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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.


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Born:
Oct 5, 1902 In Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Movie/TV Credits:
62
First Appeared:
In the movie Osumi and Her Mother 1924-06-29
Latest Project:
Movie Hachiko 1987-08-01
Known For
Filmography
Movie Hachiko Tabacco shop owner 1987-08-01
Movie Miss Lonely Fuki Inoue 1985-04-12
Movie Before Spring Toyo 1980-09-20
Movie Tora-san's Pure Love 1976-12-25
Movie Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director 1975-05-24
Movie The Izu Dancer 1974-12-28
Movie Stray Dog 1973-09-29
Movie The Secret Ceremony 1971-06-23
Movie Gateway to Glory 1969-07-12
Movie Two in the Shadow Unknown 1967-11-18
Movie Moment of Terror Hisako Kanematsu 1966-04-16
Movie Game of Chance Sugi 1966-10-22
Movie An Innocent Witch 1965-10-30
Movie Yearning Bar Madam 1964-01-15
Movie Jakoman and Tetsu Taka 1964-02-08
Movie Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp 1963-06-23
Movie 18 Roughs Gin Ishii 1963-09-11
Movie Being Two Isn't Easy Ino 1962-11-18
Movie Nippon no obaachan Waka 1962-01-03
Movie The Broken Commandment Owner of the hotel 1962-04-06
Movie Love's Family Tree 1961-11-22
Movie A Woman's Testament 1960-01-14
Movie Tsukinode no ketto Otani 1960-11-16
Movie The Woman Who Touched Legs 1960-08-24
Movie The Makioka Sisters 1959-01-14
Movie The Song of the Cart Unknown 1959-02-11
Movie Floating Weeds Shige 1959-11-17
Movie When a Woman Loves Otome 1959-09-24
Movie Stakeout Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya 1958-01-15
Movie The Precipice 1958-03-17
Movie Typhoon Over Nagasaki 1957-02-06
Movie Snow Country 1957-04-30
Movie Elegy of the North Grandma 1957-09-01
Movie Tokyo Twilight Komatsu's Mistress 1957-04-30
Movie Early Spring Shige Kitagawa 1956-01-29
Movie Street of Shame Otane 1956-03-18
Movie Bridge of Japan 1956-10-01
Movie She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum Grandmother 1955-11-29
Movie The Golden Demon Tose 1954-03-21
Movie The Story of Shunkin 1954-06-27
Movie Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother 1954-11-23
Movie Where Chimneys Are Seen Kayo Nojima 1953-03-05
Movie Bot-chan Kiyo 1953-06-15
Movie Brother and Sister Riki - the Mother 1953-08-19
Movie The Wild Geese Otsune 1953-09-15
Movie A Ripple in a Morning 1952-05-01
Movie Shi no machi wo nogarete 1952-05-22
Movie 母子鶴 Onao 1952-07-03
Movie Lightning Osei 1952-10-09
Movie Repast Taniguchi Shige 1951-11-23
Movie The Life of a Horse Trader Onobu 1951-12-07
Movie A Mother's Love 1950-06-27
Movie Portrait of Madame Yuki San 1950-10-21
Movie The Rainbow Man Kane Nonomura 1949-07-18
Movie Ginza Cancan Girls 1949-08-16
Movie Women of the Night Brothel-keeper 1948-05-26
Movie The Tiger of Malaya Tomi 1943-06-24
Movie Ah, My Hometown 1938-10-06
Movie The Straits of Love and Hate Ume 1937-06-17
Movie The Feast of Gion 1933-08-31
Movie Mistress of a Foreigner Omatsu 1930-07-01
Movie Osumi and Her Mother 1924-06-29
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