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 (202)
Ikiru
Tatsu Watanabe
Hachiko
Tobacco Shop Owner
Early Spring
Shige Kitagawa
Tokyo Twilight
Komatsu's Mistress
Floating Weeds
Shige
Yearning
Bar Madam
Asakusa monogatari
1953
Dokuja-tō kidan: Joōbachi
1952
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
Shinzōyaburi no oka
1954
To the Ends of the Earth
1953
Portrait of Madame Yuki
San
Street of Shame
Otane
Yobiko hoshi
1952
Goodbye, Hello
Restaurant owner
Haha no mizūmi
1953
An Innocent Witch
1965
The Passionate Spinster
Tokiko Tsurukawa
Two in the Shadow
1967
Hahakozuru
Onao
Nocturnal Lights
1966
A Woman's Testament
1960
Tokyo Elegy
1951
Young Lovers
1957
Machi no kotengu
1952
Lonely Heart
Fuki Inoue
Jakoman and Tetsu
Taka
Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki
1985
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
Color
1965
Haha yamahiko
1952
Twenty-Four Eyes
Otoko Sensei no Tsuma
An Heir's Place
1953
Forever My Love
1952
Tsuki yori no shisha
1934
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
1963
Shunsetsu no mon
1953
Four and A Half Mats
Riku
When a Woman Loves
Otome
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
Arashi no naka no shimai
1949
Dorei no machi
1951
Elegy of the North
Grandma
Secret Club 000
1965
The Broken Commandment
Owner of the hotel
Being Two Isn't Easy
Ino
And Yet They Go On
1931
Snow-Flake
1950
Women of the Night
Brothel Keeper
Lightning
Osei
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
Otoku
Moment of Terror
Hisako Kanematsu
Stakeout
Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya
Dupe
1965
Nocturnal Gate
1948
Brother and Sister
Riki - the Mother
Love's Family Tree
1961
The Body
1962
Repast
Taniguchi Shige
Children Seeking a Mother
Older Woman
Troupers of Asakusa
1955
Girl in College
1969
Happiness For You — Sentimental Boy
1967
Irohanihoheto
1960
Convent Bride
1946
Hills of a Foreign Country
Iku
The Wild Geese
Otsune
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
Victory or Defeat
1954
Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki
1950
Before Spring
Toyo
Three Mothers
1949
The Makioka Sisters
1959
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Grandmother
Aru yo no seppun
Takako
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
The Cold-Hearted Sea
1984
Koi no Oranda-zaka
1951
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
1946
Mabuta no haha
1952
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
A Woman's Life
Nobuko's mother
Koshū
1962
Game of Chance
Sugi
Snow Country
1957
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955
Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki
1950
刑事部屋
1956
The Life of a Horse Trader
Onobu
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
Stray Dog
1973
Bridge of Japan
1956
The Water Magician
Ogin
Tokyo Eyes
1958
Genghis Khan
1943
Itohan Monogatari
Okô
Flower Cards Chivalry
1967
Destroyer Yukikaze
1964
Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
1970
Haru no sanmyaku
1962
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
The Straits of Love and Hate
Ume
A Man Among Men
Okimi
Sound of Youth
1956
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Kayo Nojima
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
Wedding March
Auntie
Flower's Yearning
Muraki Sawa
The Legendary Hell
Osumi
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
1962
Kenji to onnakanshu
1949
Koina no Ginpei
1954
Hear My Mother's Cry
1959
Women Doing Time
1966
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
1962
Duel in the Sun
Boarding house landlady
Night Scandal
Shino
The Golden Demon
Tose
The Refugee
1955
東京シンデレラ娘
1954
Kyū-chan ondo
1962
A Face Glowing at Night
1946
Refresher Course for Wives
1961
White Cliffs
1960
New Snow
1942
Koga Manshion
1949
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Tsue
A Grain of Wheat
1958
Adults Games
1971
Twenty-One Concubines: The Life of a Pervert
1969
A Certain Woman
Tome
The Spoiled Brat President
1956
The Pretty Jade
1966
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
The Rainbow Man
Kane Nonomura
The Final Gamble
1970
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
1954
Here It is Quiet
1956
The Little Green Box
1947
Saigo no kikyō
1945
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
The Song of the Cart
1959
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
1959
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
The Bad Guy Blues
1969
Yurakucho 0 Street
Mother of A 16号
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957
Who Is the Criminal?
1945
The Song Lantern
1960
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
Ohisa, Mother of Antonio
House of Many Pleasures
Masa
The Man From Chungking
妻とよ
We Are Salarymen
Shizuko Komuro (Eiichiro’s Mother)
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
1967
Yanagase Blues
Kane Sasagawa
The Cat Knew
1958
The Precipice
1958
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
Fantasy of Youth
1955
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Tomi
I Sell My Husband
1968
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
1962
Tsukinode no ketto
Otani
The 99th Bride
1947
Inazuma Kaidō
1957
The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is!
1962
Bot-chan
Kiyo
喜劇 右向けェ左！
1970
The Secret Ceremony
1971
Nippon no obaachan
Waka
The Story of Shunkin
1954
Sound in the Mist
1956
Chained Bitch
1965
18 Roughs
Gin Ishii
Asashio yushio
1956
The Tiger of Malaya
Tomi
Hiren tsubaki
1953
Victory and Defeat
Sato
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Old woman
River Of Love
1969
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947
Youth
1955
Confronting Fear
1958
The Feast of Gion
1933
Hibi no haishin
1958
俺は死なない
1956
Blind Love
1959
The Magistrate
1955
Season of Tears
1969
Akireta musumetachi
1949
Lovely Days
Old lady
Monkey Business
Yone
Training Ship of Yearning
1956
Escape from the City of Death
1952
Mother
1958
Teinen Taishoku
1963
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
1931
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952
