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Kumeko Urabe

Kumeko Urabe

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Born October 5, 1902 in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Died October 26, 1989

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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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Nihon junjo-den okashina futari Poster

Nihon junjo-den okashina futari Feature Film1988Old woman in a car

Hachi-ko Poster

Hachi-ko Feature Film1987Tabacco shop owner

Lonely Heart Poster

Lonely Heart Feature Film1985Fuki Inoue

Itoshiki hibiyo Poster

Itoshiki hibiyo Feature Film1984Old Lady

Matsumoto Seichô no Zero no shôten TV Movie1983

Genji monogatari TV Movie1980Tsuruga no ouna

Sound of the Tides Poster

Sound of the Tides Feature Film1980Toyo

Atsui kûki TV Movie1979

The Life of Chikuzan Poster

The Life of Chikuzan Feature Film1977Daikoku-san

Tora-san's Heart of Gold Poster

Tora-san's Heart of Gold Feature Film1976Bâya

Akuma no youna aitsu Poster

Akuma no youna aitsu TV Series1975Haru Hachimura

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director Poster

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director Documentary1975Self

Zatôichi monogatari Poster

Zatôichi monogatari TV Series19741 episode, 1979

Kôkotsu no hito Poster

Kôkotsu no hito Feature Film1973Kadotani

Stray Dog Poster

Stray Dog Feature Film1973Owner of a restaurant

Triple Sôsasen Mini-Series19731 episode, 1973

Onna ikitemasu: Sakariba wataridori Feature Film1972Tsue

Girls' School: I Demand Games Poster

Girls' School: I Demand Games Feature Film1971

Wicked Priest 4: Killer Priest Comes Back Poster

Wicked Priest 4: Killer Priest Comes Back Feature Film1970

Mito Kômon man'yûki Poster

Mito Kômon man'yûki Feature Film1969

Miyo-chan no tame nara zen'in shûgô!! Poster

Miyo-chan no tame nara zen'in shûgô!! Feature Film1969

Hatsukoi sengen Feature Film1968Old Woman on Hachijo Island

Kigeki: Otto urimasu Poster

Kigeki: Otto urimasu Feature Film1968

Mexican Free-for-All Poster

Mexican Free-for-All Feature Film1968Ume Suzuki

Kimi ni shiawase o - Sentimental boy Poster

Kimi ni shiawase o - Sentimental boy Feature Film1967Kura Ninotani

Scattered Clouds Poster

Scattered Clouds Feature Film1967Nui Mishima - Shiro's mother

The Eyes, the Sea and a Ball Poster

The Eyes, the Sea and a Ball Feature Film1967

Yanagase buruusu Poster

Yanagase buruusu Feature Film1967

Moment of Terror Poster

Moment of Terror Feature Film1966Hisako Kanematsu

Mother and Her Eleven Children Poster

Mother and Her Eleven Children Feature Film1966Midwife

Yojôhan monogatari: Shôfu Shino Poster

Yojôhan monogatari: Shôfu Shino Feature Film1966Riku

An Innocent Witch Poster

An Innocent Witch Feature Film1965

Kamo Feature Film1965Tori Ueda

Kekkon sôdan Poster

Kekkon sôdan Feature Film1965Tokiko Tsurukawa

Akujo Feature Film1964Shino

Geisha gakkô Feature Film1964

Jakoman to Tetsu Poster

Jakoman to Tetsu Feature Film1964

Kuchikukan yukikaze Poster

Kuchikukan yukikaze Feature Film1964

Nippon Paradise Poster

Nippon Paradise Feature Film1964Kesa

Yearning Poster

Yearning Feature Film1964Bar madam at Ginzan hotspring

18 Who Cause a Storm Poster

18 Who Cause a Storm Feature Film1963Gin Ishii

Kaidan onibi no numa Poster

Kaidan onibi no numa Feature Film1963Oseki

Onna ni tsuyoku naru kufû no kazukazu Feature Film1963Sada

Uogashi no sempû musume Poster

Uogashi no sempû musume Feature Film1963

Being Two Isn't Easy Poster

Being Two Isn't Easy Feature Film1962Ino, grandmother

Eriko Feature Film1962

Kono ni uruwashi Poster

Kono ni uruwashi Feature Film1962

Nippon no obaachan Poster

Nippon no obaachan Feature Film1962Waka

Ofukuro TV Movie1962

Onna wa yogiri ni nureteiru Poster

Onna wa yogiri ni nureteiru Feature Film1962Yoshi Namikawa

Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda Poster

Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda Feature Film1962Aya Kashiwagi

