About

Known credits:
164
Birthday:
1902-10-05
Place of birth:
Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Website:
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Kumeko Urabe

Overview

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

Acting
1987 Hachiko Actor Tabacco shop owner 63
Fair
1985 Miss Lonely Actor Fuki Inoue 59
Average
1984 The Cold-Hearted Sea Actor N/A
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1980 Before Spring Actor Toyo 59
Average
1976 Tora-san's Pure Love Actor 58
Average
1975 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director Actor 59
Average
1974 White Runway Actor N/A
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1973 Stray Dog Actor 59
Average
1972 Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori Actor Tsue N/A
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1971 Kininaru Yomesan Actor N/A
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1971 The Secret Ceremony Actor N/A
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1971 Adults Games Actor N/A
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1970 喜劇 右向けェ左！ Actor N/A
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1970 The Final Gamble Actor N/A
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1969 The Bad Guy Blues Actor N/A
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1969 Gateway to Glory Actor 59
Average
1969 Girl in College Actor N/A
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1968 I Sell My Husband Actor N/A
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1967 Two in the Shadow Actor 60
Fair
1967 Eyes, the Sea and a Ball Actor 58
Average
1967 Yanagase Blues Actor Kane Sasagawa N/A
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1967 Flower Cards Chivalry Actor 58
Average
1966 Game of Chance Actor Sugi 59
Average
1966 The Pretty Jade Actor N/A
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1966 Nocturnal Lights Actor N/A
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1966 Moment of Terror Actor Hisako Kanematsu 59
Average
1966 Women Doing Time Actor N/A
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1966 Four and A Half Mats Actor Riku N/A
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1965 Secret Club 000 Actor N/A
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1965 The Passionate Spinster Actor Tokiko Tsurukawa N/A
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1965 An Innocent Witch Actor 59
Average
1965 Chained Bitch Actor N/A
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1965 Dupe Actor N/A
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1965 Color Actor N/A
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1964 Night Scandal Actor Shino N/A
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1964 Destroyer Yukikaze Actor N/A
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1964 Jakoman and Tetsu Actor Taka 59
Average
1964 Yearning Actor Bar Madam 61
Fair
1963 18 Roughs Actor Gin Ishii 59
Average
1963 Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp Actor 58
Average
1963 Uogashi no senpū musume Actor N/A
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1963 Teinen Taishoku Actor N/A
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1962 Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi Actor N/A
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1962 Nippon Irresponsible Guy Actor N/A
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1962 Being Two Isn't Easy Actor Ino 59
Average
1962 The Body Actor 59
Average
1962 Gakusei geisha koi to kenka Actor N/A
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1962 Kyū-chan ondo Actor N/A
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1962 Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda Actor N/A
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1962 The Broken Commandment Actor Owner of the hotel 58
Average
1962 Eriko Actor Oshima N/A
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1962 Kono ni uruwashi Actor N/A
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1962 湖愁 Actor N/A
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1962 Teppo Yasu no Shogai Actor N/A
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1962 Haru no sanmyaku Actor N/A
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1962 Night Mist Makes Women Cry Actor Yoshi Namikawa N/A
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1962 Nippon no obaachan Actor Waka N/A
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1961 Love's Family Tree Actor N/A
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1961 Refresher Course for Wives Actor N/A
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1960 Tsukinode no ketto Actor Otani N/A
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1960 The Woman Who Touched Legs Actor 59
Average
1960 Scarred Yosaburo Actor N/A
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1960 The Song Lantern Actor N/A
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1960 Storm on the Silvery Peaks Actor Old woman N/A
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1960 Victory and Defeat Actor Sato N/A
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1960 White Cliffs Actor N/A
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1960 A Woman's Testament Actor 58
Average
1959 Floating Weeds Actor Shige 63
Fair
1959 Tokyo Omnibus Actor N/A
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1959 When a Woman Loves Actor Otome N/A
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1959 Diary of a Substitute Doctor Actor N/A
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1959 The Song of the Cart Actor 59
Average
1959 The Makioka Sisters Actor 58
Average
1959 Goodbye, Hello Actor N/A
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1958 A Grain of Wheat Actor N/A
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1958 Confronting Fear Actor N/A
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1958 The Precipice Actor N/A
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1958 Futari dake no hashi Actor N/A
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1958 Mother Actor N/A
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1958 Stakeout Actor Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya 59
