Kazuo Kumakura

Acting

Kazuo Kumakura

Born January 30, 1927 · Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Died October 12, 2015 · aged 88

Kazuo Kumakura (熊倉 一雄) was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and theatre director. He was the head of the Theatre Echo agency at the time of his death.

Known For

Frankenstein Conquers the WorldFrankenstein Conquers the World · 1965
Frankenstein Conquers the World
★ 6.71965
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.
Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day CircusPanda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus · 1973
Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
★ 6.41973
MovieAnimationComedy
Mimiko, Papa Panda, and Panny make friends with a baby tiger from the circus — just in time for a flash flood to throw the whole town into chaos.
Phoenix 2772Phoenix 2772 · 1980
Phoenix 2772
★ 5.91980
MovieAnimationScience Fiction
In the distant future, a young cadet is sent to find and capture "Cosmozone 2772", a mystical universal Phoenix which possesses the power to rejuvenate the drained Earth.
Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel TroopsDoraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops · 1986
Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops
★ 6.71986
MovieAnimationAdventure
Doraemon and Nobita decide to build a perfect toy robot. However, their creation turns out to be a little more uncanny than an object of appreciation and wonder.
The Wonderful World of Puss 'n BootsThe Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots · 1969
The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots
★ 7.01969
MovieFamilyAction
His goal is to help the weak and defenseless, but his saving a mouse makes him the most wanted in all the land. On the run from incessant, dim-witted mice, Perro befriends a young miller's boy, Pierre; together, they decide to seek fame and fortune. When they cross paths with the lovely Princess Rosa, Perro determines to get Pierre hitched to Her Royal Highness.
Panda! Go Panda!Panda! Go Panda! · 1972
Panda! Go Panda!
★ 6.31972
MovieAnimationFamily
Cheerful Mimiko’s small family grows when she adopts a talking baby panda and his full-grown papa. Despite Mimiko's best efforts, the appearance of Panny and Papa Bear disrupts the quiet pace of life in town, prompting zookeepers to reclaim the escaped bear pair.
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu EraA Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era · 1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
★ 7.01957
MovieComedy
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.
Panda! Go Panda!Panda! Go Panda! · 1972
Panda! Go Panda!
★ 7.81972
MovieComedyFantasy
Cheerful Mimiko has a wonderfully strange family—a Panda for her Papa; and his son Panny, calls her Mom! When Panny follows Mimiko to school, he must pretend to be a teddy bear so Mimiko won't get into trouble. Despite his efforts to behave, Panny causes trouble in school and now the school is after Panny! Then, Panny makes a new friend, Tiny, a baby tiger who's wandered off from the circus.

Filmography

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I Want to Be a ShellfishI Want to Be a Shellfish · 1958
I Want to Be a Shellfish
★ 8.01958
Movie
Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder. According to the accusation by GHQ, Toyomatsu "attemped to kill a US prisoner", which was nothing but an order by his superior and failed after all with hurting the prisoner by weak Toyomatsu. Also, Toyomatsu was driven to corner at the trial by the fact that he fed the US prisoner some burdock roots to nourish him. Toyomatsu believes nothing but being not guilty, but he is sentenced to death by hanging. Prior to the execution, Toyomatsu writes a long farewell letter to his family, the wife and the only son: "If I ever incarnate, I hate to be a human being any more.... Oh yes, I would like to be...a shellfish living on the rock-bottom of the sea."