The Body Poster

The Body Feature Film1962Sakiko's Mother

The Outcast Poster

The Outcast Feature Film1962Owner of the hotel

Haha to musume Feature Film1961Kiku

Refresher Course for Wives Poster

Refresher Course for Wives Feature Film1961

Ginrei no ôja Poster

Ginrei no ôja Feature Film1960Old woman

Irohanihoheto Poster

Irohanihoheto Feature Film1960

Jokyô Feature Film1960Osugi

Oden jigoku Poster

Oden jigoku Feature Film1960Osumi

Sen-hime goten Poster

Sen-hime goten Feature Film1960Omaki

Shiroi gake Poster

Shiroi gake Feature Film1960

Shôri to haiboku Poster

Shôri to haiboku Feature Film1960Sato

The Woman Who Touched the Legs Poster

The Woman Who Touched the Legs Feature Film1960

Tsukinode no ketto Poster

Tsukinode no ketto Feature Film1960Otani

Uta andon Poster

Uta andon Feature Film1960

White Fangs Poster

White Fangs Feature Film1960Sada

Anata to watashi no aikotoba: Sayônara, konnichiwa Poster

Anata to watashi no aikotoba: Sayônara, konnichiwa Feature Film1959

Ballad of the Cart Poster

Ballad of the Cart Feature Film1959Hina

Floating Weeds Poster

Floating Weeds Feature Film1959Shige

Ittôsai wa sebangô 6 Feature Film1959Onui

Karatachi nikki Poster

Karatachi nikki Feature Film1959

Onna no kyôshitsu Feature Film1959Tsune Rôyama

Sasameyuki Poster

Sasameyuki Feature Film1959

Waga ai Feature Film1959Otome

A Grain of Wheat Poster

A Grain of Wheat Feature Film1958

Akasen no hi wa kiezu Poster

Akasen no hi wa kiezu Feature Film1958Rie

Daily Betrayal Poster

Daily Betrayal Feature Film1958

Haha Feature Film1958

Half a Loaf... Poster

Half a Loaf... Feature Film1958Ôsaki's mother

Kyôfu no taiketsu Poster

Kyôfu no taiketsu Feature Film1958Shizu Kawasaki

Stakeout Poster

Stakeout Feature Film1958Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya

The Eternal Rainbow Poster

The Eternal Rainbow Feature Film1958Osamu's mother

The Flower Poster

The Flower Feature Film1958Sawa Muraki

The Precipice Poster

The Precipice Feature Film1958Kosaka's mother

Inazuma kaidô Poster

Inazuma kaidô Feature Film1957

Itohan monogatari Poster

Itohan monogatari Feature Film1957Oko

Itoshi koibito tachi Feature Film1957

Nijukyu-nin no kenka-jô Poster

Nijukyu-nin no kenka-jô Feature Film1957

Northern Elegy Poster

Northern Elegy Feature Film1957Reiko's aged maid

Snow Country Poster

Snow Country Feature Film1957

Tadaima zero hiki Feature Film1957Yone

Tokyo Twilight Poster

Tokyo Twilight Feature Film1957

Typhoon Over Nagasaki Poster

Typhoon Over Nagasaki Feature Film1957Fujita

