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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Hachiko
Character:Tabacco Shop Owner
Release Date:01/08/1987
Miss Lonely
Character:Fuki Inoue
Release Date:12/04/1985
The Cold-Hearted Sea
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Release Date:17/11/1984
Before Spring
Character:Toyo
Release Date:20/09/1980
Tora-san's Pure Love
Character:
Release Date:25/12/1976
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Character:Self
Release Date:24/05/1975
Stray Dog
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Release Date:29/09/1973
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Character:Tsue
Release Date:09/12/1972
The Secret Ceremony
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Release Date:23/06/1971
Adults Games
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Release Date:27/01/1971
喜劇 右向けェ左！
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Release Date:31/12/1970
The Final Gamble
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Release Date:11/02/1970
The Bad Guy Blues
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Release Date:27/08/1969
Gateway to Glory
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Release Date:12/07/1969
Girl in College
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Release Date:30/03/1969
Koi no otome kawa
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Release Date:11/01/1969
I Sell My Husband
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Release Date:09/11/1968
Two in the Shadow
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Release Date:18/11/1967
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
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Release Date:30/09/1967
Yanagase Blues
Character:Kane Sasagawa
Release Date:15/09/1967
Flower Cards Chivalry
Character:
Release Date:10/03/1967
Game of Chance
Character:Sugi
Release Date:22/10/1966
The Pretty Jade
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Release Date:17/09/1966
Nocturnal Lights
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Release Date:19/06/1966
Moment of Terror
Character:Hisako Kanematsu
Release Date:16/04/1966
Women Doing Time
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Release Date:05/03/1966
Four and A Half Mats
Character:Riku
Release Date:17/02/1966
Secret Club 000
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Release Date:04/12/1965
The Passionate Spinster
Character:Tokiko Tsurukawa
Release Date:23/11/1965
An Innocent Witch
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Release Date:30/10/1965
Chained Bitch
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Release Date:15/10/1965
Dupe
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Release Date:01/10/1965
Color
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Release Date:13/06/1965
Night Scandal
Character:Shino
Release Date:11/07/1964
Destroyer Yukikaze
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Release Date:16/02/1964
Jakoman and Tetsu
Character:Taka
Release Date:08/02/1964
Yearning
Character:Bar Madam
Release Date:15/01/1964
We Are Salarymen
Character:Shizuko Komuro (Eiichiro’s Mother)
Release Date:24/11/1963
18 Roughs
Character:Gin Ishii
Release Date:11/09/1963
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
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Release Date:23/06/1963
Uogashi no senpū musume
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Release Date:03/03/1963
Teinen Taishoku
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Release Date:01/03/1963
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
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Release Date:30/12/1962
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
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Release Date:23/12/1962
Being Two Isn't Easy
Character:Ino
Release Date:18/11/1962
The Body
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Release Date:08/11/1962
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
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Release Date:01/09/1962
Kyū-chan ondo
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Release Date:01/07/1962
Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda
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Release Date:12/05/1962
The Broken Commandment
Character:Owner of the hotel
Release Date:06/04/1962
Eriko
Character:Oshima
Release Date:25/03/1962
Kono ni uruwashi
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Release Date:18/03/1962
湖愁
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Release Date:11/03/1962
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
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Release Date:21/02/1962
Haru no sanmyaku
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Release Date:17/02/1962
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
Character:Yoshi Namikawa
Release Date:04/02/1962
Nippon no obaachan
Character:Waka
Release Date:03/01/1962
Love's Family Tree
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Release Date:22/11/1961
Refresher Course for Wives
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Release Date:13/08/1961
Love and the Shop Curtain
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Release Date:28/04/1961
Tsukinode no ketto
Character:Otani
Release Date:16/11/1960
The Woman Who Touched Legs
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Release Date:24/08/1960
Scarred Yosaburo
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Release Date:10/07/1960
Irohanihoheto
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Release Date:20/05/1960
The Song Lantern
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Release Date:18/05/1960
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Character:Old woman
Release Date:29/04/1960
Victory and Defeat
Character:Sato
Release Date:27/04/1960
White Cliffs
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Release Date:05/04/1960
A Woman's Testament
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Release Date:14/01/1960
When a Woman Loves
Character:Otome
Release Date:03/01/1960
Floating Weeds
Character:Shige
Release Date:17/11/1959
Tokyo Omnibus
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Release Date:30/10/1959
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
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Release Date:27/05/1959
The Song of the Cart
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Release Date:11/02/1959
The Makioka Sisters
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Release Date:14/01/1959
Goodbye, Hello
Character:Restaurant owner
Release Date:03/01/1959
Yurakucho 0 Street
Character:Mother of A 16号
Release Date:07/10/1958
A Grain of Wheat
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Release Date:14/09/1958
Flower's Yearning
Character:Muraki Sawa
Release Date:05/08/1958
Confronting Fear
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Release Date:20/07/1958
The Cat Knew
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Release Date:07/05/1958
The Precipice
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Release Date:18/03/1958
