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Katsu Kanai

Japanese film director

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born
1936
died
2026
age at death
89
known for
film director

1936 – 2026

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Katsu Kanai was 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".

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