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Kumeko Urabe

Kumeko Urabe

Actress

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.

Born: October 5, 1902 in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Died: October 26, 1989 (Age 87)

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Kumeko Urabe  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7
Actress1971
Movie
7.3
ActressGrandmother1955
Movie
6.7
Actress1957
Movie
6.6
Actress1949
Movie
7
Actress1975
Movie
7.1
ActressFuki Inoue1985
Movie
7.8
ActressKomatsu's Mistress1957
Movie
7.8
ActressOtoko Sensei no Tsuma1954
Movie
ActressOtani1960
Movie
Actress1949
Movie
ActressOnao1952
Movie
Actress1924
Movie
7.1
ActressHisako Kanematsu1966
Movie
6.8
ActressShige, Ryoichi's stepmother1954
Movie
Actress1957
Movie
7
ActressOgin1933
Movie
ActressOld woman1960
Movie
7.2
ActressKayo Nojima1953
Movie
6.9
Actress1965
Movie
6.5
Actress1960
Movie
Actress1924
Movie
6
ActressOmatsu1930
Movie
7.8
ActressBar Madam1964
Movie
Actress1931
Movie
7.2
ActressBrothel Keeper1948
Movie
6.6
ActressIno1962
Movie
7
ActressTokiko Tsurukawa1965
Movie
8
ActressWaka1962
Movie
7.9
ActressOtane1956
Movie
Actress1938
Movie
7.4
ActressTaka1964
Movie
7
Actress1967
Movie
ActressKiyo1953
Movie
6.3
ActressOkimi1955
Movie
Actress1955
Movie
Actress1957
Movie
7.2
ActressOtsune1953
Movie
7.3
ActressOsei1952
Movie
7.1
ActressRiki - the Mother1953
Movie
7.4
Actress1959
Movie
6.7
ActressGrandma1957
Movie
6.9
ActressSan1950
Movie
5.5
ActressKane Nonomura1949
Movie
5.7
ActressToyo1980
Movie
6.3
Actress1950
Movie
6.8
ActressTose1954
Movie
7.8
Actress1933
Movie
5.6
Actress1957
Movie
6.8
ActressSugi1966
Movie
Actress1964
Movie
7.8
ActressTabacco shop owner1987
Movie
7.7
ActressShige1959
Movie
6.8
ActressUme1937
Movie
6.9
ActressProprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya1958
Movie
5.9
Actress1960
Movie
ActressYoshi Namikawa1962
Movie
5.1
ActressOkô1957
Movie
Actress1948
Movie
7.6
Actress1959
Movie
7.6
ActressShige Kitagawa1956
Movie
6.7
ActressOwner of the hotel1962
Movie
6.7
Actress1968
Movie
Actress1956
Movie
ActressKane Sasagawa1967
Movie
5.2
Actress1963
Movie
6.5
ActressGin Ishii1963
Movie
7.7
Actress1967
Movie
Actress1971
Movie
6.9
Actress1976
Movie
7.3
Actress1973
Movie
8.5
ActressTatsu Watanabe1952
Movie
7.7
ActressOnobu1951
Movie
5.5
Actress1952
Movie
7.1
Actress1969
Movie
7.4
Actress1950
Movie
7.5
ActressTaniguchi Shige1951
Movie
6.4
ActressTomi1943
Movie
Actress1961
Movie
6.8
Actress1942
Movie
Actress1956
Movie
7.8
Actress1960
Movie
ActressBoarding house landlady1950
Movie
ActressAuntie1951
Movie
6.7
Actress1960
Movie
5.7
Actress1965
Movie
6.5
ActressOhisa, Mother of Antonio1931
Movie
ActressShino1964
Movie
Actress1969
Movie
ActressConnie Sonobe's mother1950
Movie
5.9
ActressOtome1959
Movie
Actress1952
Movie
Actress1952
Movie
6.5
Actress1958
Movie
Actress1958
Movie
Actress1953
Movie
Actress1958
Movie
Actress1934
Movie
Actress1931
Movie
Actress1966
Movie
7.6
Actress1962
Movie
Actress1962
Movie
ActressSato1960
Movie
6.6
Actress1956
Movie
Actress1962
Movie
Actress1966
Movie
7.9
Actress1951
Movie
Actress1962
Movie
ActressTakako1946
Movie
6.6
Actress1962
Movie
Actress妻とよ1943
Movie
Actress1962
Movie
5.6
Actress1954
Movie
ActressTsue
Movie
ActressMasa
Movie
Actress1924
Movie
8.1
Actress1956
Movie
Actress1965
Movie
8.6
ActressTomi1955
Movie
ActressTome1954
Movie
Actress
Movie
5.5
ActressRiku1966
Movie
Actress1945
Movie
Actress
Movie
Actress
Movie
Actress1952
Movie
7.3
Actress1959
Movie
Actress1959
Movie
Actress1958
Movie
Actress1962
Movie
Actress1961
Movie
Actress1954
Movie
ActressNobuko's mother1955
Movie
Actress1959
Movie
Actress1947
Movie
Actress1941
Movie
Actress1962
Movie
Actress1955
Movie
Actress1962
Movie
Actress1954
Movie
Actress1962
Movie
Actress1957
Movie
Actress1969
Movie
Actress1957
Movie
Actress1956
Movie
7.7
Actress1967
Movie
Actress1970
Movie
Actress1984
Movie
Actress1965
Movie
Actress1965
Movie
Actress1963
Movie
Actress1963
Movie
Actress1958
Movie
Actress1960
Movie
Actress1955
Movie
Actress1956
Movie
Actress1970
Movie
Actress1966
Movie
ActressOshima1962
TV Show
Actress2 Episodes1971-1972
TV Show
Actress26 Episodes1974-1974
Movie
6
ActressOtoku1927
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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