Kumeko Urabe
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.
Acting (157 movies)
Early Spring
1956
Hachiko
1987
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
Nocturnal Lights
1966
Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda
1962
Haru no sanmyaku
1962
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
1962
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
1927
Street of Shame
1956
湖愁
1962
Victory and Defeat
1960
Wedding March
1951
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
Duel in the Sun
1950
The Song Lantern
1960
Bridge of Japan
1956
Floating Weeds
1959
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
1962
Dupe
1965
Koina no Ginpei
1954
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
Women of the Night
1948
Aru yo no seppun
1946
Women Doing Time
1966
Night Scandal
1964
Girl in College
1969
The Broken Commandment
1962
Yearning
1964
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
The Wild Geese
1953
The Body
1962
Before Spring
1980
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
Kyū-chan ondo
1962
18 Roughs
1963
The Story of Shunkin
1954
Secret Club 000
1965
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
When a Woman Loves
1960
Sound in the Mist
1956
The Man From Chungking
1943
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
母山彦
1952
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
The Precipice
1958
Confronting Fear
1958
俺は死なない
1956
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
1972
喜劇 右向けェ左！
1970
An Heir's Place
1953
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
1955
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
1962
Tsuki yori no shisha
1934
Ikiru
1952
A Certain Woman
1954
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
1931
Saigo no kikyō
1945
Four and A Half Mats
1966
Repast
1951
Lightning
1952
Brother and Sister
1953
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
The Pretty Jade
1966
Who Is the Criminal?
1945
A Face Glowing at Night
1946
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Women of the Night
1948
Bot-chan
1953
The Song of the Cart
1959
Training Ship of Yearning
1956
Stakeout
1958
Miss Lonely
1985
An Innocent Witch
1965
Moment of Terror
1966
The Golden Demon
1954
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951
Elegy of the North
1957
The Bad Guy Blues
1969
Two in the Shadow
1967
The Feast of Gion
1933
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
Love's Family Tree
1961
Akireta musumetachi
1949
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
Snow Country
1957
Stray Dog
1973
Fantasy of Youth
1955
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
Adults Games
1971
And Yet They Go On
1931
The Secret Ceremony
1971
I Sell My Husband
1968
Snow-Flake
1950
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