Kumeko Urabe
Born October 05, 1902 (Age: 123)
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Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
The Cold-Hearted Sea
1984
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Age: 82
Lovely Days
1984
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as Old lady
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Age: 82
The Secret Ceremony
1971
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Age: 68
喜劇 右向けェ左！
1970
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Age: 68
The Final Gamble
1970
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Age: 67
The Bad Guy Blues
1969
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Age: 66
Gateway to Glory
1969
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Age: 66
Girl in College
1969
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Age: 66
Season of Tears
1969
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Age: 66
Koi no otome kawa
1969
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Age: 66
I Sell My Husband
1968
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Age: 66
We Are Salarymen
1963
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as Shizuko Komuro (Eiichiro’s Mother)
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Age: 61
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
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Age: 60
Teinen Taishoku
1963
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Age: 60
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
1962
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Age: 60
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
1962
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Age: 60
The Body
1962
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Age: 60
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
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Age: 59
Kyū-chan ondo
1962
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Age: 59
The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is!
1962
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Age: 59
No Image
Eriko
1962
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as Oshima
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Age: 59
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
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Age: 59
湖愁
1962
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Age: 59
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
1962
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Age: 59
Haru no sanmyaku
1962
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Age: 59
No Image
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
1962
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as Yoshi Namikawa
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Age: 59
Nippon no obaachan
1962
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as Waka
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Age: 59
Love's Family Tree
1961
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Age: 59
No Image
Refresher Course for Wives
1961
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Age: 58
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
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Age: 58
Tsukinode no ketto
1960
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as Otani
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Age: 58
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
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Age: 57
Irohanihoheto
1960
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Age: 57
The Song Lantern
1960
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Age: 57
Victory and Defeat
1960
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as Sato
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Age: 57
White Cliffs
1960
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Age: 57
When a Woman Loves
1960
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as Otome
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Age: 57
Floating Weeds
1959
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as Shige
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Age: 57
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
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Age: 57
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
1959
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Age: 56
The Song of the Cart
1959
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Age: 56
The Makioka Sisters
1959
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Age: 56
Goodbye, Hello
1959
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as Restaurant owner
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Age: 56
Yurakucho 0 Street
1958
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as Mother of A 16号
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Age: 56
A Grain of Wheat
1958
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Age: 55
Flower's Yearning
1958
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as Muraki Sawa
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Age: 55
Confronting Fear
1958
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Age: 55
The Cat Knew
1958
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Age: 55
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
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Age: 55
Mother
1958
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Age: 55
Hibi no haishin
1958
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Age: 55
Tokyo Eyes
1958
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Age: 55
Sound in the Mist
1956
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Age: 54
Training Ship of Yearning
1956
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Age: 54
Bridge of Japan
1956
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Age: 53
俺は死なない
1956
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Age: 53
Children Seeking a Mother
1956
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Age: 53
Seishun no oto
1956
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Age: 53
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
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Age: 53
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
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Age: 53
刑事部屋
1956
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Age: 53
Dadakko Shachou
1956
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Age: 53
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
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as Tomi
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Age: 53
House of Many Pleasures
1955
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as Masa
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Age: 52
The Refugee
1955
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Age: 52
Fantasy of Youth
1955
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Age: 52
The Magistrate
1955
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Age: 52
A Woman's Life
1955
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as Nobuko's mother
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Age: 52
A Man Among Men
1955
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as Okimi
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Age: 52
Victory or Defeat
1954
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Age: 52
東京シンデレラ娘
1954
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Age: 51
Who Is the Criminal?
1945
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Age: 43
Saigo no kikyō
1945
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Age: 42
New Snow
1942
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Age: 39
No Image
Passion to Soar
1941
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Age: 39
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
1931
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Age: 29
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
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as Ohisa, Mother of Antonio
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Age: 28