Acting
Kumeko Urabe
JA, FR cinema · 251 credits
Born
5 October 1902
Died
26 October 1989 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Also known as 浦邊粂子
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.
Known for
Filmography
Hachiko
as Tobacco Shop Owner
Lonely Heart
as Fuki Inoue
Lovely Days
as Old lady
Before Spring
as Toyo
Yanagase Blues
as Kane Sasagawa
Moment of Terror
as Hisako Kanematsu
Game of Chance
as Sugi
Dupe
Actor
The Passionate Spinster
as Tokiko Tsurukawa
Night Scandal
as Shino
Yearning
as Bar Madam
18 Roughs
as Gin Ishii
We Are Salarymen
as Shizuko Komuro (Eiichiro’s Mother)
The Broken Commandment
as Owner of the hotel
The Body
Actor
江梨子
1962
Eriko
as Oshima
女は夜霧に濡れている
1962
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
as Yoshi Namikawa
When a Woman Loves
as Otome
Tsukinode no ketto
as Otani
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
as Old woman
Floating Weeds
as Shige
Goodbye, Hello
as Restaurant owner
Stakeout
as Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya
Flower's Yearning
as Muraki Sawa
Yurakucho 0 Street
as Mother of A 16号
Elegy of the North
as Grandma
Tokyo Twilight
as Komatsu's Mistress
Early Spring
as Shige Kitagawa
Street of Shame
as Otane
Children Seeking a Mother
as Older Woman
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
as Grandmother
A Woman's Life
as Nobuko's mother
A Man Among Men
as Okimi
A Certain Woman
as Tome
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
as Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
The Golden Demon
as Tose
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Otoko Sensei no Tsuma
東京シンデレラ娘
Actor
The Wild Geese
as Otsune
Brother and Sister
as Riki - the Mother
Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Kayo Nojima
Bot-chan
as Kiyo
Ikiru
as Tatsu Watanabe
Lightning
as Osei
Hahakozuru
as Onao
Wedding March
as Auntie
Repast
as Taniguchi Shige
Duel in the Sun
as Boarding house landlady
黄金獣
1950
Golden Beast
as Connie Sonobe's mother
The Rainbow Man
as Kane Nonomura
Women of the Night
as Brothel Keeper
Aru yo no seppun
as Takako
New Snow
Actor
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
as Ohisa, Mother of Antonio
