
Kumeko Urabe (Japanese: 浦辺粂子), born Kimura Kume ((木村 くめ)), (October 5, 1902 – October 26, 1989) was a Japanese movie actress, one of the first in the country. She worked on stage and in film and television. Urabe was born in a rural part of the Shizuoka Prefecture. She lived in several homes while growing up, as she relocated with her father, a Buddhist priest, among the temples to which he was assigned. Urabe completed her education in Numazu, and left school in 1919 to join a theatre company, touring under various stage names as an actor and dancer. In 1923, Urabe auditioned at the film studio Nikkatsu, and adopted the name Kumeko Urabe, by which she was known for the rest of her life. She appeared in her first film the following year, and continued to act until 1987. She worked with such directors as Kenji Mizoguchi and Mikio Naruse, and performed in over 320 films, including Ikiru, Older Brother, Younger Sister, Portrait of Madame Yuki, She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum, and Street of Shame. She also starred in television dramas, including thirteen episodes of Toshiba Sunday Theatre between 1958 and 1980. In the following decade, she carved a niche as a Grandma idol, until her death in 1989.
Movie | Hachiko | Tabacco shop owner | 1987-08-01 |
Movie | Miss Lonely | Fuki Inoue | 1985-04-12 |
Movie | The Cold-Hearted Sea | Unknown | 1984-11-17 |
Movie | Before Spring | Toyo | 1980-09-20 |
Movie | Tora-san's Pure Love | Unknown | 1976-12-25 |
Movie | Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director | Unknown | 1975-05-24 |
Series | White Runway | Unknown | 1974-04-05 |
Movie | The Izu Dancer | 1974-12-28 | |
Movie | Stray Dog | Unknown | 1973-09-29 |
Movie | Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori | Tsue | 1972-12-09 |
Movie | Adults Games | Unknown | 1971-01-27 |
Series | Kininaru Yomesan | Unknown | 1971-10-06 |
Movie | The Secret Ceremony | Unknown | 1971-06-23 |
Movie | The Final Gamble | Unknown | 1970-02-11 |
Movie | 喜劇 右向けェ左! | Unknown | 1970-12-31 |
Movie | Girl in College | Unknown | 1969-03-30 |
Movie | Gateway to Glory | Unknown | 1969-07-12 |
Movie | The Bad Guy Blues | Unknown | 1969-08-27 |
Movie | I Sell My Husband | Unknown | 1968-11-09 |
Movie | Flower Cards Chivalry | Unknown | 1967-03-10 |
Movie | Yanagase Blues | Kane Sasagawa | 1967-09-15 |
Movie | Eyes, the Sea and a Ball | Unknown | 1967-09-30 |
Movie | Two in the Shadow | Unknown | 1967-11-18 |
Movie | Four and A Half Mats | Riku | 1966-02-17 |
Movie | Women Doing Time | Unknown | 1966-03-05 |
Movie | Moment of Terror | Hisako Kanematsu | 1966-04-16 |
Movie | Game of Chance | Sugi | 1966-10-22 |
Movie | The Pretty Jade | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Movie | Nocturnal Lights | Unknown | 1966-06-19 |
Movie | Dupe | Unknown | 1965-10-01 |
Movie | Color | Unknown | 1965-06-13 |
Movie | Chained Bitch | Unknown | 1965-10-15 |
Movie | An Innocent Witch | Unknown | 1965-10-30 |
Movie | Secret Club 000 | Unknown | 1965-12-04 |
Movie | The Passionate Spinster | Tokiko Tsurukawa | 1965-11-23 |
Movie | Yearning | Bar Madam | 1964-01-15 |
Movie | Jakoman and Tetsu | Taka | 1964-02-08 |
Movie | Destroyer Yukikaze | Unknown | 1964-02-16 |
Movie | Night Scandal | Shino | 1964-07-11 |
Movie | Teinen Taishoku | Unknown | 1963-03-01 |
Movie | Uogashi no senpū musume | Unknown | 1963-03-03 |
Movie | 18 Roughs | Gin Ishii | 1963-09-11 |
