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Akira Kume

Acting Born Feb 8, 1924 Tokyo, Japan 24 credits

Biography

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

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Known for

In the Beginning: The Bible Stories

as Narrator (voice)

Full filmography

  • Female Teacher (1977) as Kamino / Schoolmaster
  • Life of a Flower (1963) as Townsend Harris
  • Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) as Katsuzo Okumura (uncredited)
  • In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1992) as Narrator (voice)
  • Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding (1999) as Yoshio Minamoto (voice)
  • Space Adventure Cobra (1982) as Professor Toporo (voice)
  • Ronin of the Wastelands (1972) as Kai Horita
  • Crusher Joe (1983) as Dan (voice)
  • Penguin's Memory: A Tale of Happiness (1985) as The Librarian (voice)
  • The Revolt (1980) as Kinzo Mizoguchi
  • Kemono Michi (1982)
  • August Without Emperor (1978) as Trade Minister Kawasaki
  • Solar Eclipse (1975)
  • Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976)
  • Main Line to Terror (1975)
  • Botchan (1980) as Narrator (voice)
  • Secret Assignment (1967)
  • Gray Sunset (1985)
  • The Night before Pearl Harbor (1968) as Minami
  • Karafuto 1945 Summer (1974)
  • The Detective (1984)
  • The School of Flesh (1965)
  • A Step (1988) as Minister
  • Violin in the Starry Sky (1994)