Kumeko Urabe
Known for Acting · 192 credits
- Born
- 1902-10-05
- Died
- 1989-10-26
- Place of birth
- Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- 浦邊粂子
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.
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (190)
Ikiru
1952
as Tatsu Watanabe
Hachiko
1987
as Tobacco Shop Owner
Floating Weeds
1959
as Shige
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Komatsu's Mistress
The Song of the Cart
1959
Street of Shame
1956
as Otane
Bridge of Japan
1956
Two in the Shadow
1967
Early Spring
1956
as Shige Kitagawa
Lonely Heart
1985
as Fuki Inoue
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
Brother and Sister
1953
as Riki - the Mother
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
as Otoko Sensei no Tsuma
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951
as Onobu
Yearning
1964
as Bar Madam
You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
as Grandmother
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
as San
An Innocent Witch
1965
Duel in the Sun
1950
as Boarding house landlady
Snow Country
1957
Snow-Flake
1950
Itohan Monogatari
1957
as Okô
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
as Tomi
The Cold-Hearted Sea
1984
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
as Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
Game of Chance
1966
as Sugi
Mistress of a Foreigner
1930
as Omatsu
Women of the Night
1948
as Brothel Keeper
The Body
1962
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937
as Ume
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
as Kayo Nojima
Goodbye, Hello
1959
as Restaurant owner
Moment of Terror
1966
as Hisako Kanematsu
Stray Dog
1973
The Refugee
1955
Repast
1951
as Taniguchi Shige
The Water Magician
1933
as Ogin
The Passionate Spinster
1965
as Tokiko Tsurukawa
18 Roughs
1963
as Gin Ishii
A Woman's Testament
1960
The Song Lantern
1960
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
as Ohisa, Mother of Antonio
Stakeout
1958
as Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
Before Spring
1980
as Toyo
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
1967
The Broken Commandment
1962
as Owner of the hotel
A Man Among Men
1955
as Okimi
Irohanihoheto
1960
Lightning
1952
as Osei
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
1962
The Story of Shunkin
1954
The Makioka Sisters
1959
A Certain Woman
1954
as Tome
A Woman's Life
1955
as Nobuko's mother
Four and A Half Mats
1966
as Riku
New Snow
1942
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
as Taka
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Nippon no obaachan
1962
as Waka
The Precipice
1958
Tokyo Eyes
1958
Women Doing Time
1966
Victory and Defeat
1960
as Sato
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
Flower's Yearning
1958
as Muraki Sawa
Love's Family Tree
1961
White Cliffs
1960
A Mother's Love
1950
Chained Bitch
1965
The Bad Guy Blues
1969
Bot-chan
1953
as Kiyo
Sound in the Mist
1956
Mother
1958
Adults Games
1971
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
The Final Gamble
1970
Hibi no haishin
1958
Teinen Taishoku
1963
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
Saigo no kikyō
1945
Elegy of the North
1957
as Grandma
House of Many Pleasures
1955
as Masa
A Grain of Wheat
1958
Akireta musumetachi
1949
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
The Wild Geese
1953
as Otsune
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
as Ino
Victory or Defeat
1954
The Tiger of Malaya
1943
as Tomi
Koshū
1962
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
俺は死なない
1956
Dupe
1965
Fantasy of Youth
1955
Yanagase Blues
1967
as Kane Sasagawa
And Yet They Go On
1931
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
Confronting Fear
1958
I Sell My Husband
1968
Who Is the Criminal?
1945
The Secret Ceremony
1971
Passion to Soar
1941
The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is!
1962
Wedding March
1951
as Auntie
Golden Beast
1950
as Connie Sonobe's mother
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
1962
Kyū-chan ondo
1962
The Feast of Gion
1933
Training Ship of Yearning
1956
Night Scandal
1964
as Shino
母子鶴
1952
as Onao
Koina no Ginpei
1954
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
1962
as Yoshi Namikawa
About Kumeko Urabe
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… With 192 credits spanning from 1924 to 1987, Kumeko Urabe has appeared in 190 films and 2 TV shows.
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- Ikiru (1952) — as Tatsu Watanabe
- Hachiko (1987) — as Tobacco Shop Owner
- Floating Weeds (1959) — as Shige
- Tokyo Twilight (1957) — as Komatsu's Mistress
- The Song of the Cart (1959)
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