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.
214 movies · 2 shows
Hachiko
1987·7.8
Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki
1985·7.0
Lonely Heart
1985·7.1
The Cold-Hearted Sea
1984·0.0
Lovely Days
1984·10.0
Before Spring
1980·5.7
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976·9.2
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975·7.2
Stray Dog
1973·7.9
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
1972·0.0
The Secret Ceremony
1971·8.0
Adults Games
1971·0.0
喜劇 右向けェ左！
1970·0.0
Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
1970·9.0
The Final Gamble
1970·0.0
The Bad Guy Blues
1969·7.0
Girl in College
1969·0.0
Season of Tears
1969·8.0
Twenty-One Concubines: The Life of a Pervert
1969·0.0
River Of Love
1969·0.0
I Sell My Husband
1968·9.0
Two in the Shadow
1967·7.8
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
1967·7.5
Yanagase Blues
1967·0.0
Flower Cards Chivalry
1967·10.0
Game of Chance
1966·6.5
The Pretty Jade
1966·0.0
Nocturnal Lights
1966·0.0
Moment of Terror
1966·5.9
Women Doing Time
1966·0.0
Four and A Half Mats
1966·0.0
Secret Club 000
1965·0.0
The Passionate Spinster
1965·0.0
An Innocent Witch
1965·7.2
Chained Bitch
1965·0.0
Dupe
1965·9.0
Color
1965·0.0
Night Scandal
1964·8.0
Destroyer Yukikaze
1964·0.0
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964·7.3
Yearning
1964·8.1
We Are Salarymen
1963·7.0
18 Roughs
1963·6.7
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
1963·9.0
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963·0.0
Teinen Taishoku
1963·0.0
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
1962·0.0
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
1962·8.5
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962·6.9
The Body
1962·7.3
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962·0.0
Kyū-chan ondo
1962·0.0
The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is!
1962·0.0
The Broken Commandment
1962·6.8
Eriko
1962·0.0
Kono ni uruwashi
1962·0.0
Koshū
1962·0.0
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
1962·0.0
Haru no sanmyaku
1962·0.0
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
1962·8.0
Nippon no obaachan
1962·7.0
Love's Family Tree
1961·0.0
Refresher Course for Wives
1961·0.0
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961·0.0
The Legendary Hell
1960·0.0
Tsukinode no ketto
1960·7.0
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960·7.0
Scarred Yosaburo
1960·9.0
Irohanihoheto
1960·0.0
The Song Lantern
1960·9.0
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960·0.0
Victory and Defeat
1960·8.0
White Cliffs
1960·0.0
A Woman's Testament
1960·6.4
When a Woman Loves
1960·8.0
Floating Weeds
1959·7.5
Tokyo Omnibus
1959·0.0
Hear My Mother's Cry
1959·0.0
Blind Love
1959·0.0
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
1959·0.0
The Song of the Cart
1959·6.9
The Makioka Sisters
1959·8.5
Goodbye, Hello
1959·7.5
Yurakucho 0 Street
1958·0.0
A Grain of Wheat
1958·0.0
Flower's Yearning
1958·7.0
Confronting Fear
1958·0.0
The Cat Knew
1958·0.0
The Precipice
1958·9.0
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958·0.0
Mother
1958·0.0
Hibi no haishin
1958·0.0
Stakeout
1958·7.0
Tokyo Eyes
1958·0.0
Inazuma Kaidō
1957·0.0
Monkey Business
1957·0.0
Elegy of the North
1957·6.1
Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957·0.0
Snow Country
1957·6.7
Tokyo Twilight
1957·7.7
続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
1957·0.0
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957·6.2
Itohan Monogatari
1957·7.0
Young Lovers
1957·0.0
Sound in the Mist
1956·7.5
Here It is Quiet
1956·0.0
Training Ship of Yearning
1956·0.0
Bridge of Japan
1956·7.8
俺は死なない
1956·0.0
Children Seeking a Mother
1956·0.0
Asashio yushio
1956·0.0
Seishun no oto
1956·9.0
Twice on a Certain Night
1956·10.0
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956·0.0
刑事部屋
1956·0.0
Street of Shame
1956·7.7
Dadakko Shachou
1956·0.0
Early Spring
1956·7.5
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955·7.0
Youth
1955·0.0
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955·8.0
Troupers of Asakusa
1955·0.0
House of Many Pleasures
1955·9.0
The Refugee
1955·0.0
Fantasy of Youth
1955·0.0
The Magistrate
1955·0.0
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955·0.0
A Woman's Life
1955·0.0
A Man Among Men
1955·8.0
Victory or Defeat
1954·0.0
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954·6.6
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954·7.7
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
1954·0.0
The Story of Shunkin
1954·6.3
東京シンデレラ娘
1954·8.0
The Golden Demon
1954·9.0
A Certain Woman
1954·7.0
Koina no Ginpei
1954·0.0
The Wild Geese
1953·6.7
Brother and Sister
1953·6.3
Bot-chan
1953·10.0
An Heir's Place
1953·10.0
Hiren tsubaki
1953·0.0
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953·6.6
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952·0.0
Oka wa hanazakari
1952·9.0
Ikiru
1952·8.3
Lightning
1952·7.3
母子鶴
1952·0.0
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952·8.0
A Ripple in a Morning
1952·7.0
母山彦
1952·0.0
Wedding March
1951·10.0
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951·6.8
Repast
1951·7.6
Hibari no komoriuta
1951·6.0
Shimai hoshi
1950·0.0
Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki
1950·0.0
Golden Beast
1950·0.0
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950·6.7
Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki
1950·0.0
A Mother's Love
1950·0.0
Snow-Flake
1950·7.5
Tsuma mo koisu
1950·0.0
Duel in the Sun
1950·0.0
Koga Manshion
1949·0.0
Onna goroshi abura jigoku
1949·0.0
Akireta musumetachi
1949·0.0
Hana no jitsugetsu
1949·0.0
Ginza Cancan Girls
1949·10.0
Full Moon
1949·0.0
The Rainbow Man
1949·6.2
Hills of a Foreign Country
1949·0.0
Three Mothers
1949·0.0
Arashi no naka no shimai
1949·0.0
Kenji to onnakanshu
1949·0.0
Nocturnal Gate
1948·0.0
Women of the Night
1948·7.1
The Little Green Box
1947·0.0
First Love Story
1947·0.0
Female Prisoner #36
1947·0.0
The 99th Bride
1947·0.0
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
1947·0.0
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
1946·0.0
Convent Bride
1946·0.0
Kimi ka to omohite
1946·0.0
A Face Glowing at Night
1946·0.0
Aru yo no seppun
1946·0.0
Kare to kanojo wa iku
1946·0.0
Machi no ninkisha
1946·0.0
瓢箪から出た駒
1946·0.0
Iku-san ga
1946·0.0
Who Is the Criminal?
1945·0.0
Saigo no kikyō
1945·0.0
The Man From Chungking
1943·0.0
The Tiger of Malaya
1943·7.0
Genghis Khan
1943·0.0
New Snow
1942·8.0
Passion to Soar
1941·0.0
Ie naki musume
1939·0.0
Ah, My Hometown
1938·9.0
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937·7.5
Tsuki yori no shisha
1934·0.0
The Feast of Gion
1933·7.5
The Water Magician
1933·7.3
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
1931·7.0
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931·7.0
And Yet They Go On
1931·9.0
Mistress of a Foreigner
1930·6.3
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
1927·6.0
日輪 前篇
1926·0.0
Osumi and Her Mother
1924·6.5
Moken no himitsu
1924·8.0
Seisaku no tsuma
1924·0.0