Average
1958 Tokyo Eyes Actor N/A
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1957 Inazuma Kaidō Actor N/A
N/A
1957 Elegy of the North Actor Grandma 58
Average
1957 Fighting Letter for 29 People Actor N/A
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1957 Tokyo Twilight Actor Komatsu's Mistress 62
Fair
1957 Snow Country Actor 59
Average
1957 続二等兵物語　決戦体制の巻 Actor N/A
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1957 Typhoon Over Nagasaki Actor 59
Average
1957 Itohan Monogatari Actor Okô N/A
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1957 Young Lovers Actor N/A
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1956 Sound in the Mist Actor N/A
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1956 Training Ship of Yearning Actor N/A
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1956 Bridge of Japan Actor 59
Average
1956 俺は死なない Actor N/A
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1956 Children Seeking a Mother Actor N/A
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1956 Twice on a Certain Night Actor N/A
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1956 Yaneura no Onna-tachi Actor N/A
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1956 刑事部屋 Actor N/A
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1956 Street of Shame Actor Otane 62
Fair
1956 Early Spring Actor Shige Kitagawa 61
Fair
1955 She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum Actor Grandmother 59
Average
1955 Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree Actor Tomi N/A
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1955 (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home Actor Masa N/A
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1955 The Refugee Actor N/A
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1955 Fantasy of Youth Actor N/A
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1955 The Magistrate Actor N/A
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1955 A Woman's Life Actor Nobuko's mother N/A
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1955 A Man Among Men Actor Okimi N/A
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1954 Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky Actor Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother 58
Average
1954 Twenty-Four Eyes Actor Otoko Sensei no Tsuma 61
Fair
1954 Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced Actor N/A
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1954 The Story of Shunkin Actor 59
Average
1954 The Golden Demon Actor Tose N/A
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1954 A Certain Woman Actor Tome N/A
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1954 Koina no Ginpei Actor N/A
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1953 The Wild Geese Actor Otsune 59
Average
1953 Brother and Sister Actor Riki - the Mother 59
Average
1953 Bot-chan Actor Kiyo 59
Average
1953 An Heir's Place Actor N/A
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1953 Where Chimneys Are Seen Actor Kayo Nojima 59
Average
1952 Kanpai! Tokyo Musume Actor N/A
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1952 Ikiru Actor Tatsu Watanabe 75
Good
1952 Lightning Actor Osei 59
Average
1952 母子鶴 Actor Onao N/A
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1952 Shi no machi wo nogarete Actor N/A
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1952 A Ripple in a Morning Actor N/A
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1952 母山彦 Actor N/A
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1951 Wedding March Actor Auntie N/A
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1951 The Life of a Horse Trader Actor Onobu 59
Average
1951 Repast Actor Taniguchi Shige 60
Fair
1951 Hibari no komoriuta Actor N/A
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1950 Oogonju Actor Connie Sonobe's mother N/A
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1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki Actor San 59
Average
1950 A Mother's Love Actor N/A
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1950 Snow-Flake Actor 58
Average
1950 Duel in the Sun Actor Boarding house landlady N/A
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1949 Akireta musumetachi Actor N/A
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1949 Ginza Cancan Girls Actor N/A
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1949 The Rainbow Man Actor Kane Nonomura 59
Average
1948 Nocturnal Gate Actor N/A
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1948 Women of the Night Actor Brothel-keeper 59
Average
1948 Women of the Night Actor Brothel Keeper 59
Average
1947 Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu Actor N/A
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1946 A face glowing at night Actor N/A
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1946 Aru yo no seppun Actor Takako N/A
N/A
1945 Who Is the Criminal? Actor N/A
N/A
1945 Saigo no kikyō Actor N/A
N/A
1943 The Man From Chungking Actor 妻とよ N/A
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1943 The Tiger of Malaya Actor Tomi N/A
N/A
1942 New Snow Actor N/A
N/A
1941 Passion to Soar Actor N/A
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1938 Ah, My Hometown Actor N/A
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1937 The Straits of Love and Hate Actor Ume 59
Average
1934 Tsuki yori no shisha Actor N/A
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1933 The Feast of Gion Actor 59
Average
1933 The Water Magician Actor Ogin 59
Average
1931 Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen Actor N/A
N/A
1931 The 26 Martyrs of Japan Actor Ohisa, Mother of Antonio N/A
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1931 And Yet They Go On Actor N/A
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1930 Mistress of a Foreigner Actor Omatsu 59
Average
1927 Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue Actor Otoku 59
Average
1924 Osumi and Her Mother Actor 59
Average
1924 Moken no himitsu Actor N/A
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1924 Seisaku no tsuma Actor N/A
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