Xiang Gang Dong Jing mi yue lu xing Poster

Xiang Gang Dong Jing mi yue lu xing Feature Film1957

Zoku nitôhei monogatari: Kessen taisei no maki Poster

Zoku nitôhei monogatari: Kessen taisei no maki Feature Film1957

Aru yo futatabi Poster

Aru yo futatabi Feature Film1956Yoneyama

Early Spring Poster

Early Spring Feature Film1956Shige Kitagawa

Haha o motomeru kora Poster

Haha o motomeru kora Feature Film1956

Kakubô sambagarasu Feature Film1956Hanako

Sound in the Mist Poster

Sound in the Mist Feature Film1956Ohana

Street of Shame Poster

Street of Shame Feature Film1956Otane

When the Magnolias Bloom Poster

When the Magnolias Bloom Feature Film1956

A Man Among Men Poster

A Man Among Men Feature Film1955Okimi

Aishu nikki Feature Film1955Osato

Asakusa no oni Poster

Asakusa no oni Feature Film1955

Asunaro monogatari Poster

Asunaro monogatari Feature Film1955Tomi

Bomeiki Feature Film1955

Ghost Story of Youth Poster

Ghost Story of Youth Feature Film1955

Ginji of the Seven Faces Poster

Ginji of the Seven Faces Feature Film1955Ofude

Hiryû no mon Feature Film1955

House of Many Pleasures Poster

House of Many Pleasures Feature Film1955Masa

I Am Tokichiro Feature Film1955

Kôfuku o haitatsu suru musume Poster

Kôfuku o haitatsu suru musume Feature Film1955

Meiji ichidai onna Poster

Meiji ichidai onna Feature Film1955Okane, Oume's mother

Onna no issho Poster

Onna no issho Feature Film1955Nobuko's mother

Rôkyoku tengu dôjô Feature Film1955

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum Poster

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum Feature Film1955Grandmother

Shichinin no ani imôto Feature Film1955Omitsu

Tenka no nera ubishonin Feature Film1955

The Magistrate Poster

The Magistrate Feature Film1955

Waga na wa Peten-shi Poster

Waga na wa Peten-shi Feature Film1955

Zoku otoko daigaku: Shinkon kyôshitsu Feature Film1955

Aru onna Poster

Aru onna Feature Film1954Tome

Asakusa no yoru Poster

Asakusa no yoru Feature Film1954Ôtaka

Hana no inochi o Poster

Hana no inochi o Feature Film1954

Koina no Ginpei Poster

Koina no Ginpei Feature Film1954

Kôjô no tsuki Feature Film1954

Konjiki yasha Poster

Konjiki yasha Feature Film1954Tose

Seishun no oto Feature Film1954

Shinzô yaburi no oka Feature Film1954

Shôhai Feature Film1954

Shunkin monogatari Poster

Shunkin monogatari Feature Film1954Tsugi

Somewhere Under the Broad Sky Poster

Somewhere Under the Broad Sky Feature Film1954Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother

