Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (熊切 和嘉, Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, born 1 September 1974) is a Japanese film director.

[3] His 2001 film, Hole in the Sky, starred Susumu Terajima and Yuriko Kikuchi.

[4] His 2004 film, Green Mind, Metal Bats, screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2006.

[5] He directed Sketches of Kaitan City in 2010.

[6] In 2012, he returned with Blazing Famiglia, which starred the comedian Yoshimi Tokui.