingdom Movie

Screenplay

1973
The Kingdom Movie

Director

1971
Good-Bye Movie

Director

1971
Good-Bye Movie

Screenplay

1969
1969
1969

Photos 1

Katsu Kanai Photo

Personal Details

Known For Directing
Gender Male
Birthday July 09, 1936 (89 years old)
Place of Birth Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Years Active 1969 - 2003
Popularity 0.1
Career Stats
17 Total Credits
6 Movie Roles
1 Photos