Akira Kume

Akira Kume (久米 明, Kume Akira, February 8, 1924 – April 23, 2020) was a Japanese actor and voice actor.

Akira Kume
久米 明
Stylized, tribute art portrait of Akira Kume
Born	February 8, 1924 Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died	April 23, 2020 (aged 96) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor voice actor
Years active	1947–2019
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Children	Daisaku Kume

He died on April 23, 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
• Yojôhan seishun garasu-bari (1976) - Detective
• Fumō Chitai (1976) - Cabinet minister
• Onna kyôshi (1977) - Kamino / Schoolmaster
• Kitamura Toukoku: Waga fuyu no uta (1977)
• The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (1979) - Hyōgo
• Dôran (1980) - Kinzo Mizoguchi
• Shag (1989)
• 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
• Kinpachi-sensei (1981) - Ōyama
• Shadow Warriors (1981) - Tokugawa Mitsukuni
• Ōoka Echizen (1983) - Old man
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) - Katagiri Katsumoto
• Chōshichirō Edo Nikki (1983) - Amemiya
• Edo o Kiru (1987) - Matsudaira Izuminokami
• Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune (1995) - Ōkubo Tadatomo

Stage

• Death of a Salesman
• The Lower Depths
• The Merchant of Venice
• The Tempest

Television animation

• Botchan (1980) - Narrator
• In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1992) - Narrator
• Phoenix (2004) - Narrator

Anime Films

• Cobra (1982) - Toporo
• Crusher Joe (1983) - Dan
• Penguin's Memory - Shiawase monogatari (1985) - The Librarian
• Doraemon: Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding (1999) - Shizuka's Papa

Video games

• The Legend of Dragoon (1999) - Dewey

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))
• 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))
• 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

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (1992)
• Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (1997)

References

1. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-23/narrator-voice-actor-akira-kume-passes-away-due-to-heart-condition/.158894

External links

• Akira Kume at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Akira Kume at IMDb