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
- 1974 · White Runway as
- 1971 · Kininaru Yomesan as
- 1971 · The Secret Ceremony as
- 1967 · Two in the Shadow as
- 1967 · Flower Cards Chivalry as
- 1965 · The Passionate Spinster as Tokiko Tsurukawa
- 1964 · Yearning as Bar Madam
- 1962 · The Body as
- 1962 · The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is! as
- 1962 · The Broken Commandment as Owner of the hotel
- 1960 · The Legendary Hell as Osumi
- 1959 · Floating Weeds as Shige
- 1959 · Ittōsai wa sebangō 6 as
- 1959 · Women's Classroom as
- 1959 · Nureta hitomi as
- 1958 · A Bridge for Two Alone as
- 1958 · Hibi no haishin as
- 1958 · Okesa karasu as
- 1958 · Stakeout as Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya
- 1957 · Elegy of the North as Grandma
- 1957 · Fighting Letter for 29 People as
- 1957 · Tokyo Twilight as Komatsu's Mistress
- 1957 · Snow Country as
- 1957 · Typhoon Over Nagasaki as
- 1956 · Horeruna Yanpachi as
- 1956 · Studio wa ōsawagi as
- 1956 · Street of Shame as Otane
- 1956 · Early Spring as Shige Kitagawa
- 1956 · The Buried Treasure as
- 1955 · I Was Tokichiro as
- 1955 · She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum as Grandmother
- 1955 · Shichinin no ani imōto as
- 1955 · Tokyo Gang as
- 1955 · Tenka o nerau bishōnen as
- 1955 · Ginji of the Seven Faces as
- 1955 · A Girl Who Delivers Happiness as
- 1955 · Rōkyoku tengu dōjō as
- 1954 · The Moon Over the Ruined Castle as
- 1954 · Twenty-Four Eyes as Otoko Sensei no Tsuma
- 1954 · The Story of Shunkin as
- 1954 · Shinzōyaburi no oka as
- 1953 · Haha no mizūmi as
- 1953 · To the Ends of the Earth as
- 1953 · Asakusa monogatari as
- 1953 · Shunsetsu no mon as
- 1953 · Bot-chan as Kiyo
- 1953 · Kettō gofun mae as
- 1952 · Machi no kotengu as
- 1952 · Ikiru as Tatsu Watanabe
- 1952 · Yobiko hoshi as
- 1952 · Dokuja-tō kidan: Joōbachi as
- 1951 · Repast as Taniguchi Shige
- 1951 · Dorei no machi as
- 1951 · Koi no Oranda-zaka as
- 1951 · Fire Department as
- 1950 · Portrait of Madame Yuki as San
- 1950 · Tsuma mo koisu as
- 1949 · The Rainbow Man as Kane Nonomura
- 1948 · Women of the Night as Brothel Keeper
- 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
- 1973 · Stray Dog as
- 1972 · Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori as Tsue
- 1971 · Adults Games as
- 1970 · 喜劇 右向けェ左！ as
- 1970 · Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back as
- 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
- 1969 · River Of Love as
- 1968 · I Sell My Husband as
- 1967 · Happiness For You — Sentimental Boy as
- 1967 · Eyes, the Sea and a Ball as
- 1967 · Yanagase Blues as Kane Sasagawa
- 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 · An Innocent Witch as
- 1965 · Chained Bitch as
- 1965 · Dupe as
- 1965 · Color as
- 1964 · Night Scandal as Shino
- 1964 · Destroyer Yukikaze as
- 1964 · Jakoman and Tetsu as Taka
- 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
- 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 · Being Two Isn't Easy as Ino
- 1962 · Gakusei geisha koi to kenka as
- 1962 · Kyū-chan ondo as
- 1962 · Eriko as Oshima
- 1962 · Kono ni uruwashi as
- 1962 · Koshū as
- 1962 · Teppo Yasu no Shogai 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 · Love's Family Tree as
- 1961 · Refresher Course for Wives as
- 1961 · Love and the Shop Curtain as
