Kumeko Urabe
Acting
- Born:
- 1902-10-05
- Died:
- 1989-10-26
- Place of birth:
- Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
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
Filmography
Hachiko
Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki
Lonely Heart
The Cold-Hearted Sea
Lovely Days
Before Spring
Tora-san's Pure Love
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
White Runway
Stray Dog
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Kininaru Yomesan
The Secret Ceremony
Adults Games
喜劇 右向けェ左！
Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
The Final Gamble
The Bad Guy Blues
Girl in College
Season of Tears
Twenty-One Concubines: The Life of a Pervert
River Of Love
I Sell My Husband
Happiness For You — Sentimental Boy
Two in the Shadow
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
Yanagase Blues
Flower Cards Chivalry
Game of Chance
The Pretty Jade
Nocturnal Lights
Moment of Terror
Women Doing Time
Four and A Half Mats
Secret Club 000
The Passionate Spinster
An Innocent Witch
Chained Bitch
Dupe
Color
Night Scandal
Destroyer Yukikaze
Jakoman and Tetsu
Yearning
We Are Salarymen
18 Roughs
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
Uogashi no senpū musume
Teinen Taishoku
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
Being Two Isn't Easy
The Body
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
Kyū-chan ondo
The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is!
The Broken Commandment
Eriko
Kono ni uruwashi
Koshū
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
Haru no sanmyaku
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
Nippon no obaachan
Ganpā kachō
Love's Family Tree
Refresher Course for Wives
Love and the Shop Curtain
The Legendary Hell
Tsukinode no ketto
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Scarred Yosaburo
Irohanihoheto
The Song Lantern
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Victory and Defeat
White Cliffs
A Woman's Testament
When a Woman Loves
Floating Weeds
Tokyo Omnibus
Hear My Mother's Cry
Blind Love
Romance of a Ferry Man
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
Ittōsai wa sebangō 6
Women's Classroom
The Song of the Cart
The Makioka Sisters
Nureta hitomi
Goodbye, Hello
Yurakucho 0 Street
A Grain of Wheat
Flower's Yearning
Confronting Fear
The Cat Knew
The Precipice
A Bridge for Two Alone
Mother
Hibi no haishin
Okesa karasu
Stakeout
Tokyo Eyes
Chūzaisho nikki
Inazuma Kaidō
Monkey Business
Elegy of the North
Fighting Letter for 29 People
Snow Country
Tokyo Twilight
続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Itohan Monogatari
Young Lovers
Sound in the Mist
Here It is Quiet
Training Ship of Yearning
Bridge of Japan
Horeruna Yanpachi
俺は死なない
Studio wa ōsawagi
Children Seeking a Mother
Asashio yushio
Sound of Youth
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
Twice on a Certain Night
Headquarters of Crime Detection
Street of Shame
The Spoiled Brat President
Early Spring
The Buried Treasure
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
I Was Tokichiro
Shichinin no ani imōto
Youth
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Troupers of Asakusa
House of Many Pleasures
Tokyo Gang
The Refugee
Fantasy of Youth
Tenka o nerau bishōnen
The Magistrate
Ginji of the Seven Faces
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
A Woman's Life
Rōkyoku tengu dōjō
A Man Among Men
Victory or Defeat
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
Twenty-Four Eyes
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
The Story of Shunkin
東京シンデレラ娘
The Golden Demon
A Certain Woman
Four Mothers
Koina no Ginpei
Shinzōyaburi no oka
Haha no mizūmi
To the Ends of the Earth
Asakusa monogatari
The Wild Geese
Shunsetsu no mon
Brother and Sister
Bot-chan
An Heir's Place
Hiren tsubaki
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Kettō gofun mae
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Machi no kotengu
Oka wa hanazakari
Forever My Love
Ikiru
Lightning
Hahakozuru
Escape from the City of Death
A Ripple in a Morning
Haha yamahiko
Yobiko hoshi
Dokuja-tō kidan: Joōbachi
Mabuta no haha
Wedding March
The Life of a Horse Trader
Repast
Tokyo Elegy
Hibari no komoriuta
Dorei no machi
Koi no Oranda-zaka
Fire Department
Shimai hoshi
Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki
Golden Beast
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki
A Mother's Love
Snow-Flake
Tsuma mo koisu
Duel in the Sun
Koga Manshion
Onna goroshi abura jigoku
Akireta musumetachi
Hana no jitsugetsu
Ginza Cancan Girls
Full Moon
The Rainbow Man
Hills of a Foreign Country
Three Mothers
Arashi no naka no shimai
Kenji to onnakanshu
Nocturnal Gate
Women of the Night
The Little Green Box
First Love Story
Female Prisoner #36
The 99th Bride
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
Convent Bride
Kimi ka to omohite
A Face Glowing at Night
Aru yo no seppun
Kare to kanojo wa iku
Machi no ninkisha
瓢箪から出た駒
Iku-san ga
Who Is the Criminal?
Saigo no kikyō
The Man From Chungking
The Tiger of Malaya
Genghis Khan
New Snow
Passion to Soar
Ie naki musume
Ah, My Hometown
The Straits of Love and Hate
Tsuki yori no shisha
The Feast of Gion
The Water Magician
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
And Yet They Go On
Mistress of a Foreigner
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
日輪 前篇
Osumi and Her Mother
Moken no himitsu
Seisaku no tsuma
Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu