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. He died on 23 April 2020 from heart failure.

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 is a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It was serialized in the weekly magazine ''Sunday Manichi'' from 1973 to 1978. The novel was partially adapted into a film starring Tatsuya Nakadai and directed by Satsuo Yamamoto in 1976. It was later adapted i ...

'' (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) -

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*'' Ōoka Echizen'' (1983) - Old man *''

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Katagiri Katsumoto was a Japanese warlord (''daimyō'') of Ibaraki, in the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. In his youth he was famed as one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake, during the Battle of Shizugatake in May 1583. Biography Katsumoto ...

*'' Choshichiro Edo Nikki'' (1983) - Amemiya *''Musashibō Benkei'' (1986) - Minamoto no Yorimasa *'' Edo o Kiru'' (1987) - Matsudaira Izuminokami *''Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune'' (1995) - Ōkubo Tadatomo

Stage

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Death of a Salesman ''Death of a Salesman'' is a 1949 stage play written by the American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in late 1940s Brooklyn told through a ...

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The Lower Depths ''The Lower Depths'' (, literally: ''At the bottom'') is a play by Russian dramatist Maxim Gorky written in 1902 and produced by the Moscow Arts Theatre on December 18, 1902, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski. It became his first ma ...

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The Merchant of Venice ''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a ...

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The Tempest ''The Tempest'' is a Shakespeare's plays, play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, th ...

Television animation

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'' (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 *'' 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

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**'' Angels with Dirty Faces'' (Jim Frazier) **'' The Roaring Twenties'' (George Hally) **'' The Maltese Falcon'' (Sam Spade) **''

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'' (1967 TV Asahi edition) (Rick Blaine) **''

Action in the North Atlantic ''Action in the North Atlantic'' is a 1943 American war film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Jerry Wald, directed by Lloyd Bacon, and adapted by John Howard Lawson from a story by Guy Gilpatric. The film stars Humphrey Bogart and R ...

'' (First Officer Joe Rossi) **''

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'' (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 ''The Caine Mutiny'' is a 1951 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Herman Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard two destroyer-minesweepers in the Pacific Theater in World War II. Among its themes, it deals with the mo ...

'' (1979 Fuji TV edition) (Lt. Cmdr. Philip Francis Queeg) **'' Sabrina'' (Linus Larrabee) **'' The Desperate Hours'' (NHK edition (Glenn Griffin)) *''

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'' (1976 Fuji TV edition) (Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson (

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)) *'' The Changeling'' (John Russell ( George C. Scott)) *'' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2008 NTV edition) (Dr. Wilbur Wonka ( Christopher Lee)) *''

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'' (Alfredo (

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)) *'' Clash of the Titans'' (1985 TV Asahi edition) (Ammon (

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)) *'' Julia'' (1980 Fuji TV edition) (Dashiell Hammett (

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The Last Emperor ''The Last Emperor'' () is a 1987 epic biographical drama film about the life of Puyi, the last Emperor of China. It is directed by Bernardo Bertolucci from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Peploe, which was adapted from Puyi's 1964 auto ...

'' (1989 TV Asahi edition) ( Chen Baochen ( Victor Wong)) *''

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a Detective fiction, fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "Private investigator, consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with obser ...

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( Charles Gray)) *''

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(Alec Guinness))

Animated films

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Fun and Fancy Free ''Fun and Fancy Free'' is a 1947 American animated musical fantasy anthology film produced by Walt Disney and Ben Sharpsteen and released on September 27, 1947, by RKO Radio Pictures. The film is a compilation of two stories: ''Bongo'', narrate ...

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The Little Mermaid "The Little Mermaid" (), sometimes translated in English as "The Little Sea Maid", is a fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Originally published in 1837 as part of a collection of fairy tales for children, the story foll ...

'' (King Triton) *'' The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' (Pony Canyon edition (Narrator)) *''

Song of the South ''Song of the South'' is a 1946 American Live-action animated film, live-action/animated musical film, musical comedy-drama film directed by Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson, produced by Walt Disney, and released by RKO Pictures, RKO Radio Pi ...

'' (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 1985.89
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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kume, Akira 1924 births 2020 deaths 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors Male voice actors from Tokyo Academic staff of Nihon University Azabu High School alumni Hitotsubashi University alumni Japanese male film actors Japanese male television actors Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class