Movie | Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp | Unknown | 1963-06-23 |
Movie | 湖愁 | Unknown | 1962-03-11 |
Movie | Kono ni uruwashi | Unknown | 1962-03-18 |
Movie | Teppo Yasu no Shogai | Unknown | 1962-02-21 |
Movie | Night Mist Makes Women Cry | Yoshi Namikawa | 1962-02-04 |
Movie | Nippon no obaachan | Waka | 1962-01-03 |
Movie | Eriko | Oshima | 1962-03-25 |
Movie | Haru no sanmyaku | Unknown | 1962-02-17 |
Movie | The Broken Commandment | Owner of the hotel | 1962-04-06 |
Movie | Being Two Isn't Easy | Ino | 1962-11-18 |
Movie | Nippon Irresponsible Guy | Unknown | 1962-12-23 |
Movie | Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi | Unknown | 1962-12-30 |
Movie | The Body | Unknown | 1962-11-08 |
Movie | Gakusei geisha koi to kenka | Unknown | 1962-09-01 |
Movie | Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda | Unknown | 1962-05-12 |
Movie | Kyū-chan ondo | Unknown | 1962-07-01 |
Movie | Refresher Course for Wives | Unknown | 1961-08-13 |
Movie | Love and the Shop Curtain | Unknown | 1961-04-28 |
Movie | Love's Family Tree | Unknown | 1961-11-22 |
Movie | White Cliffs | Unknown | 1960-04-05 |
Movie | A Woman's Testament | Unknown | 1960-01-14 |
Movie | Victory and Defeat | Sato | 1960-04-27 |
Movie | Storm on the Silvery Peaks | Old woman | 1960-04-29 |
Movie | Tsukinode no ketto | Otani | 1960-11-16 |
Movie | Scarred Yosaburo | Unknown | 1960-07-10 |
Movie | The Woman Who Touched Legs | Unknown | 1960-08-24 |
Movie | The Song Lantern | Unknown | 1960-05-18 |
Movie | The Makioka Sisters | Unknown | 1959-01-14 |
Movie | Goodbye, Hello | Unknown | 1959-01-03 |
Movie | The Song of the Cart | Unknown | 1959-02-11 |
Movie | Floating Weeds | Shige | 1959-11-17 |
Movie | Diary of a Substitute Doctor | Unknown | 1959-05-27 |
Movie | Tokyo Omnibus | Unknown | 1959-10-30 |
Movie | When a Woman Loves | Otome | 1959-09-24 |
Movie | Mother | Unknown | 1958-03-05 |
Movie | Futari dake no hashi | Unknown | 1958-03-05 |
Movie | Stakeout | Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya | 1958-01-15 |
Movie | Tokyo Eyes | Unknown | 1958-01-03 |
Movie | A Grain of Wheat | Unknown | 1958-09-14 |
Movie | The Precipice | Unknown | 1958-03-17 |
Movie | Confronting Fear | Unknown | 1958-07-20 |
Movie | Typhoon Over Nagasaki | Unknown | 1957-02-06 |
Movie | Itohan Monogatari | Okô | 1957-01-15 |
Movie | Young Lovers | Unknown | 1957-01-03 |
Movie | Snow Country | Unknown | 1957-04-30 |
Movie | 続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻 | Unknown | 1957-03-26 |
Movie | Elegy of the North | Grandma | 1957-09-01 |
Movie | Fighting Letter for 29 People | Unknown | 1957-06-04 |
Movie | Inazuma Kaidō | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | Tokyo Twilight | Komatsu's Mistress | 1957-04-30 |
Movie | Yaneura no Onna-tachi | Unknown | 1956-05-14 |
Movie | 刑事部屋 | Unknown | 1956-04-04 |
Movie | Early Spring | Shige Kitagawa | 1956-01-29 |
Movie | Twice on a Certain Night | Unknown | 1956-06-08 |
Movie | Street of Shame | Otane | 1956-03-18 |
Movie | Sound in the Mist | Unknown | 1956-11-21 |
Movie | Children Seeking a Mother | Unknown | 1956-08-08 |
Movie | Bridge of Japan | Unknown | 1956-10-01 |
Movie | Training Ship of Yearning | Unknown | 1956-10-10 |
Movie | 俺は死なない | Unknown | 1956-08-21 |
Movie | The Magistrate | Unknown | 1955-03-25 |
Movie | A Woman's Life | Nobuko's mother | 1955-01-29 |
Movie | A Man Among Men | Okimi | 1955-01-03 |
Movie | Fantasy of Youth | Unknown | 1955-04-19 |
