Kumeko Urabe
October 5, 1902 (124 years old) in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
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
Credits
- 1987 · Hachiko as Tobacco Shop Owner
- 1985 · Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki as
- 1985 · Lonely Heart as Fuki Inoue
- 1984 · The Cold-Hearted Sea as
- 1972 · Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori as Tsue
- 1970 · The Final Gamble as
- 1969 · The Bad Guy Blues as
- 1969 · Girl in College as
- 1969 · Season of Tears as
- 1969 · Twenty-One Concubines: The Life of a Pervert as
- 1968 · I Sell My Husband as
- 1967 · Happiness For You — Sentimental Boy as
- 1967 · Yanagase Blues as Kane Sasagawa
- 1965 · Chained Bitch as
- 1965 · Dupe as
- 1965 · Color as
- 1964 · Night Scandal as Shino
- 1964 · Destroyer Yukikaze as
- 1963 · We Are Salarymen as Shizuko Komuro (Eiichiro’s Mother)
- 1963 · 18 Roughs as Gin Ishii
- 1963 · Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp as
- 1962 · Being Two Isn't Easy as Ino
- 1962 · The Body as
- 1962 · Teppo Yasu no Shogai as
- 1961 · Love's Family Tree as
- 1960 · White Cliffs as
- 1960 · When a Woman Loves as Otome
- 1959 · Tokyo Omnibus as
- 1959 · Diary of a Substitute Doctor as
- 1958 · Confronting Fear as
- 1958 · A Bridge for Two Alone as
- 1957 · Inazuma Kaidō as
- 1957 · Fighting Letter for 29 People as
- 1957 · 続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻 as
- 1957 · Itohan Monogatari as Okô
- 1956 · Training Ship of Yearning as
- 1956 · Children Seeking a Mother as Older Woman
- 1956 · Asashio yushio as
- 1956 · Twice on a Certain Night as
- 1955 · Troupers of Asakusa as
- 1955 · The Refugee as
- 1954 · Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced as
- 1954 · The Story of Shunkin as
- 1954 · The Golden Demon as Tose
- 1954 · Four Mothers as
- 1954 · Shinzōyaburi no oka as
- 1953 · Hiren tsubaki as
- 1952 · Kanpai! Tokyo Musume as
- 1952 · Machi no kotengu as
- 1952 · Forever My Love as
- 1952 · Hahakozuru as Onao
- 1952 · A Ripple in a Morning as
- 1951 · Hibari no komoriuta as
- 1950 · Duel in the Sun as Boarding house landlady
- 1949 · Koga Manshion as
- 1949 · Onna goroshi abura jigoku as
- 1949 · Akireta musumetachi as
- 1949 · Full Moon as
- 1949 · Hills of a Foreign Country as Iku
- 1949 · Three Mothers as
- 1947 · The 99th Bride as
- 1943 · Genghis Khan as
- 1939 · Ie naki musume as
- 1934 · Tsuki yori no shisha as
- 1931 · And Yet They Go On as
- Future · Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu as
- 1984 · Lovely Days as Old lady
- 1980 · Before Spring as Toyo
- 1976 · Tora-san's Pure Love as
- 1975 · Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director as Self
- 1974 · White Runway as
- 1973 · Stray Dog as
- 1971 · Kininaru Yomesan as
- 1971 · The Secret Ceremony as
- 1971 · Adults Games as
- 1970 · 喜劇 右向けェ左！ as
- 1970 · Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back as
- 1969 · River Of Love as
- 1967 · Two in the Shadow as
- 1967 · Eyes, the Sea and a Ball as
- 1967 · Flower Cards Chivalry as
- 1966 · Game of Chance as Sugi
- 1966 · The Pretty Jade as
- 1966 · Nocturnal Lights as
- 1966 · Moment of Terror as Hisako Kanematsu
- 1966 · Women Doing Time as
- 1966 · Four and A Half Mats as Riku
- 1965 · Secret Club 000 as
- 1965 · The Passionate Spinster as Tokiko Tsurukawa
- 1965 · An Innocent Witch as
- 1964 · Jakoman and Tetsu as Taka
- 1964 · Yearning as Bar Madam
- 1963 · Uogashi no senpū musume as
- 1963 · Teinen Taishoku as
- 1962 · Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi as
- 1962 · Irresponsible Rascal of Japan as
- 1962 · Gakusei geisha koi to kenka as
- 1962 · Kyū-chan ondo as
- 1962 · The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is! as
- 1962 · The Broken Commandment as Owner of the hotel
- 1962 · Eriko as Oshima
- 1962 · Kono ni uruwashi as
- 1962 · Koshū as
- 1962 · Haru no sanmyaku as
- 1962 · Night Mist Makes Women Cry as Yoshi Namikawa
- 1962 · Nippon no obaachan as Waka
- 1961 · Ganpā kachō as
- 1961 · Kōmori yashiki as
- 1961 · Refresher Course for Wives as
- 1961 · Love and the Shop Curtain as
- 1961 · Tobidashita onna daimyō as
- 1960 · The Legendary Hell as Osumi
- 1960 · Tsukinode no ketto as Otani
- 1960 · The Woman Who Touched Legs as
- 1960 · Scarred Yosaburo as
- 1960 · Irohanihoheto as
- 1960 · The Song Lantern as
- 1960 · Storm on the Silvery Peaks as Old woman
- 1960 · Victory and Defeat as Sato
- 1960 · Haha sakura as
- 1960 · A Woman's Testament as
- 1959 · Floating Weeds as Shige
- 1959 · Hear My Mother's Cry as
- 1959 · Blind Love as