Twenty-Four Eyes Poster

Twenty-Four Eyes Feature Film1954Otoko Sensei no Tsuma

Yonin no haha Feature Film1954

Botchan Feature Film1953Okiyo

Gan Feature Film1953Otsune, Suezo's wife

Haha no mizuumi Feature Film1953

Hiren tsubaki Poster

Hiren tsubaki Feature Film1953

Kettô gofun mae Feature Film1953

Older Brother, Younger Sister Poster

Older Brother, Younger Sister Feature Film1953Riki - the Mother

Shishi no za Poster

Shishi no za Feature Film1953Kayo

Shunsetsu no mon Feature Film1953

Where Chimneys Are Seen Poster

Where Chimneys Are Seen Feature Film1953Kayo Nojima

Asa no hamon Poster

Asa no hamon Feature Film1952

Hahakozuru Poster

Hahakozuru Feature Film1952Onao - mother

Haru no sasayaki Poster

Haru no sasayaki Feature Film1952Kaneko Katayama

Ikiru Feature Film1952Tatsu Watanabe, Kiichi's Wife

Inazuma Feature Film1952Osei

Mabuta no haha Feature Film1952

Machi no ko tengu Feature Film1952

Oka wa hanazakari Feature Film1952Okuni

Shino machi o nogarete Poster

Shino machi o nogarete Feature Film1952Nomura's grand mother

Yobiko hoshi Feature Film1952

Dora neko Poster

Dora neko Feature Film1951Old woman on the island

Koi no Oranda-zaka Poster

Koi no Oranda-zaka Feature Film1951Toshi

Meshi Feature Film1951Shige, Taniguchi

Shôbô kesshi-tai Feature Film1951

The Life of a Horsetrader Poster

The Life of a Horsetrader Feature Film1951Onobu

Tokyo Ereji Feature Film1951

A Mother's Love Feature Film1950

Hakuchû no kettô Poster

Hakuchû no kettô Feature Film1950Boarding House Landlady

Ôgonjû Feature Film1950Connie Sonobe's mother

Sasameyuki Poster

Sasameyuki Feature Film1950

Shimai hoshi Feature Film1950

Tsuma mo koisu Feature Film1950

Yuki fujin ezu Poster

Yuki fujin ezu Feature Film1950San

Zoku mukô sangenryô donari: Donguri uta gassen Poster

Zoku mukô sangenryô donari: Donguri uta gassen Feature Film1950Masa Kobayashi

Zoku mukô sangenryô donari: Koi no mike neko Poster

Zoku mukô sangenryô donari: Koi no mike neko Feature Film1950Masa Kobayashi

Ginza kankan musume Poster

Ginza kankan musume Feature Film1949Shinsho's wife

Ikoku no oka Poster

Ikoku no oka Feature Film1949Iku

Jinsei senshu Feature Film1949

Koga yashiki Poster

Koga yashiki Feature Film1949

Nijiotoko Poster

Nijiotoko Feature Film1949Kane Nonomura - Yukie's Old Maid

Spa Town Elegy Poster

Spa Town Elegy Feature Film1949

The Shocked Girls Poster

The Shocked Girls Feature Film1949

To Dream Once More Poster

To Dream Once More Feature Film1949

Mukô sangenryô donari: Shirayuri no maki Poster

Mukô sangenryô donari: Shirayuri no maki Feature Film1948

The Night Gate. Poster

The Night Gate. Feature Film1948

Women of the Night Poster

Women of the Night Feature Film1948brothel-keeper

Zoku mukô sangen ryôdonari: Sutakora jinsei no maki Feature Film1948

Koi suru tsuma Poster

Koi suru tsuma Feature Film1947Mother

Kyûjukyû niume no hanayome Feature Film1947

Aru yo no seppun Poster

Aru yo no seppun Feature Film1946Takako

Iku-san ga Feature Film1946

Kare to kanojo iku Feature Film1946

Shûdôin no hanayome Poster

Shûdôin no hanayome Feature Film1946Yûkichi's mother

Saigo no kikyô Poster

Saigo no kikyô Feature Film1945

Marai no tora Poster

Marai no tora Feature Film1943Tomi

Shinsetsu Poster

Shinsetsu Feature Film1942

Hokkyokukô Feature Film1941Otsune

Môjû-tsukai no shimai Feature Film1941Toyo, shitaro's stepmother

Gekiryû Short Film1940Kiku

Ôtôran no nageki Feature Film1940

Yumemiru musume Feature Film1940

Ie naki musume Feature Film1939Oyone, Jûkichi's nurse

Kekkon mondô Feature Film1939Muroto

Sabakaruru onna Feature Film1939Yukiko's aunt

Aa kokyo Feature Film1938

Ajia no musume Feature Film1938

Hitozuma shinju Feature Film1938Ume - Kinuyo's mother

