Akira Kume
Japanese actor (1924–2020)
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Akira Kume (久米 明, Kume Akira; 8 February 1924 – 23 April 2020) was a Japanese actor and voice actor.
Akira Kume | |
|---|---|
久米 明 | |
| Born | 8 February 1924 |
| Died | 23 April 2020 (aged 96) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1947–2019 |
| Children | Daisaku Kume |
He died on 23 April 2020 from heart failure.[1]
Filmography
Films
- The Insect Woman (1963) - Investigator
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - First Secretary Katsuzo Okumura (uncredited)
- Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon (1974) - Watabe
- Kinkanshoku (1975) - Prime Minister
- Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976) - Mayor of Tatsuno
- Yojōhan seishun garasu-bari (1976) - Detective
- Fumō Chitai (1976) - Cabinet minister
- Female Teacher (1977) - Kamino / Schoolmaster
- Kitamura Toukoku: Waga fuyu no uta (1977)
- The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (1979) - Hyōgo
- Dōran (1980) - Kinzo Mizoguchi
- Shag (1989)
- Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan (1993) - Narrator
- Pipi to benai hotaru (1996) - Elder Stag
Television dramas
- Key Hunter (1968) - Killer Ueno
- Kunitori Monogatari (1973) - Akechi Mitsuyasu
- Taiyō ni Hoero! (1978–1979) - Soda
- Oretachi wa Tenshi da! (1979), Episode #1 - Funashima
- Kusa Moeru (1979) - Itō Sukechika[2]
- Kinpachi-sensei (1981) - Ōyama
- Shadow Warriors (1981) - Tokugawa Mitsukuni
- Ōoka Echizen (1983) - Old man
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) - Katagiri Katsumoto[3]
- Choshichiro Edo Nikki (1983) - Amemiya
- Musashibō Benkei (1986) - Minamoto no Yorimasa[4]
- Edo o Kiru (1987) - Matsudaira Izuminokami
- Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune (1995) - Ōkubo Tadatomo[5]
Stage
Television animation
- Botchan (1980) - Narrator
- In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1992) - Narrator
- Phoenix (2004) - Narrator
Theatrical animation
- Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie (1982) - Professor Toporo
- Crusher Joe (1983) - Dan
- Penguin's Memory - Shiawase monogatari (1985) - The Librarian[citation needed]
- Doraemon: Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding (short film) (1999) - Mr Minamoto/Shizuka's Papa[6]
Video games
- The Legend of Dragoon (1999) - Dewey
Dubbing
Live-action
- Humphrey Bogart
- Angels with Dirty Faces (Jim Frazier)
- The Roaring Twenties (George Hally)
- The Maltese Falcon (Sam Spade)
- Casablanca (1967 TV Asahi edition) (Rick Blaine)
- Action in the North Atlantic (First Officer Joe Rossi)
- Sahara (Sergeant Joe Gunn)
- To Have and Have Not (Harry "Steve" Morgan)
- The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe)
- Key Largo (1967 TV Asahi edition) (Maj. Frank McCloud)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Fred C. Dobbs)
- The African Queen (Charlie Allnut)
- The Barefoot Contessa (1966 TV Asahi and 1979 TV Tokyo editions) (Harry Dawes)
- The Caine Mutiny (1979 Fuji TV edition) (Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg)
- Sabrina (Linus Larrabee)
- The Desperate Hours (NHK edition (Glenn Griffin))
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1976 Fuji TV edition) (Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness))
- The Changeling (John Russell (George C. Scott))
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2008 NTV edition) (Dr. Wilbur Wonka (Christopher Lee))[7]
- Cinema Paradiso (Alfredo (Philippe Noiret))
- Clash of the Titans (1985 TV Asahi edition) (Ammon (Burgess Meredith))
- Julia (1980 Fuji TV edition) (Dashiell Hammett (Jason Robards))
- The Last Emperor (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Chen Baochen (Victor Wong))
- Sherlock Holmes (Mycroft Holmes (Charles Gray))
- Star Wars (1983 NTV edition) (Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness))
Animated films
- Fun and Fancy Free (Pony Canyon edition (Edgar Bergen))
- The Little Mermaid (King Triton)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Pony Canyon edition (Narrator))
- Song of the South (Pony Canyon edition (Uncle Remus))
Television animation
- SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (Pastmaster)
Honours
Family
He was the father of Daisaku Kume, who married Saki Kubota in 1985.[8][9][10]