Katsu Kanai

Directing

Born July 9, 1936 — Died April 22, 2026

From Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

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 gr...