Akira Kume

Nascimento : 1924-02-08, Tokyo, Japan

Morte : 2020-04-23

História

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

Filmes

Okaimono
In a quiet farming village in northeastern Japan, there lives an elderly couple. One day, a notice arrives in the mail about an antique camera sale in Tokyo. This triggers the old man's memory of the time when he used to love cameras and he decides he wants to go to Tokyo. Going on this shopping trip is like embarking on an adventure for them and is is full of surprises and unexpected happenings, but through this adventure, the old couple's lives slowly get revealed. Before heading home, the couple stops by Tokyo Station, a place that holds fond memories for them. They take a photo together with the old man's camera and quietly reflect back on the long life that they spent together.
Violin in the Starry Sky
The story is about a boy and his dream of making the best violin.
Tokugawa Ieyasu's Secret Treasure
Dozoku no ranjo
Narrator (voice)
A documentary surrounding the ties between Japan and the Korean peninsula, particularly folk rituals of the aforementioned region. Reportedly is the first film acclaimed composer Akira Ifukube wrote for after his hiatus from scoring.
A Step
Minister
Romantic love story of Russian physician Gusev and Japanese woman Keiko takes place in time of fighting of Russian and Japanese scientists against poliomyelitis epidemic broken out in Japan in 1959.
Gray Sunset
Grandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when he is affected by Alzheimer's disease, but his affliction serves to deepen family ties. Japan's submission to the 58th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari
The Librarian (voice)
Mike é um soldado pingüim que volta para casa depois de ser ferido durante o combate. Afastado de sua família e amigos, ele deixa sua cidade natal e começa a vagar à deriva pelo país. (Fonte: ANN)
The Detective
Detective Muramatsu's wife, Fusae, is killed by a drug addict. After the criminal climbs to the roof of the house with a hostage, Muramatsu shoots him dead in order to rescue the hostage, but the public denounces his actions as stemming from the personal grudge of a detective whose wife was just murdered, and he is demoted.
Meiso chizu
Ishii
Crusher Joe
Dan (voice)
Joe e sua equipe Crusher recebem uma importante missão: Transportar um corpo em estado criogênico para o Planeta Miccola em menos de 30 horas,em uma questão de vida ou morte. No entanto, vários obstáculos e reviravoltas atravessam seu caminho..
Space Adventure Cobra
Professor Toporo
Em um universo de planetas desabitados, governos corruptos agem como sindicatos do crime e a Federação de Justiça das Galáxias Unidas bota a prêmio as cabeças dos bandidos mais perigosos. A maior recompensa vai para quem capturar Cobra, um golpista cujo braço esquerdo oculta uma devastadora arma. Considerado morto por dois anos, ele deixa seu retiro após conhecer a linda caçadora de recompensas Jane Flower – uma decisão que o coloca em conflito direto com uma organização criminosa.
Botchan
Narrator (voice)
Based on Soseki Natume's 1906 novel, which was one of Japan's best-selling books. The novel included autobiographical elements: Natsume once taught in Matsuyama, where Uranari comes to teach.
The Revolt
Kinzo Mizoguchi
When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and later rescuing her from committing suicide, Col. Miyagi allows her to move in with him. Over time, the two grow close, but in spite of Kaoru's growing feelings for him, Col. Miyagi is unable to bring himself to return her love. On the night of his deployment to war, Col. Miyagi finally admits his feelings for Kaoru, but will they ever be able to enjoy a peaceful life together now that a very violent and bloody military revolt is under way...
August without Emperor
Trade Minister Kawasaki
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
Kitamura Tokoku: My Winter Song
This biopic is centered on New Year's Day of 1894, when Kitamura is recovering from a suicide attempt. Japan is then under the spell of fervent patriotism because the government wants to build up public support for a war with China. Kitamura's literary friends and militant comrades come to visit. They wonder why Kitamura wants to kill himself. Kitamura at first refuses to receive them, then he sits down with them and looks back on his days as a civil rights militant, his stormy love life and his ardent but destructive desire to live literature to the full.
Female Teacher
Kamino / Schoolmaster(神野校長)
A young teacher (Eiko Nagashima) is raped by students. She tries to resign but then decides to return and face the class.
Yojôhan seishun garasu-bari
Detective
A film that portrays the youth and fragile love of a transportation worker in Tokyo.
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.
Solar Eclipse
When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot.
Karafuto 1945 Summer
The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph office in Maoka suspended operations and nine of the twelve telephone operators committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide while the city was being invaded.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Katsuzo Okumura (uncredited)
Retrata de forma realista, quase documental, tanto do ponto de vista japonês como do norte americano, mostrando a preparação, os eventos e os erros que possibilitaram o ataque a Pearl Harbor em 7 de Dezembro de 1941, fato que forçou a entrada dos Estados Unidos da América na Segunda Guerra Mundial. O título do filme é o código utilizado em caso de sucesso do ataque japonês, que traduzido para o português significa 'Tigre! Tigre! Tigre!'. A versão Americana tem 02:25. A versão Japonesa é mais longa, com 02:29.
The Night before Pearl Harbor
Minami
The last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of the bombing of Pearl Harbor dominant in Nakano Spy School.
Secret Assignment
In the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time he's out to discover who is spying for the British in the Foreign Ministry, under the code name “Cat's Eye”.
Juvenile Delinquent: Shout of the Rising Sun
A film about a juvenile delinquent who swears, yet fails, to rehabilitate.