- 1959 · Romance of a Ferry Man as
- 1959 · Ittōsai wa sebangō 6 as
- 1959 · Women's Classroom as
- 1959 · The Song of the Cart as
- 1959 · The Makioka Sisters as
- 1959 · Nureta hitomi as
- 1959 · Goodbye, Hello as Restaurant owner
- 1958 · Yurakucho 0 Street as Mother of A 16号
- 1958 · A Grain of Wheat as
- 1958 · Flower's Yearning as Muraki Sawa
- 1958 · The Cat Knew as
- 1958 · The Precipice as
- 1958 · Mother as
- 1958 · Hibi no haishin as
- 1958 · Okesa karasu as
- 1958 · Stakeout as Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya
- 1958 · Tokyo Eyes as
- 1957 · Chūzaisho nikki as
- 1957 · Monkey Business as Yone
- 1957 · Elegy of the North as Grandma
- 1957 · Tokyo Twilight as Komatsu's Mistress
- 1957 · Snow Country as
- 1957 · Typhoon Over Nagasaki as
- 1957 · Young Lovers as
- 1956 · Sound in the Mist as
- 1956 · Here It is Quiet as
- 1956 · Bridge of Japan as
- 1956 · Horeruna Yanpachi as
- 1956 · 俺は死なない as
- 1956 · Studio wa ōsawagi as
- 1956 · Sound of Youth as
- 1956 · Yaneura no Onna-tachi as
- 1956 · Headquarters of Crime Detection as
- 1956 · Street of Shame as Otane
- 1956 · The Spoiled Brat President as
- 1956 · Early Spring as Shige Kitagawa
- 1956 · The Buried Treasure as
- 1955 · She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum as Grandmother
- 1955 · I Was Tokichiro as
- 1955 · Shichinin no ani imōto as
- 1955 · Youth as
- 1955 · Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree as Tomi
- 1955 · House of Many Pleasures as Masa
- 1955 · Tokyo Gang as
- 1955 · Fantasy of Youth as
- 1955 · Tenka o nerau bishōnen as
- 1955 · The Magistrate as
- 1955 · Ginji of the Seven Faces as
- 1955 · A Girl Who Delivers Happiness as
- 1955 · A Woman's Life as Nobuko's mother
- 1955 · Rōkyoku tengu dōjō as
- 1955 · A Man Among Men as Okimi
- 1954 · Victory or Defeat as
- 1954 · Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky as Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
- 1954 · The Moon Over the Ruined Castle as
- 1954 · Twenty-Four Eyes as Otoko Sensei no Tsuma
- 1954 · 東京シンデレラ娘 as
- 1954 · A Certain Woman as Tome
- 1954 · Koina no Ginpei as
- 1953 · Haha no mizūmi as
- 1953 · To the Ends of the Earth as
- 1953 · Asakusa monogatari as
- 1953 · The Wild Geese as Otsune
- 1953 · Shunsetsu no mon as
- 1953 · Brother and Sister as Riki - the Mother
- 1953 · Bot-chan as Kiyo
- 1953 · An Heir's Place as
- 1953 · Where Chimneys Are Seen as Kayo Nojima
- 1953 · Kettō gofun mae as
- 1952 · Oka wa hanazakari as
- 1952 · Ikiru as Tatsu Watanabe
- 1952 · Lightning as Osei
- 1952 · Escape from the City of Death as
- 1952 · Haha yamahiko as
- 1952 · Yobiko hoshi as
- 1952 · Dokuja-tō kidan: Joōbachi as
- 1952 · Mabuta no haha as
- 1951 · Wedding March as Auntie
- 1951 · The Life of a Horse Trader as Onobu
- 1951 · Repast as Taniguchi Shige
- 1951 · Tokyo Elegy as
- 1951 · Dorei no machi as
- 1951 · Koi no Oranda-zaka as
- 1951 · Fire Department as
- 1950 · Shimai hoshi as
- 1950 · Shinju fujin: Hitozuma no maki as
- 1950 · Golden Beast as Connie Sonobe's mother
- 1950 · Shinju fujin: Shojo no maki as
- 1950 · Portrait of Madame Yuki as San
- 1950 · A Mother's Love as
- 1950 · Snow-Flake as
- 1950 · Tsuma mo koisu as
- 1949 · Hana no jitsugetsu as
- 1949 · Ginza Cancan Girls as
- 1949 · The Rainbow Man as Kane Nonomura
- 1949 · Arashi no naka no shimai as
- 1949 · Kenji to onnakanshu as
- 1948 · Nocturnal Gate as
- 1948 · Women of the Night as Brothel Keeper
- 1947 · The Little Green Box as
- 1947 · First Love Story as
- 1947 · Female Prisoner #36 as
- 1947 · Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu as
- 1946 · The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog as
- 1946 · Convent Bride as
- 1946 · Kimi ka to omohite as
- 1946 · A Face Glowing at Night as
- 1946 · Aru yo no seppun as Takako
- 1946 · Kare to kanojo wa iku as
- 1946 · Machi no ninkisha as
- 1946 · 瓢箪から出た駒 as
- 1946 · Iku-san ga as
- 1945 · Who Is the Criminal? as
- 1945 · Saigo no kikyō as
- 1943 · The Man From Chungking as 妻とよ
- 1943 · The Tiger of Malaya as Tomi
- 1942 · New Snow as
- 1941 · Passion to Soar as
- 1938 · Ah, My Hometown as
- 1937 · The Straits of Love and Hate as Ume
- 1933 · The Feast of Gion as
- 1933 · The Water Magician as Ogin
- 1931 · Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen as
- 1931 · The 26 Martyrs of Japan as Ohisa, Mother of Antonio
- 1930 · Mistress of a Foreigner as Omatsu
- 1927 · Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue as Otoku
- 1926 · 日輪 前篇 as
- 1924 · Osumi and Her Mother as
- 1924 · Moken no himitsu as
- 1924 · Seisaku no tsuma as