Kumeko Urabe
Acting
Born: October 5, 1902 · Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Died: October 26, 1989 (aged 87)
Highest Rated
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
Ikiru
1952
Floating Weeds
1959
Hachiko
1987
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Street of Shame
1956
Early Spring
1956
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
Yearning
1964
Repast
1951
Two in the Shadow
1967
Women of the Night
1948
Lightning
1952
Photos (2)
Movies (215)
Ikiru
Tatsu Watanabe
Hachiko
Tobacco Shop Owner
Twenty-Four Eyes
Otoko Sensei no Tsuma
Stakeout
Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya
Repast
Taniguchi Shige
Portrait of Madame Yuki
San
Two in the Shadow
1967
Street of Shame
Otane
Floating Weeds
Shige
Lonely Heart
Fuki Inoue
Tokyo Twilight
Komatsu's Mistress
Early Spring
Shige Kitagawa
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
1954
Nureta hitomi
1959
Brother and Sister
Riki - the Mother
The Buried Treasure
1956
Horeruna Yanpachi
1956
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
The Legendary Hell
Osumi
Yearning
Bar Madam
Women's Classroom
1959
The Broken Commandment
Owner of the hotel
Shichinin no ani imōto
1955
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
A Woman's Testament
1960
To the Ends of the Earth
1953
Chūzaisho nikki
1957
Tokyo Gang
1955
Women of the Night
Brothel Keeper
Ginji of the Seven Faces
1955
The Song Lantern
1960
House of Many Pleasures
Masa
Dorei no machi
1951
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
Forever My Love
1952
俺は死なない
1956
Rōkyoku tengu dōjō
1955
The Life of a Horse Trader
Onobu
Yanagase Blues
Kane Sasagawa
Stray Dog
1973
Lightning
Osei
Snow-Flake
1950
Machi no kotengu
1952
Asashio yushio
1956
The Wild Geese
Otsune
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955
Moment of Terror
Hisako Kanematsu
Snow Country
1957
The Precipice
1958
I Was Tokichiro
1955
Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
1970
A Woman's Life
Nobuko's mother
Itohan Monogatari
Okô
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki
1985
Sound in the Mist
1956
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
Shinzōyaburi no oka
1954
The Golden Demon
Tose
A Man Among Men
Okimi
Bridge of Japan
1956
Victory and Defeat
Sato
Haha no mizūmi
1953
Women Doing Time
1966
A Certain Woman
Tome
Training Ship of Yearning
1956
Troupers of Asakusa
1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Tomi
Teinen Taishoku
1963
Game of Chance
Sugi
Tokyo Elegy
1951
Elegy of the North
Grandma
The Secret Ceremony
1971
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
The Refugee
1955
The Story of Shunkin
1954
Night Scandal
Shino
Koi no Oranda-zaka
1951
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Grandmother
Before Spring
Toyo
The Bad Guy Blues
1969
Dokuja-tō kidan: Joōbachi
1952
Tenka o nerau bishōnen
1955
Arashi no naka no shimai
1949
New Snow
1942
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
1954
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Kayo Nojima
Saigo no kikyō
1945
Being Two Isn't Easy
Ino
Mother
1958
The Final Gamble
1970
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
1962
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
Adults Games
1971
Yobiko hoshi
1952
Monkey Business
Yone
Three Mothers
1949
Hills of a Foreign Country
Iku
Jakoman and Tetsu
Taka
Flower Cards Chivalry
1967
Goodbye, Hello
Restaurant owner
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
Asakusa monogatari
1953
The Pretty Jade
1966
Akireta musumetachi
1949
Irohanihoheto
1960
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Ittōsai wa sebangō 6
1959
The Straits of Love and Hate
Ume
Kenji to onnakanshu
1949
18 Roughs
Gin Ishii
The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is!
1962
Chained Bitch
1965
Duel in the Sun
Boarding house landlady
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
1946
Hibi no haishin
1958
Refresher Course for Wives
1961
Fantasy of Youth
1955
Victory or Defeat
1954
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
An Innocent Witch
1965
Flower's Yearning
Muraki Sawa
White Cliffs
1960
We Are Salarymen
Shizuko Komuro (Eiichiro’s Mother)
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
I Sell My Husband
1968
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
Yurakucho 0 Street
Mother of A 16号
The Spoiled Brat President
1956
Lovely Days
Old lady
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
1962
Color
1965
Children Seeking a Mother
Older Woman
The Cold-Hearted Sea
1984
And Yet They Go On
1931
The Water Magician
Ogin
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
Haha yamahiko
1952
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952
Bot-chan
Kiyo
Four and A Half Mats
Riku
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
Ohisa, Mother of Antonio
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Old woman
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Tsue
Season of Tears
1969
The Song of the Cart
1959
Inazuma Kaidō
1957
東京シンデレラ娘
1954
Nippon no obaachan
Waka
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
1959
Genghis Khan
1943
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
1962
Headquarters of Crime Detection
1956
Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki
1950
The Little Green Box
1947
The Rainbow Man
Kane Nonomura
The Feast of Gion
1933
Kyū-chan ondo
1962
The Body
1962
Mabuta no haha
1952
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Koshū
1962
Convent Bride
1946
The Passionate Spinster
Tokiko Tsurukawa
Happiness For You — Sentimental Boy
1967
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
Escape from the City of Death
1952
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
1963
Koina no Ginpei
1954
Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki
1950
Destroyer Yukikaze
1964
Aru yo no seppun
Takako
Nocturnal Gate
1948
River Of Love
1969
Confronting Fear
1958
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
An Heir's Place
1953
Twenty-One Concubines: The Life of a Pervert
1969
Hiren tsubaki
1953
Girl in College
1969
Youth
1955
Haru no sanmyaku
1962
Tokyo Eyes
1958
Secret Club 000
1965
Young Lovers
1957
Who Is the Criminal?
1945
The Tiger of Malaya
Tomi
Koga Manshion
1949
Wedding March
Auntie
Tsuki yori no shisha
1934
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
1967
Hahakozuru
Onao
Here It is Quiet
1956
The Man From Chungking
妻とよ
The Magistrate
1955
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957
Nocturnal Lights
1966
The Cat Knew
1958
Sound of Youth
1956
When a Woman Loves
Otome
Love's Family Tree
1961
A Grain of Wheat
1958
Dupe
1965
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947
A Face Glowing at Night
1946
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
Otoku
Hear My Mother's Cry
1959
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
1931
Blind Love
1959
喜劇 右向けェ左！
1970
The 99th Bride
1947
Tsukinode no ketto
Otani
