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)
Streaming Sources for all Kumeko Urabe Movies & TV ShowsTitle | Rating | Job | Role(s) | Year |
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Movie | Actress | 1971 | ||
Movie | Actress | Grandmother | 1955 | |
Movie | Actress | 1957 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1949 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1975 | ||
Movie | Actress | Fuki Inoue | 1985 | |
Movie | Actress | Komatsu's Mistress | 1957 | |
Movie | Actress | Otoko Sensei no Tsuma | 1954 | |
Movie | Actress | Otani | 1960 | |
Movie | Actress | 1949 | ||
Movie | Actress | Onao | 1952 | |
Movie | Actress | 1924 | ||
Movie | Actress | Hisako Kanematsu | 1966 | |
Movie | Actress | Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother | 1954 | |
Movie | Actress | 1957 | ||
Movie | Actress | Ogin | 1933 | |
Movie | Actress | Old woman | 1960 | |
Movie | Actress | Kayo Nojima | 1953 | |
Movie | Actress | 1965 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1960 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1924 | ||
Movie | Actress | Omatsu | 1930 | |
Movie | Actress | Bar Madam | 1964 | |
Movie | Actress | 1931 | ||
Movie | Actress | Brothel Keeper | 1948 | |
Movie | Actress | Ino | 1962 | |
Movie | Actress | Tokiko Tsurukawa | 1965 | |
Movie | Actress | Waka | 1962 | |
Movie | Actress | Otane | 1956 | |
Movie | Actress | 1938 | ||
Movie | Actress | Taka | 1964 | |
Movie | Actress | 1967 | ||
Movie | Actress | Kiyo | 1953 | |
Movie | Actress | Okimi | 1955 | |
Movie | Actress | 1955 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1957 | ||
Movie | Actress | Otsune | 1953 | |
Movie | Actress | Osei | 1952 | |
Movie | Actress | Riki - the Mother | 1953 | |
Movie | Actress | 1959 | ||
Movie | Actress | Grandma | 1957 | |
Movie | Actress | San | 1950 | |
Movie | Actress | Kane Nonomura | 1949 | |
Movie | Actress | Toyo | 1980 | |
Movie | Actress | 1950 | ||
Movie | Actress | Tose | 1954 | |
Movie | Actress | 1933 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1957 | ||
Movie | Actress | Sugi | 1966 | |
Movie | Actress | 1964 | ||
Movie | Actress | Tabacco shop owner | 1987 | |
Movie | Actress | Shige | 1959 | |
Movie | Actress | Ume | 1937 | |
Movie | Actress | Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya | 1958 | |
Movie | Actress | 1960 | ||
Movie | Actress | Yoshi Namikawa | 1962 | |
Movie | Actress | Okô | 1957 | |
Movie | Actress | 1948 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1959 | ||
Movie | Actress | Shige Kitagawa | 1956 | |
Movie | Actress | Owner of the hotel | 1962 | |
Movie | Actress | 1968 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1956 | ||
Movie | Actress | Kane Sasagawa | 1967 | |
Movie | Actress | 1963 | ||
Movie | Actress | Gin Ishii | 1963 | |
Movie | Actress | 1967 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1971 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1976 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1973 | ||
Movie | Actress | Tatsu Watanabe | 1952 | |
Movie | Actress | Onobu | 1951 | |
Movie | Actress | 1952 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1969 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1950 | ||
Movie | Actress | Taniguchi Shige | 1951 | |
Movie | Actress | Tomi | 1943 | |
Movie | Actress | 1961 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1942 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1956 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1960 | ||
Movie | Actress | Boarding house landlady | 1950 | |
Movie | Actress | Auntie | 1951 | |
Movie | Actress | 1960 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1965 | ||
Movie | Actress | Ohisa, Mother of Antonio | 1931 | |
Movie | Actress | Shino | 1964 | |
Movie | Actress | 1969 | ||
Movie | Actress | Connie Sonobe's mother | 1950 | |
Movie | Actress | Otome | 1959 | |
Movie | Actress | 1952 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1952 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1958 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1958 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1953 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1958 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1934 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1931 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1966 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1962 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1962 | ||
Movie | Actress | Sato | 1960 | |
Movie | Actress | 1956 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1962 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1966 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1951 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1962 | ||
Movie | Actress | Takako | 1946 | |
Movie | Actress | 1962 | ||
Movie | Actress | 妻とよ | 1943 | |
Movie | Actress | 1962 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1954 | ||
Movie | Actress | Tsue | ||
Movie | Actress | Masa | ||
Movie | Actress | 1924 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1956 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1965 | ||
Movie | Actress | Tomi | 1955 | |
Movie | Actress | Tome | 1954 | |
Movie | Actress | |||
Movie | Actress | Riku | 1966 | |
Movie | Actress | 1945 | ||
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Movie | Actress | 1952 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1959 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1959 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1958 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1962 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1961 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1954 | ||
Movie | Actress | Nobuko's mother | 1955 | |
Movie | Actress | 1959 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1947 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1941 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1962 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1955 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1962 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1954 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1962 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1957 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1969 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1957 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1956 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1967 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1970 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1984 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1965 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1965 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1963 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1963 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1958 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1960 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1955 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1956 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1970 | ||
Movie | Actress | 1966 | ||
Movie | Actress | Oshima | 1962 | |
TV Show | Actress | 2 Episodes | 1971-1972 | |
TV Show | Actress | 26 Episodes | 1974-1974 | |
Movie | Actress | Otoku | 1927 | |
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