A Bridge for Two Alone
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Release Date:05/03/1958
Mother
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Release Date:05/03/1958
Hibi no haishin
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Release Date:16/02/1958
Stakeout
Character:Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya
Release Date:15/01/1958
Tokyo Eyes
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Release Date:03/01/1958
Inazuma Kaidō
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Release Date:21/09/1957
Elegy of the North
Character:Grandma
Release Date:01/09/1957
Fighting Letter for 29 People
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Release Date:04/06/1957
Snow Country
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Release Date:30/04/1957
Tokyo Twilight
Character:Komatsu's Mistress
Release Date:30/04/1957
続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
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Release Date:26/03/1957
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
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Release Date:06/02/1957
Itohan Monogatari
Character:Okô
Release Date:15/01/1957
Young Lovers
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Release Date:03/01/1957
Sound in the Mist
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Release Date:21/11/1956
Training Ship of Yearning
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Release Date:10/10/1956
Bridge of Japan
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Release Date:01/10/1956
俺は死なない
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Release Date:21/08/1956
Children Seeking a Mother
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Release Date:08/08/1956
Twice on a Certain Night
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Release Date:08/06/1956
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
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Release Date:14/05/1956
刑事部屋
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Release Date:04/04/1956
Street of Shame
Character:Otane
Release Date:18/03/1956
Dadakko Shachou
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Release Date:12/02/1956
Early Spring
Character:Shige Kitagawa
Release Date:29/01/1956
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Character:Grandmother
Release Date:29/11/1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Character:Tomi
Release Date:05/10/1955
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
Character:Masa
Release Date:21/06/1955
The Refugee
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Release Date:03/05/1955
Fantasy of Youth
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Release Date:19/04/1955
The Magistrate
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Release Date:25/03/1955
A Woman's Life
Character:Nobuko's mother
Release Date:29/01/1955
A Man Among Men
Character:Okimi
Release Date:03/01/1955
Victory or Defeat
Character:
Release Date:01/12/1954
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Character:Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
Release Date:23/11/1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
Character:Otoko Sensei no Tsuma
Release Date:15/09/1954
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
Character:
Release Date:13/07/1954
The Story of Shunkin
Character:
Release Date:27/06/1954
東京シンデレラ娘
Character:
Release Date:26/04/1954
The Golden Demon
Character:Tose
Release Date:21/03/1954
A Certain Woman
Character:Tome
Release Date:13/03/1954
Koina no Ginpei
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1954
The Wild Geese
Character:Otsune
Release Date:15/09/1953
Brother and Sister
Character:Riki - the Mother
Release Date:19/08/1953
Bot-chan
Character:Kiyo
Release Date:15/06/1953
An Heir's Place
Character:
Release Date:03/06/1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Character:Kayo Nojima
Release Date:05/03/1953
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Character:
Release Date:17/12/1952
Ikiru
Character:Tatsu Watanabe
Release Date:09/10/1952
Lightning
Character:Osei
Release Date:09/10/1952
母子鶴
Character:Onao
Release Date:03/07/1952
Shi no machi wo nogarete
Character:
Release Date:22/05/1952
A Ripple in a Morning
Character:
Release Date:01/05/1952
母山彦
Character:
Release Date:24/04/1952
Wedding March
Character:Auntie
Release Date:28/12/1951
The Life of a Horse Trader
Character:Onobu
Release Date:07/12/1951
Repast
Character:Taniguchi Shige
Release Date:23/11/1951
Hibari no komoriuta
Character:
Release Date:21/09/1951
Oogonju
Character:Connie Sonobe's mother
Release Date:04/11/1950
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Character:San
Release Date:21/10/1950
A Mother's Love
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Release Date:27/06/1950
Snow-Flake
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Release Date:17/05/1950
Duel in the Sun
Character:Boarding house landlady
Release Date:07/03/1950
Akireta musumetachi
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Release Date:11/10/1949
Ginza Cancan Girls
Character:
Release Date:16/08/1949
The Rainbow Man
Character:Kane Nonomura
Release Date:18/07/1949
Nocturnal Gate
Character:
Release Date:02/10/1948
Women of the Night
Character:Brothel Keeper
Release Date:26/05/1948
Women of the Night
Character:Brothel-keeper
Release Date:26/05/1948
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
Character:
Release Date:04/03/1947
A Face Glowing at Night
Character:
Release Date:13/06/1946
Aru yo no seppun
Character:Takako
Release Date:23/05/1946
Who Is the Criminal?
Character:
Release Date:27/12/1945
Saigo no kikyō
Character:
Release Date:26/07/1945
The Man From Chungking
Character:妻とよ
Release Date:11/11/1943
The Tiger of Malaya
Character:Tomi
Release Date:24/06/1943
New Snow
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1942
Passion to Soar
Character:
Release Date:30/11/1941
Ie naki musume
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Release Date:13/04/1939
Ah, My Hometown
Character:
Release Date:06/10/1938
The Straits of Love and Hate
Character:Ume
Release Date:17/06/1937
Tsuki yori no shisha
Character:
Release Date:29/03/1934
The Feast of Gion
Character:
Release Date:31/08/1933
The Water Magician
Character:Ogin
Release Date:01/06/1933
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
Character:
Release Date:30/10/1931
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
Character:Ohisa, Mother of Antonio
Release Date:01/10/1931
And Yet They Go On
Character:
Release Date:12/06/1931
Mistress of a Foreigner
Character:Omatsu
Release Date:01/07/1930
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
Character:Otoku
Release Date:30/12/1927
日輪 前篇
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Release Date:21/05/1926
Osumi and Her Mother
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Release Date:29/06/1924
Moken no himitsu
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Release Date:14/03/1924
Seisaku no tsuma
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Release Date:02/01/1924
Television Appearances
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