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.
Filmography
all 148
Movies 147
TV Shows 1
Hachiko (1987)
Miss Lonely (1985)
Before Spring (1980)
Tora-san's Pure Love (1976)
He's Like a Devil (1975)
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)
Stray Dog (1973)
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori (1972)
The Secret Ceremony (1971)
Adults Games (1971)
喜劇 右向けェ左! (1970)
The Bad Guy Blues (1969)
Gateway to Glory (1969)
Girl in College (1969)
I Sell My Husband (1968)
Two in the Shadow (1967)
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball (1967)
Yanagase Blues (1967)
Flower Cards Chivalry (1967)
Game of Chance (1966)
The Pretty Jade (1966)
Nocturnal Lights (1966)
Moment of Terror (1966)
Women Doing Time (1966)
Secret Club 000 (1965)
The Passionate Spinster (1965)
An Innocent Witch (1965)
Dupe (1965)
Nippon Paradise (1964)
Night Scandal (1964)
Destroyer Yukikaze (1964)
Jakoman and Tetsu (1964)
Yearning (1964)
18 Roughs (1963)
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp (1963)
Teinen Taishoku (1963)
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi (1962)
Nippon Irresponsible Guy (1962)
Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)
The Body (1962)
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka (1962)
Kyū-chan ondo (1962)
Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda (1962)
The Broken Commandment (1962)
Eriko (1962)
Kono ni uruwashi (1962)
湖愁 (1962)
鉄砲安の生涯 (1962)
Haru no sanmyaku (1962)
Night Mist Makes Women Cry (1962)
Nippon no obaachan (1962)
Love's Family Tree (1961)
Refresher Course for Wives (1961)
Tsukinode no ketto (1960)
The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960)
Scarred Yosaburo (1960)
The Song Lantern (1960)
Storm on the Silvery Peaks (1960)
Victory and Defeat (1960)
A Woman's Testament (1960)
Floating Weeds (1959)
Tokyo Omnibus (1959)
When a Woman Loves (1959)
Diary of Forsaken Love (1959)
The Song of the Cart (1959)
The Makioka Sisters (1959)
Goodbye, Hello (1959)
Confronting Fear (1958)
The Precipice (1958)
Futari dake no hashi (1958)
Stakeout (1958)
Inazuma Kaidō (1957)
Elegy of the North (1957)
Fighting Letter for 29 People (1957)
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
Snow Country (1957)
続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻 (1957)
Typhoon Over Nagasaki (1957)
Itohan Monogatari (1957)
Young Lovers (1957)
Sound in the Mist (1956)
Bridge of Japan (1956)
俺は死なない (1956)
Children Seeking a Mother (1956)
Twice on a Certain Night (1956)
Yaneura no Onna-tachi (1956)
Street of Shame (1956)
Early Spring (1956)
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955)
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree (1955)
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home (1955)
Fantasy of Youth (1955)
The Magistrate (1955)
A Woman's Life (1955)
Life of Geisha (1955)
A Man Among Men (1955)
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky (1954)
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced (1954)
The Story of Shunkin (1954)
The Golden Demon (1954)
A Certain Woman (1954)
Koina no Ginpei (1954)
The Wild Geese (1953)
Brother and Sister (1953)
Bot-chan (1953)
An Heir's Place (1953)
Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)
The Whisper of Spring (1952)
Ikiru (1952)
Lightning (1952)
母子鶴 (1952)
Shi no machi wo nogarete (1952)
A Ripple in a Morning (1952)
Haha yamahiko (1952)
Wedding March (1951)
The Life of a Horse Trader (1951)
Repast (1951)
Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
Golden Beast (1950)
Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
A Mother's Love (1950)
Snow-Flake (1950)
Duel in the Sun (1950)
Akireta musumetachi (1949)
Ginza Cancan Girls (1949)
The Rainbow Man (1949)
Nocturnal Gate (1948)
Women of the Night (1948)
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu (1947)
Aru yo no seppun (1946)
The Man From Chungking (1943)
The Tiger of Malaya (1943)
New Snow (1942)
Passion to Soar (1941)
Ah, My Hometown (1938)
The Straits of Love and Hate (1937)
Tsuki yori no shisha (1934)
The Feast of Gion (1933)
The Water Magician (1933)
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen (1931)
The 26 Martyrs of Japan (1931)
And Yet They Go On (1931)
Mistress of a Foreigner (1930)
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue (1927)
Osumi and Her Mother (1924)
Moken no himitsu (1924)
Seisaku no tsuma (1924)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1902-10-05
Deathday1989-10-26 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceKamo district, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As浦辺粂子, 浦邊粂子
AwardsMedal with Purple Ribbon
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