Nippon no tamashii Feature Film1938Ume Ogino

Dassen reijô Feature Film1937Mrs. Fukuizumi

Onna yo naze naku ka Feature Film1937Ayako

The Straits of Love and Hate Poster

The Straits of Love and Hate Feature Film1937Ume

Aoba no yume Feature Film1936

Furusato no uta Feature Film1936Yoshio's mother

Hantô no maihime Feature Film1936

Sakura no sono Feature Film1936Ôshima

Suri no ie Feature Film1936

Taii no musume Feature Film1936Otoyo - Yoshibei's wife

Harusugata musume dôchû Feature Film1935Fueko's mother

Niino Tsuruchiyo Feature Film1935

Tetsuro Feature Film1935Ikuyo, Sumie's mother

Furyô shônen no chichi Feature Film1934

Haru no mezame Feature Film1934

Kokoro no hatoba Feature Film1934Kei Isobe

Seiki no aozora Feature Film1934Okane

Shôbôshu Feature Film1934Heita's mother

Tsuki yori no shisha Poster

Tsuki yori no shisha Feature Film1934Woman jailor

Yakôju Feature Film1934Madame at Bar

Gion matsuri Poster

Gion matsuri Feature Film1933

Hana sannin: kôhen Feature Film1933

Hijoji Nippon Documentary1933

Hikari tsumi to tomoni Feature Film1933

Taki no shiraito Poster

Taki no shiraito Feature Film1933Ogin

Misuji no onna Feature Film1932

Oira no sekai Feature Film1932

Akatsuki no uta Feature Film1931

Edo bîshonenrokû Feature Film1931

Jineî hichô Feature Film1931

Kokoro no hitsuki retsujitsuhen Feature Film1931

Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen Poster

Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen Feature Film1931

Mangetsu sanyûshi Feature Film1931

Renaî seisanchô Feature Film1931

Shikamo karera wa yuku Poster

Shikamo karera wa yuku Feature Film1931Mother

The 26 Martyrs of Japan Poster

The 26 Martyrs of Japan Feature Film1931Ohisa, Mother of Antonio

Dôgenzakâ kidan Feature Film1930

Metoden Feature Film1930

Tôjin Okichi Feature Film1930Omatsu, Denkichi's wife

Jidaisô Feature Film1929

Kanashiki jôsei Feature Film1928

Kubikake shobai Feature Film1928

Yaji and Kita: Chapter of Idaten Feature Film1928

Gâisen shônen Feature Film1927

Kurotakamaru Feature Film1927

Ningyo no ie Feature Film1927

Sensô to josei Feature Film1927

Yajikita son'nô no maki Poster

Yajikita son'nô no maki Feature Film1927Otoku

Gunshin Tachibana chûsa Feature Film1926

Nichirin: Kôhen Feature Film1926Osaki

Nichirin: Zenpen Feature Film1926

Rojô no rakuen Feature Film1926

Seigi banzai Feature Film1926

Siberia Otatsu Feature Film1926Otatsu

Tantei reijo Feature Film1926

Warê moshi funkî seba Feature Film1926

Â tokumukan Kantô Feature Film1925

Aiyoku no kiro Feature Film1925Okiyo - former wife

Chichibu no yama utsukushi Feature Film1925

Doto Feature Film1925

Eikô no oka e Feature Film1925

Hô wo shitau onna Feature Film1925Yoshio's wife

Musen Fusen Uchien Puchan Feature Film1925Yen-niang

Ningen Feature Film1925

Ningen: zenpen Feature Film1925

Nogi shôgun to Kuma-san Feature Film1925

Oyuki to Okyô Feature Film1925

Shinpaî gomuyô Feature Film1925

Shisei wo koete Feature Film1925

Jinkyo Feature Film1924Omatsu

Kanraku no onna Feature Film1924

Koi o tatsu ono Feature Film1924Masuko

Konjiki yasha Feature Film1924

Kyokubadan no joô Feature Film1924Spanish Dove

Moken no himitsu Feature Film1924

Natsukashi no sato Feature Film1924

Osumi to haha Feature Film1924

Reika Feature Film1924

Rengoku Ni Shitagaishi Feature Film1924

Seisaku no tsuma Feature Film1924

Sengo no Suma Feature Film1924

Shin kago no tori Feature Film1924

Shinobi naku oya Feature Film1924

Norowareshi ôyakô Feature Film1922

Kenbu no musume Feature Film1921

Noroi no kinkô Feature Film1921

Seizon no tame ni Feature Film1921

Yama e kaeru Feature Film1921

Yami no michi Feature Film1921

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