Kumeko Urabe
Biography
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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1902-10-05
Place of birth
Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
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Cast
Early Spring
1956
7.50
Hachiko
1987
7.71
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
0.00
Nocturnal Lights
1966
0.00
Haru no sanmyaku
1962
0.00
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
1962
0.00
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
1927
6.00
Street of Shame
1956
7.70
湖愁
1962
0.00
Victory and Defeat
1960
0.00
Wedding March
1951
0.00
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
0.00
Duel in the Sun
1950
0.00
Oogonju
1950
0.00
The Song Lantern
1960
0.00
Bridge of Japan
1956
7.30
Floating Weeds
1959
7.50
Nippon Irresponsible Guy
1962
8.00
Dupe
1965
0.00
Koina no Ginpei
1954
0.00
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
0.00
Women of the Night
1948
7.20
Aru yo no seppun
1946
0.00
Women Doing Time
1966
0.00
Night Scandal
1964
0.00
Girl in College
1969
0.00
The Broken Commandment
1962
6.60
Yearning
1964
8.10
The Wild Geese
1953
6.50
The Body
1962
6.50
Ah, My Hometown
1938
0.00
Before Spring
1980
5.20
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
6.80
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937
7.20
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
6.00
Kyū-chan ondo
1962
0.00
Moken no himitsu
1924
0.00
18 Roughs
1963
6.60
The Story of Shunkin
1954
5.00
Secret Club 000
1965
0.00
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
0.00
When a Woman Loves
1959
0.00
Sound in the Mist
1956
0.00
Mistress of a Foreigner
1930
6.20
The Man From Chungking
1943
0.00
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947
0.00
Osumi and Her Mother
1924
6.50
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
0.00
母山彦
1952
0.00
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
0.00
The Precipice
1958
0.00
Confronting Fear
1958
0.00
俺は死なない
1956
0.00
喜劇 右向けェ左！
1970
0.00
An Heir's Place
1953
0.00
Tsuki yori no shisha
1934
0.00
Ikiru
1952
8.32
A Certain Woman
1954
0.00
Saigo no kikyō
1945
0.00
Four and A Half Mats
1966
0.00
Repast
1951
7.50
Lightning
1952
7.20
Brother and Sister
1953
6.60
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
0.00
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
6.40
The Pretty Jade
1966
0.00
Who Is the Criminal?
1945
0.00
A face glowing at night
1946
0.00
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
6.00
The Makioka Sisters
1959
8.00
A Mother's Love
1950
0.00
Women of the Night
1948
7.20
Bot-chan
1953
10.00
The Song of the Cart
1959
6.60
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
1954
0.00
続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
1957
0.00
Training Ship of Yearning
1956
0.00
Stakeout
1958
6.90
Miss Lonely
1985
7.00
An Innocent Witch
1965
7.10
Moment of Terror
1966
6.30
The Golden Demon
1954
0.00
Eriko
1962
0.00
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952
0.00
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
6.00
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951
7.00
Elegy of the North
1957
6.00
The Bad Guy Blues
1969
0.00
Two in the Shadow
1967
7.70
The Feast of Gion
1933
5.00
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
6.00
Love's Family Tree
1961
0.00
Akireta musumetachi
1949
0.00
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
6.70
Snow Country
1957
6.70
Stray Dog
1973
7.00
Fantasy of Youth
1955
0.00
Adults Games
1971
0.00
And Yet They Go On
1931
0.00
The Secret Ceremony
1971
0.00
I Sell My Husband
1968
0.00
Snow-Flake
1950
8.00
Refresher Course for Wives
1961
0.00
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
0.00
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
6.20
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
1967
5.00
Nippon no obaachan
1962
0.00
母子鶴
1952
0.00
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
0.00
Game of Chance
1966
6.00
Young Lovers
1957
0.00
A Woman's Testament
1960
5.80
Futari dake no hashi
1958
0.00
The Tiger of Malaya
1943
0.00
Tokyo Twilight
1957
7.70
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
1962
0.00
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
7.70
The Passionate Spinster
1965
0.00
The Rainbow Man
1949
6.70
Tsukinode no ketto
1960
0.00
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
8.50
The Water Magician
1933
7.20
Itohan Monogatari
1957
0.00
Gateway to Glory
1969
7.50
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
0.00
A Woman's Life
1955
0.00
A Man Among Men
1955
0.00
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960
0.00
Destroyer Yukikaze
1964
0.00
Flower Cards Chivalry
1967
10.00
Yanagase Blues
1967
0.00
Nocturnal Gate
1948
0.00
Inazuma Kaidō
1957
0.00
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957
0.00
The Magistrate
1955
0.00
Seisaku no tsuma
1924
0.00
Teinen Taishoku
1963
0.00
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
0.00
New Snow
1942
0.00
Passion to Soar
1941
0.00
Children Seeking a Mother
1956
0.00
Goodbye, Hello
1959
6.00
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
1959
0.00
Mother
1958
0.00
A Grain of Wheat
1958
0.00
Chained Bitch
1965
0.00
Color
1965
0.00
The Final Gamble
1970
0.00
White Cliffs
1960
0.00
The Cold-Hearted Sea
1984
0.00
The Refugee
1955
0.00
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
0.00
Tokyo Eyes
1958
0.00
刑事部屋
1956
0.00