Kumeko Urabe
Known for Acting · 215 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 (213)
Ikiru
1952
as Tatsu Watanabe
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
as Taka
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
as Self
An Innocent Witch
1965
Girl in College
1969
When a Woman Loves
1960
as Otome
Nocturnal Lights
1966
Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki
1985
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
1946
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
An Heir's Place
1953
Convent Bride
1946
Nocturnal Gate
1948
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
1963
Tsuki yori no shisha
1934
母子鶴
1952
as Onao
Secret Club 000
1965
Dupe
1965
Young Lovers
1957
Kimi ka to omohite
1946
Color
1965
First Love Story
1947
Machi no ninkisha
1946
母山彦
1952
Ah, My Hometown
1938
Kare to kanojo wa iku
1946
Osumi and Her Mother
1924
Iku-san ga
1946
Floating Weeds
1959
as Shige
The Little Green Box
1947
Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Komatsu's Mistress
Youth
1955
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
as Otoko Sensei no Tsuma
瓢箪から出た駒
1946
The Legendary Hell
1960
as Osumi
The Rainbow Man
1949
as Kane Nonomura
The Golden Demon
1954
as Tose
Monkey Business
1957
as Yone
The 99th Bride
1947
Seishun no oto
1956
Hills of a Foreign Country
1949
as Iku
Genghis Khan
1943
Yearning
1964
as Bar Madam
東京シンデレラ娘
1954
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
Female Prisoner #36
1947
Koga Manshion
1949
Twenty-One Concubines: The Life of a Pervert
1969
Two in the Shadow
1967
Training Ship of Yearning
1956
Here It is Quiet
1956
Destroyer Yukikaze
1964
Early Spring
1956
as Shige Kitagawa
Moken no himitsu
1924
Hachiko
1987
as Tobacco Shop Owner
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
as Grandmother
Yurakucho 0 Street
1958
as Mother of A 16号
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
as San
Hiren tsubaki
1953
Women of the Night
1948
as Brothel Keeper
Blind Love
1959
Stakeout
1958
as Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya
Night Scandal
1964
as Shino
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
1931
Lightning
1952
as Osei
Hear My Mother's Cry
1959
The Wild Geese
1953
as Otsune
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
as Kayo Nojima
Lovely Days
1984
as Old lady
The Broken Commandment
1962
as Owner of the hotel
Repast
1951
as Taniguchi Shige
Brother and Sister
1953
as Riki - the Mother
Lonely Heart
1985
as Fuki Inoue
Snow Country
1957
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
Street of Shame
1956
as Otane
Before Spring
1980
as Toyo
Stray Dog
1973
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
as Ino
The Body
1962
Snow-Flake
1950
Game of Chance
1966
as Sugi
Mother
1958
Moment of Terror
1966
as Hisako Kanematsu
Four and A Half Mats
1966
as Riku
Nippon no obaachan
1962
as Waka
Seisaku no tsuma
1924
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951
as Onobu
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
1954
Flower's Yearning
1958
as Muraki Sawa
Adults Games
1971
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
1967
続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
1957
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
Tokyo Eyes
1958
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
as Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955
A Woman's Testament
1960
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
1972
as Tsue
Duel in the Sun
1950
as Boarding house landlady
Elegy of the North
1957
as Grandma
Goodbye, Hello
1959
as Restaurant owner
Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki
1950
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
1962
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937
as Ume
The Passionate Spinster
1965
as Tokiko Tsurukawa
The Refugee
1955
A Certain Woman
1954
as Tome
Chained Bitch
1965
White Cliffs
1960
Irohanihoheto
1960
Season of Tears
1969
We Are Salarymen
1963
as Shizuko Komuro (Eiichiro’s Mother)
A Mother's Love
1950
The Precipice
1958
The Final Gamble
1970
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
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 215 credits spanning from 1924 to 1987, Kumeko Urabe has appeared in 213 films and 2 TV shows.
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- Ikiru (1952) — as Tatsu Watanabe
- The Woman Who Touched Legs (1960)
- Jakoman and Tetsu (1964) — as Taka
- Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975) — as Self
- An Innocent Witch (1965)
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