Akira Kume

Akira Kume
久米 明
Born	(1924-02-08)8 February 1924 Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died	23 April 2020(2020-04-23) (aged 96) Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Actor voice actor
Years active	1947–2019
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Children	Daisaku Kume

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

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
• Kinpachi-sensei (1981) - Ōyama
• Shadow Warriors (1981) - Tokugawa Mitsukuni
• Ōoka Echizen (1983) - Old man
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) - Katagiri Katsumoto
• Choshichiro 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

• Doraemon (1979) - Mr. Minamoto/Shizuka's Papa
• 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

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))[2]
• 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

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

Family

He was the father of Daisaku Kume, who married Saki Kubota in 1985.[3][4][5]

References

1. "Narrator/Voice Actor Akira Kume Passes Away Due to Heart Condition". 25 May 2023.
2. "チャーリーとチョコレート工場". Nippon Television. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
3. 俳優・声優の久米明さん死去、義娘に教会音楽家の久米小百合さん. Christian Today. 23 April 2020.
4. 「異邦人」のヒットから40年　久保田早紀が久米小百合として音楽宣教師になった理由. Daily Shincho of Shinchosha. 18 September 2020.
5. 89 週刊朝日 (Shukan Asahi) 156

External links

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