Acting
Kumeko Urabe
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.
Filmography
Hachiko
Film · 1987
Lonely Heart
Film · 1985
Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki
Film · 1985
The Cold-Hearted Sea
Film · 1984
Lovely Days
Film · 1984
Before Spring
Film · 1980
Tora-san's Pure Love
Film · 1976
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Film · 1975
White Runway
Series · 1974
Stray Dog
Film · 1973
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Film · 1972
Adults Games
Film · 1971
The Secret Ceremony
Film · 1971
Kininaru Yomesan
Series · 1971
喜劇 右向けェ左！
Film · 1970
The Final Gamble
Film · 1970
Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
Film · 1970
Girl in College
Film · 1969
The Bad Guy Blues
Film · 1969
River Of Love
Film · 1969
Season of Tears
Film · 1969
Twenty-One Concubines: The Life of a Pervert
Film · 1969
I Sell My Husband
Film · 1968
Two in the Shadow
Film · 1967
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
Film · 1967
Flower Cards Chivalry
Film · 1967
Yanagase Blues
Film · 1967
Happiness For You — Sentimental Boy
Film · 1967
Nocturnal Lights
Film · 1966
Women Doing Time
Film · 1966
Four and A Half Mats
Film · 1966
The Pretty Jade
Film · 1966
Moment of Terror
Film · 1966
Game of Chance
Film · 1966
Dupe
Film · 1965
Secret Club 000
Film · 1965
An Innocent Witch
Film · 1965
The Passionate Spinster
Film · 1965
Chained Bitch
Film · 1965
Color
Film · 1965
Night Scandal
Film · 1964
Yearning
Film · 1964
Jakoman and Tetsu
Film · 1964
Destroyer Yukikaze
Film · 1964
18 Roughs
Film · 1963
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
Film · 1963
Teinen Taishoku
Film · 1963
Uogashi no senpū musume
Film · 1963
We Are Salarymen
Film · 1963
The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is!
Film · 1962
Haru no sanmyaku
Film · 1962
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
Film · 1962
Koshū
Film · 1962
Kono ni uruwashi
Film · 1962
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
Film · 1962
The Broken Commandment
Film · 1962
The Body
Film · 1962
Being Two Isn't Easy
Film · 1962
Kyū-chan ondo
Film · 1962
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
Film · 1962
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
Film · 1962
Eriko
Film · 1962
Nippon no obaachan
Film · 1962
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
Film · 1962
Love's Family Tree
Film · 1961
Refresher Course for Wives
Film · 1961
Love and the Shop Curtain
Film · 1961
Ganpā kachō
Film · 1961
Scarred Yosaburo
Film · 1960
Victory and Defeat
Film · 1960
The Song Lantern
Film · 1960
When a Woman Loves
Film · 1960
The Woman Who Touched Legs
Film · 1960
A Woman's Testament
Film · 1960
Tsukinode no ketto
Film · 1960
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
Film · 1960
White Cliffs
Film · 1960
Irohanihoheto
Film · 1960
The Legendary Hell
Film · 1960
Floating Weeds
Film · 1959
The Makioka Sisters
Film · 1959
The Song of the Cart
Film · 1959
Tokyo Omnibus
Film · 1959
Goodbye, Hello
Film · 1959
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
Film · 1959
Blind Love
Film · 1959
Hear My Mother's Cry
Film · 1959
Romance of a Ferry Man
Film · 1959
Nureta hitomi
Film · 1959
Women's Classroom
Film · 1959
Ittōsai wa sebangō 6
Film · 1959
The Precipice
Film · 1958
Confronting Fear
Film · 1958
Stakeout
Film · 1958
A Bridge for Two Alone
Film · 1958
Mother
Film · 1958
A Grain of Wheat
Film · 1958
Tokyo Eyes
Film · 1958
Hibi no haishin
Film · 1958
Flower's Yearning
Film · 1958
Yurakucho 0 Street
Film · 1958
The Cat Knew
Film · 1958
Okesa karasu
Film · 1958
続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
Film · 1957
Elegy of the North
Film · 1957
Snow Country
Film · 1957
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Film · 1957
Young Lovers
Film · 1957
Tokyo Twilight
Film · 1957
Itohan Monogatari
Film · 1957
Inazuma Kaidō
Film · 1957
Fighting Letter for 29 People
Film · 1957
Monkey Business
Film · 1957
Chūzaisho nikki
Film · 1957
Early Spring
Film · 1956
Street of Shame
Film · 1956
Bridge of Japan
Film · 1956
Sound in the Mist
Film · 1956
俺は死なない
Film · 1956
Training Ship of Yearning
Film · 1956
Twice on a Certain Night
Film · 1956
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
Film · 1956
Children Seeking a Mother
Film · 1956
Headquarters of Crime Detection
Film · 1956
The Spoiled Brat President
Film · 1956
