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Kazuo Kumakura(1927-2015)

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Kazuo Kumakura was born on 30 January 1927 in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Only Yesterday (1991), The Wizard of Oz (1982) and Kingdom Hearts (2002). He died on 12 October 2015 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornJanuary 30, 1927
DiedOctober 12, 2015(88)
BornJanuary 30, 1927
DiedOctober 12, 2015(88)
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Known for

Yoko Honna, Miki Imai, Alison Fernandez, and Daisy Ridley in Only Yesterday (1991)
Only Yesterday
7.6
  • Soundtrack
  • 1991
The Wizard of Oz (1982)
The Wizard of Oz
6.6
  • The Wizard(voice)
  • 1982
Haley Joel Osment, Tony Anselmo, and Bill Farmer in Kingdom Hearts (2002)
Kingdom Hearts
9.1
Video Game
  • Geppetto
  • Mr. Smee(voice)
  • 2002
Kinect Disneyland Adventures (2011)
Kinect Disneyland Adventures
6.4
Video Game
  • Mr. Smee(voice: Japanese version)
  • 2011

Credits

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Music Department

  • Spooky Kitaro (1968)
    Spooky Kitaro
    7.0
    TV Series
    • opening theme: Gegege no Kitaro
    • ending theme: Kitaro Olympics
    • ending theme: Kitaro Nainai Ondo
    • 1968–1969

Actor

  • Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (2012)
    Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
    7.9
    Video Game
    • Geppetto (voice)
    • 2012
  • Kinect Disneyland Adventures (2011)
    Kinect Disneyland Adventures
    6.4
    Video Game
    • Mr. Smee (voice: Japanese version)
    • 2011
  • Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (2010)
    Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
    8.6
    Video Game
    • Mr. Smee
    • Doc (voice)
    • 2010
  • Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ (2007)
    Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+
    9.2
    Video Game
    • Cogsworth (voice)
    • 2007
  • Kingdom Hearts II (2005)
    Kingdom Hearts II
    9.3
    Video Game
    • Cogsworth (voice)
    • 2005
  • Nozomu Sasaki and Hidenobu Kiuchi in Monster (2004)
    Monster
    8.8
    TV Series
    • The Baby (voice)
    • 2004–2005
  • Ranuki no satsui
    TV Movie
    • Yohei Hotta
    • 2003
  • Haley Joel Osment, Tony Anselmo, and Bill Farmer in Kingdom Hearts (2002)
    Kingdom Hearts
    9.1
    Video Game
    • Geppetto
    • Mr. Smee (voice)
    • 2002
  • Reign: The Conqueror (1997)
    Reign: The Conqueror
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Diogenes (voice)
    • 1997–2000
  • Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise (1987)
    Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise
    7.2
    • Toness (voice)
    • 1987
  • 11 Piki no Neko to Ahoudori (1986)
    11 Piki no Neko to Ahoudori
    • Albatross (voice)
    • 1986
  • Doraemon in Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops (1986)
    Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops
    7.8
    • Professor (voice)
    • 1986
  • Urusei Yatsura (1981)
    Urusei Yatsura
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Fairy (voice)
    • 1986
  • Akuma Shima no prince: Mittsu-me ga tooru (1985)
    Akuma Shima no prince: Mittsu-me ga tooru
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • Inspector Unna (voice)
    • 1985
  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1985)
    Romance of the Three Kingdoms
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Shuijing (voice)
    • 1985

Additional Crew

  • Bambi II (2006)
    Bambi II
    6.1
    Video
    • Japanese dub cast: Owl (as Kumakura Kazuo)
    • 2006
  • Blayne Weaver in Return to Never Land (2002)
    Return to Never Land
    5.8
    • Japanese dub cast: Smee (as Kumakura Kazuo)
    • 2002
  • Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings, Gregory Grudt, Paige O'Hara, Kimmy Robertson, and Anne Rogers in Belle's Magical World (1998)
    Belle's Magical World
    4.8
    Video
    • Japanese dub cast: Cogsworth (as Kumakura Kazuo)
    • 1998
  • Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
    Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
    5.9
    Video
    • Japanese dub cast: Cogsworth (as Kumakura Kazuo)
    • 1997

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Panda! Go Panda!
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Panda! Go Panda!

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Kumakura Kazuo
  • Born
    • January 30, 1927
    • Minato, Tokyo, Japan
  • Died
    • October 12, 2015
    • Tokyo, Japan(rectum cancer)

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