10.0
10.0
Bot-chan
1953
as Kiyo
Kumeko Urabe
Acting
Born:October 5, 1902
Died:October 26, 1989(aged 87)
Birthplace:Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
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CommunityBiography
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 (166 movies)
10.0
10.0
Flower Cards Chivalry
1967
8.5
8.5
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
8.3
8.3
Ikiru
1952
as Tatsu Watanabe
8.1
8.1
Yearning
1964
as Bar Madam
8.0
8.0
The Makioka Sisters
1959
8.0
8.0
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
1963
8.0
8.0
Snow-Flake
1950
8.0
8.0
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
1962
7.8
7.8
Hachiko
1987
as Tabacco Shop Owner
7.7
7.7
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
as Otoko Sensei no Tsuma
7.7
7.7
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Komatsu's Mistress
7.7
7.7
Street of Shame
1956
as Otane
7.6
7.6
Two in the Shadow
1967
7.5
7.5
Gateway to Glory
1969
7.5
7.5
Repast
1951
as Taniguchi Shige
7.5
7.5
Early Spring
1956
as Shige Kitagawa
7.4
7.4
Floating Weeds
1959
as Shige
7.3
7.3
Bridge of Japan
1956
7.2
7.2
The Water Magician
1933
as Ogin
7.2
7.2
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937
as Ume
7.1
7.1
An Innocent Witch
1965
7.1
7.1
Lightning
1952
as Osei
7.1
7.1
Women of the Night
1948
as Brothel Keeper
7.1
7.1
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
7.0
7.0
Miss Lonely
1985
as Fuki Inoue
7.0
7.0
Stray Dog
1973
6.9
6.9
Stakeout
1958
as Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya
6.9
6.9
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
as Grandmother
6.8
6.8
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951
as Onobu
6.8
6.8
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
as Ino
6.7
6.7
Snow Country
1957
6.7
6.7
The Rainbow Man
1949
as Kane Nonomura
6.7
6.7
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
as San
6.6
6.6
The Song of the Cart
1959
6.6
6.6
18 Roughs
1963
as Gin Ishii
6.6
6.6
The Broken Commandment
1962
as Owner of the hotel
6.5
6.5
Osumi and Her Mother
1924
6.5
6.5
The Body
1962
6.5
6.5
The Wild Geese
1953
as Otsune
6.4
6.4
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
as Kayo Nojima
6.2
6.2
Brother and Sister
1953
as Riki - the Mother
6.2
6.2
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
6.2
6.2
Mistress of a Foreigner
1930
as Omatsu
6.0
6.0
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
6.0
6.0
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
as Taka
6.0
6.0
Elegy of the North
1957
as Grandma
6.0
6.0
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
6.0
6.0
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
as Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
6.0
6.0
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
6.0
6.0
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
1927
as Otoku
6.0
6.0
Game of Chance
1966
as Sugi
6.0
6.0
Goodbye, Hello
1959
as Restaurant owner
5.8
5.8
Moment of Terror
1966
as Hisako Kanematsu
5.8
5.8
A Woman's Testament
1960
5.2
5.2
Before Spring
1980
as Toyo
5.0
5.0
The Story of Shunkin
1954
5.0
5.0
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
1967
5.0
5.0
The Feast of Gion
1933
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
Ah, My Hometown
1938
The Golden Demon
1954
as Tose
And Yet They Go On
1931
続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
1957
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
1954
Yurakucho 0 Street
1958
as Mother of A 16号
When a Woman Loves
1960
as Otome
Eriko
1962
as Oshima
The Bad Guy Blues
1969
Fantasy of Youth
1955
The Refugee
1955
The Secret Ceremony
1971
I Sell My Husband
1968
Yanagase Blues
1967
as Kane Sasagawa
Destroyer Yukikaze
1964
Refresher Course for Wives
1961
Akireta musumetachi
1949
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
Chained Bitch
1965
Women Doing Time
1966
The Pretty Jade
1966
Nocturnal Gate
1948
Young Lovers
1957
New Snow
1942
Nippon no obaachan
1962
as Waka
母子鶴
1952
as Onao
Tsukinode no ketto
1960
as Otani
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
1962
as Yoshi Namikawa
The Passionate Spinster
1965
as Tokiko Tsurukawa
Itohan Monogatari
1957
as Okô
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
A Woman's Life
1955
as Nobuko's mother
A Man Among Men
1955
as Okimi
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960
as Old woman
Sound in the Mist
1956
Koina no Ginpei
1954
The Magistrate
1955
Inazuma Kaidō
1957
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957
The Song Lantern
1960
Seisaku no tsuma
1924
The Cold-Hearted Sea
1984
Teinen Taishoku
1963
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
Oogonju
1950
as Connie Sonobe's mother
Duel in the Sun
1950
as Boarding house landlady
Wedding March
1951
as Auntie
Color
1965
Dupe
1965
Secret Club 000
1965
Nocturnal Lights
1966
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
1931
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
as Ohisa, Mother of Antonio
The Final Gamble
1970
Night Scandal
1964
as Shino
Girl in College
1969
Passion to Soar
1941
An Heir's Place
1953
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947
母山彦
1952
Victory or Defeat
1954
Hibi no haishin
1958
俺は死なない
1956
Confronting Fear
1958
喜劇 右向けェ左！
1970
Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda
1962
Haru no sanmyaku
1962
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
1962
湖愁
1962
Victory and Defeat
1960
as Sato
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
Kyū-chan ondo
1962
Moken no himitsu
1924
The Man From Chungking
1943
as 妻とよ
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
as Tomi
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
1972
as Tsue
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
1955
as Masa
Irohanihoheto
1960
A Certain Woman
1954
as Tome
Saigo no kikyō
1945
Four and A Half Mats
1966
as Riku
Who Is the Criminal?
1945
A Face Glowing at Night
1946
Training Ship of Yearning
1956
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
1959
Tokyo Eyes
1958
Ie naki musume
1939
White Cliffs
1960
日輪 前篇
1926
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
刑事部屋
1956
Koi no otome kawa
1969
We Are Salarymen
1963
as Shizuko Komuro (Eiichiro’s Mother)
Flower's Yearning
1958
as Muraki Sawa
The Precipice
1958
Dadakko Shachou
1956
A Mother's Love
1950
Love's Family Tree
1961
Adults Games
1971
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949
Tsuki yori no shisha
1934
Aru yo no seppun
1946
as Takako
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