Sound of Youth
Film · 1956
Here It is Quiet
Film · 1956
Asashio yushio
Film · 1956
The Buried Treasure
Film · 1956
Studio wa ōsawagi
Film · 1956
Horeruna Yanpachi
Film · 1956
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Film · 1955
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
Film · 1955
House of Many Pleasures
Film · 1955
Fantasy of Youth
Film · 1955
A Woman's Life
Film · 1955
A Man Among Men
Film · 1955
The Magistrate
Film · 1955
The Refugee
Film · 1955
Youth
Film · 1955
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
Film · 1955
Troupers of Asakusa
Film · 1955
Rōkyoku tengu dōjō
Film · 1955
Ginji of the Seven Faces
Film · 1955
Tenka o nerau bishōnen
Film · 1955
Tokyo Gang
Film · 1955
Shichinin no ani imōto
Film · 1955
I Was Tokichiro
Film · 1955
Koina no Ginpei
Film · 1954
The Story of Shunkin
Film · 1954
A Certain Woman
Film · 1954
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Film · 1954
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
Film · 1954
The Golden Demon
Film · 1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
Film · 1954
Victory or Defeat
Film · 1954
東京シンデレラ娘
Film · 1954
Shinzōyaburi no oka
Film · 1954
Four Mothers
Film · 1954
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
Film · 1954
The Wild Geese
Film · 1953
An Heir's Place
Film · 1953
Brother and Sister
Film · 1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Film · 1953
Bot-chan
Film · 1953
Hiren tsubaki
Film · 1953
Kettō gofun mae
Film · 1953
Shunsetsu no mon
Film · 1953
Asakusa monogatari
Film · 1953
To the Ends of the Earth
Film · 1953
Haha no mizūmi
Film · 1953
Escape from the City of Death
Film · 1952
Haha yamahiko
Film · 1952
Ikiru
Film · 1952
Lightning
Film · 1952
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Film · 1952
Hahakozuru
Film · 1952
A Ripple in a Morning
Film · 1952
Oka wa hanazakari
Film · 1952
Mabuta no haha
Film · 1952
Dokuja-tō kidan: Joōbachi
Film · 1952
Yobiko hoshi
Film · 1952
Forever My Love
Film · 1952
Machi no kotengu
Film · 1952
Wedding March
Film · 1951
Hibari no komoriuta
Film · 1951
Repast
Film · 1951
The Life of a Horse Trader
Film · 1951
Fire Department
Film · 1951
Koi no Oranda-zaka
Film · 1951
Dorei no machi
Film · 1951
Tokyo Elegy
Film · 1951
Duel in the Sun
Film · 1950
Golden Beast
Film · 1950
A Mother's Love
Film · 1950
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Film · 1950
Snow-Flake
Film · 1950
Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki
Film · 1950
Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki
Film · 1950
Tsuma mo koisu
Film · 1950
Shimai hoshi
Film · 1950
Ginza Cancan Girls
Film · 1949
Akireta musumetachi
Film · 1949
The Rainbow Man
Film · 1949
Hills of a Foreign Country
Film · 1949
Koga Manshion
Film · 1949
Kenji to onnakanshu
Film · 1949
Arashi no naka no shimai
Film · 1949
Three Mothers
Film · 1949
Full Moon
Film · 1949
Hana no jitsugetsu
Film · 1949
Onna goroshi abura jigoku
Film · 1949
Women of the Night
Film · 1948
Nocturnal Gate
Film · 1948
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
Film · 1947
The 99th Bride
Film · 1947
The Little Green Box
Film · 1947
Female Prisoner #36
Film · 1947
First Love Story
Film · 1947
Aru yo no seppun
Film · 1946
A Face Glowing at Night
Film · 1946
Iku-san ga
Film · 1946
瓢箪から出た駒
Film · 1946
Machi no ninkisha
Film · 1946
Kare to kanojo wa iku
Film · 1946
Kimi ka to omohite
Film · 1946
Convent Bride
Film · 1946
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
Film · 1946
Saigo no kikyō
Film · 1945
Who Is the Criminal?
Film · 1945
The Man From Chungking
Film · 1943
The Tiger of Malaya
Film · 1943
Genghis Khan
Film · 1943
New Snow
Film · 1942
Passion to Soar
Film · 1941
Ie naki musume
Film · 1939
Ah, My Hometown
Film · 1938
The Straits of Love and Hate
Film · 1937
Tsuki yori no shisha
Film · 1934
The Feast of Gion
Film · 1933
The Water Magician
Film · 1933
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
Film · 1931
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
Film · 1931
And Yet They Go On
Film · 1931
Mistress of a Foreigner
Film · 1930
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
Film · 1927
日輪 前篇
Film · 1926
Moken no himitsu
Film · 1924
Osumi and Her Mother
Film · 1924
Seisaku no tsuma
Film · 1924
Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu
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