- 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 · White Cliffs as
- 1960 · Haha sakura as
- 1960 · A Woman's Testament as
- 1960 · When a Woman Loves as Otome
- 1959 · Tokyo Omnibus as
- 1959 · Hear My Mother's Cry as
- 1959 · Blind Love as
- 1959 · Romance of a Ferry Man as
- 1959 · Diary of a Substitute Doctor as
- 1959 · The Song of the Cart as
- 1959 · The Makioka Sisters 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 · Confronting Fear as
- 1958 · The Cat Knew as
- 1958 · The Precipice as
- 1958 · Mother as
- 1958 · Tokyo Eyes as
- 1957 · Chūzaisho nikki as
- 1957 · Inazuma Kaidō as
- 1957 · Monkey Business as Yone
- 1957 · 続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻 as
- 1957 · Itohan Monogatari as Okô
- 1957 · Young Lovers as
- 1956 · Sound in the Mist as
- 1956 · Here It is Quiet as
- 1956 · Training Ship of Yearning as
- 1956 · Bridge of Japan as
- 1956 · 俺は死なない as
- 1956 · Children Seeking a Mother as Older Woman
- 1956 · Asashio yushio as
- 1956 · Sound of Youth as
- 1956 · Yaneura no Onna-tachi as
- 1956 · Twice on a Certain Night as
- 1956 · Headquarters of Crime Detection as
- 1956 · The Spoiled Brat President as
- 1955 · Youth as
- 1955 · Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree as Tomi
- 1955 · Troupers of Asakusa as
- 1955 · House of Many Pleasures as Masa
- 1955 · The Refugee as
- 1955 · Fantasy of Youth as
- 1955 · The Magistrate as
- 1955 · A Woman's Life as Nobuko's mother
- 1955 · A Man Among Men as Okimi
- 1954 · Victory or Defeat as
- 1954 · Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky as Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
- 1954 · Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced as
- 1954 · 東京シンデレラ娘 as
- 1954 · The Golden Demon as Tose
- 1954 · A Certain Woman as Tome
- 1954 · Four Mothers as
- 1954 · Koina no Ginpei as
- 1953 · The Wild Geese as Otsune
- 1953 · Brother and Sister as Riki - the Mother
- 1953 · An Heir's Place as
- 1953 · Hiren tsubaki as
- 1953 · Where Chimneys Are Seen as Kayo Nojima
- 1952 · Kanpai! Tokyo Musume as
- 1952 · Oka wa hanazakari as
- 1952 · Forever My Love as
- 1952 · Lightning as Osei
- 1952 · Hahakozuru as Onao
- 1952 · Escape from the City of Death as
- 1952 · A Ripple in a Morning as
- 1952 · Haha yamahiko as
- 1952 · Mabuta no haha as
- 1951 · Wedding March as Auntie
- 1951 · The Life of a Horse Trader as Onobu
- 1951 · Tokyo Elegy as
- 1951 · Hibari no komoriuta 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 · A Mother's Love as
- 1950 · Snow-Flake 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 · Hana no jitsugetsu as
- 1949 · Ginza Cancan Girls as
- 1949 · Full Moon as
- 1949 · Hills of a Foreign Country as Iku
- 1949 · Three Mothers as
- 1949 · Arashi no naka no shimai as
- 1949 · Kenji to onnakanshu as
- 1948 · Nocturnal Gate as
- 1947 · The Little Green Box as
- 1947 · First Love Story as
- 1947 · Female Prisoner #36 as
- 1947 · The 99th Bride 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
- 1943 · Genghis Khan as
- 1942 · New Snow as
- 1941 · Passion to Soar as
- 1939 · Ie naki musume as
- 1938 · Ah, My Hometown as
- 1937 · The Straits of Love and Hate as Ume
- 1934 · Tsuki yori no shisha as
- 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
- 1931 · And Yet They Go On as
- 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