Kei Kumai
He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for his first film," Nihon rettō", in 1965.
His 1972 film" Shinobu Kawa" was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.
His 1974 film" Rise, Fair Sun" was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.
Perhaps his best- known film is" Sandakan No. 8", which received widespread acclaim for tackling the issue of a woman forced into prostitution in Borneo before the outbreak of World War II.
Kinuyo Tanaka won the Best Actress Award at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival for her performance.
The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards.
Kumai's follow- up film was 1976's" Cape of North", starring French actress Claude Jade as a Swiss nun who falls in love with a Japanese engineer on a trip from Marseilles to Yokohama.
His 1986 film" The Sea and Poison" won the Silver Bear- Special Jury Prize at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1992, his film" Luminous Moss" was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.
Other works include" Ocean to CrossDeath of a Tea Master" starring Toshirō Mifune as Sen no Riky ū( Silver Lion at the 1989 Venice Film Festival) and the 2002 film" The Sea Is Watching", based on Akira Kurosawa's posthumous script.
" The Sea Is Watching" is the only Kei Kumai film to receive an official NTSC release by Sony( Columbia/ Tri- Star).
More of his films can be found in other region formats with optional English subtitles," The Sands of Kurobe"( 1968) being one example.
Imai Sōkun
Sōkun was the son of weapons merchant and tea master Imai Sōkyū, and carried on from his father in both capacities.
He also followed his father as an advisor and tea master to Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Following Hideyoshi's death in 1598, he served Tokugawa Ieyasu, who named him a" hatamoto" and granted him an estate worth 1,300" koku".
Sōkun also helped to organize the dispatch of red seal ships, trading ships formally authorized by the shogunate to trade with the Asian mainland.
Harriet White Medin
Harriet White Medin( March 14, 1914 – May 20, 2005) was an American actress and dialogue coach who worked in Italian and American films.
She appeared in the cult films" Death Race 2000"( 1975) and" The Terminator"( 1984).
Shimozuma Rairyū
Between the Honganji and Oda Nobunaga, Rairyū negotiated peace.
It is known that Rairyū was very fond of tea ceremonies.
Rairy ū invited a master of tea, Tsuda Sōtatsu over to join him in a ceremony of tea.
Vasanth
Vasanth is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter, working in the Tamil film industry.
Following a stint as journalist and after assisting K. Balachander, he made his directorial debut with" Keladi Kanmani" in 1990, which along with the trendsetting" Aasai"( 1995), are considered his finest and most successful films.
Known for being realistic, his films have been described as a" middle path" between parallel and commercial cinema, revolving around social themes and relationships.
Nee Pathi Naan Pathi
Nee Pathi Naan Pathi is a 1991 Tamil romantic drama film directed by Vasanth and produced by Kavithalayaa Productions.
The film stars Rahman, Gouthami and Heera in the lead roles and second film in Tamil( after Azhagan) for popular Telugu music composer M. M. Keeravani under the pseudonym Maragathamani.
Yamanoue Sōji
Yamanoue Sōji( 山上宗二; 1544–90) was a Japanese tea master.
Lu Yu
Lu Yu( 733–804) was a Chinese tea master and writer.
He is respected as the Sage of Tea for his contribution to Chinese tea culture.
He is best known for his monumental book" The Classic of Tea", the first definitive work on cultivating, making and drinking tea.
Death of a Tea Master
Death of a Tea Master(" Sen no Rikyu: Honkakub ô ibun" also known as" Sen no Rikyū: Honkakubo's Student Writings") is a 1989 Japanese biographical drama film directed by Kei Kumai.
It is based on real life events of Sen no Rikyū, particularly the events surrounding his ritual suicide.
It was entered into the main competition at the 43rd Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the Silver Lion.
The film has yet to see an NTSC home media release, but there are other formats with English subtitles.
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.

Question: Do both directors of films Death Of A Tea Master and Nee Pathi Naan Pathi share the same nationality?
Answer: no