Cast
Kumeko Urabe
Acting
Cast
Kumeko Urabe
Known for
Acting
Born
1902-10-05
From
Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Died
1989-10-26
Also known as 浦邊粂子
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.
Ikiru
as Tatsu Watanabe
Two in the Shadow
Hachiko
as Tobacco Shop Owner
Street of Shame
as Otane
Tokyo Twilight
as Komatsu's Mistress
The Song of the Cart
Portrait of Madame Yuki
as San
Floating Weeds
as Shige
Brother and Sister
as Riki - the Mother
An Innocent Witch
Lonely Heart
as Fuki Inoue
Yearning
as Bar Madam
You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
as Grandmother
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Otoko Sensei no Tsuma
Early Spring
as Shige Kitagawa
Snow Country
Repast
as Taniguchi Shige
Bridge of Japan
Women of the Night
as Brothel Keeper
Tora-san's Pure Love
The Makioka Sisters
Lightning
as Osei
The Broken Commandment
as Owner of the hotel
Flower's Yearning
as Muraki Sawa
Itohan Monogatari
as Okô
Nocturnal Gate
Dupe
The Rainbow Man
as Kane Nonomura
Being Two Isn't Easy
as Ino
The Straits of Love and Hate
as Ume
Uogashi no senpū musume
The Body
Training Ship of Yearning
The Cold-Hearted Sea
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
as Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Kayo Nojima
The Story of Shunkin
母子鶴
as Onao
Destroyer Yukikaze
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as Self
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Nocturnal Lights
Jakoman and Tetsu
as Taka
The Life of a Horse Trader
as Onobu
Girl in College
Tokyo Omnibus
Duel in the Sun
as Boarding house landlady
Moment of Terror
as Hisako Kanematsu
Stakeout
as Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya
Adults Games
Snow-Flake
Goodbye, Hello
as Restaurant owner
18 Roughs
as Gin Ishii
The Precipice
Stray Dog
Before Spring
as Toyo
Night Scandal
as Shino
The Golden Demon
as Tose
Game of Chance
as Sugi
Ginza Cancan Girls
Nippon no obaachan
as Waka
Mother
A Woman's Life
as Nobuko's mother
The Woman Who Touched Legs
A Man Among Men
as Okimi
A Certain Woman
as Tome
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
as Tomi
Secret Club 000
House of Many Pleasures
as Masa
The Wild Geese
as Otsune
A Ripple in a Morning
Mistress of a Foreigner
as Omatsu
The Final Gamble
Scarred Yosaburo
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
as Otoku
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
Fantasy of Youth
Shi no machi wo nogarete
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
Irohanihoheto
A Bridge for Two Alone
Tsuki yori no shisha
The Water Magician
as Ogin
刑事部屋
Women Doing Time
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
An Heir's Place
The Bad Guy Blues
Chained Bitch
母山彦
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
The Passionate Spinster
as Tokiko Tsurukawa
A Woman's Testament
Hibi no haishin
Monkey Business
as Yone
The Refugee
White Cliffs
A Mother's Love
The Tiger of Malaya
as Tomi
Kyū-chan ondo
New Snow
Tokyo Eyes
And Yet They Go On
Love's Family Tree
Children Seeking a Mother
as Older Woman
Fighting Letter for 29 People
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
Refresher Course for Wives
Twice on a Certain Night
Wedding March
as Auntie
Koina no Ginpei
Teinen Taishoku
A Face Glowing at Night
Sound in the Mist
Haru no sanmyaku
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
as Old woman
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
as Ohisa, Mother of Antonio
Akireta musumetachi
Hibari no komoriuta
Tsukinode no ketto
as Otani
Victory and Defeat
as Sato
Golden Beast
as Connie Sonobe's mother
The Song Lantern
Ah, My Hometown
Young Lovers
Victory or Defeat
Color
The Magistrate
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
as Tsue
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
Moken no himitsu
Four and A Half Mats
as Riku
Koshū
When a Woman Loves
as Otome
The Man From Chungking
as 妻とよ
Kono ni uruwashi
Love and the Shop Curtain
Yanagase Blues
as Kane Sasagawa
喜劇 右向けェ左！
Dadakko Shachou
俺は死なない
Twenty-One Concubines: The Life of a Pervert
Saigo no kikyō
I Sell My Husband
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
Bot-chan
as Kiyo
Who Is the Criminal?
Flower Cards Chivalry
The Secret Ceremony
Season of Tears
Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki
Elegy of the North
as Grandma
The Feast of Gion
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
as Yoshi Namikawa
Inazuma Kaidō
Confronting Fear
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
We Are Salarymen
as Shizuko Komuro (Eiichiro’s Mother)
The Pretty Jade
The Cat Knew
Lovely Days
as Old lady
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Passion to Soar
Ie naki musume
Oka wa hanazakari
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
Eriko
as Oshima
A Grain of Wheat
瓢箪から出た駒
Koi no otome kawa
Here It is Quiet
Aru yo no seppun
as Takako
続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
Seishun no oto
Yurakucho 0 Street
as Mother of A 16号
The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is!
東京シンデレラ娘
Hear My Mother's Cry
日輪 前篇
Osumi and Her Mother
Seisaku no tsuma
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
Iku-san ga
Youth
Hills of a Foreign Country
as Iku
The Legendary Hell
as Osumi
Blind Love
Hiren tsubaki