Movie | She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum | Grandmother | 1955-11-29 |
Movie | The Refugee | Unknown | 1955-05-03 |
Movie | Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree | Tomi | 1955-10-05 |
Movie | (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home | Masa | 1955-06-21 |
Movie | The Golden Demon | Tose | 1954-03-21 |
Movie | Koina no Ginpei | Unknown | 1954-01-15 |
Movie | The Story of Shunkin | Unknown | 1954-06-27 |
Movie | A Certain Woman | Tome | 1954-03-13 |
Movie | Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced | Unknown | 1954-07-13 |
Movie | Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky | Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother | 1954-11-23 |
Movie | Twenty-Four Eyes | Otoko Sensei no Tsuma | 1954-09-15 |
Movie | An Heir's Place | Unknown | 1953-06-03 |
Movie | Where Chimneys Are Seen | Kayo Nojima | 1953-03-05 |
Movie | Bot-chan | Kiyo | 1953-06-15 |
Movie | Brother and Sister | Riki - the Mother | 1953-08-19 |
Movie | The Wild Geese | Otsune | 1953-09-15 |
Movie | A Ripple in a Morning | Unknown | 1952-05-01 |
Movie | Shi no machi wo nogarete | Unknown | 1952-05-22 |
Movie | 母山彦 | Unknown | 1952-04-24 |
Movie | Kanpai! Tokyo Musume | Unknown | 1952-12-17 |
Movie | 母子鶴 | Onao | 1952-07-03 |
Movie | Lightning | Osei | 1952-10-09 |
Movie | Ikiru | Tatsu Watanabe | 1952-10-09 |
Movie | Hibari no komoriuta | Unknown | 1951-09-21 |
Movie | Repast | Taniguchi Shige | 1951-11-23 |
Movie | The Life of a Horse Trader | Onobu | 1951-12-07 |
Movie | Wedding March | Auntie | 1951-12-28 |
Movie | Duel in the Sun | Boarding house landlady | 1950-03-07 |
Movie | Snow-Flake | Unknown | 1950-05-17 |
Movie | Portrait of Madame Yuki | San | 1950-10-21 |
Movie | A Mother's Love | Unknown | 1950-06-27 |
Movie | Oogonju | Connie Sonobe's mother | 1950-11-04 |
Movie | The Rainbow Man | Kane Nonomura | 1949-07-18 |
Movie | Ginza Cancan Girls | Unknown | 1949-08-16 |
Movie | Akireta musumetachi | Unknown | 1949-10-11 |
Movie | Women of the Night | Brothel-keeper | 1948-05-26 |
Movie | Nocturnal Gate | Unknown | 1948-10-02 |
Movie | Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu | Unknown | 1947-03-04 |
Movie | Aru yo no seppun | Takako | 1946-05-23 |
Movie | A face glowing at night | Unknown | 1946-06-13 |
Movie | Saigo no kikyō | Unknown | 1945-07-26 |
Movie | Who Is the Criminal? | Unknown | 1945-12-27 |
Movie | The Tiger of Malaya | Tomi | 1943-06-24 |
Movie | The Man From Chungking | 妻とよ | 1943-11-11 |
Movie | New Snow | Unknown | 1942-10-01 |
Movie | Passion to Soar | Unknown | 1941-11-30 |
Movie | Ah, My Hometown | Unknown | 1938-10-06 |
Movie | The Straits of Love and Hate | Ume | 1937-06-17 |
Movie | Tsuki yori no shisha | Unknown | 1934-03-29 |
Movie | The Feast of Gion | Unknown | 1933-08-31 |
Movie | The Water Magician | Ogin | 1933-06-01 |
Movie | The 26 Martyrs of Japan | Ohisa, Mother of Antonio | 1931-10-01 |
Movie | And Yet They Go On | Unknown | 1931-06-12 |
Movie | Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen | Unknown | 1931-10-30 |
Movie | Mistress of a Foreigner | Omatsu | 1930-07-01 |
Movie | Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue | Otoku | 1927-12-30 |
Movie | Seisaku no tsuma | Unknown | 1924-01-02 |
Movie | Moken no himitsu | Unknown | 1924-03-14 |
Movie | Osumi and Her Mother | Unknown | 1924-06-29 |
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