Kumeko Urabe
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.
Early Spring
(Shige Kitagawa)
Hachiko
(Tabacco shop owner)
Scarred Yosaburo
Nocturnal Lights
Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda
Haru no sanmyaku
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
(Otoku)
Street of Shame
(Otane)
湖愁
Victory and Defeat
(Sato)
Wedding March
(Auntie)
Kono ni uruwashi
Duel in the Sun
(Boarding house landlady)
Oogonju
(Connie Sonobe's mother)
The Song Lantern
Bridge of Japan
Floating Weeds
(Shige)
Nippon Irresponsible Guy
Dupe
Koina no Ginpei
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
(Ohisa, Mother of Antonio)
Women of the Night
(Brothel Keeper)
Aru yo no seppun
(Takako)
Women Doing Time
Night Scandal
(Shino)
Girl in College
The Broken Commandment
(Owner of the hotel)
Yearning
(Bar Madam)
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
(Grandmother)
The Wild Geese
(Otsune)
The Body
Ah, My Hometown
Before Spring
(Toyo)
Being Two Isn't Easy
(Ino)
The Straits of Love and Hate
(Ume)
Hibari no komoriuta
Kyū-chan ondo
Moken no himitsu
18 Roughs
(Gin Ishii)
The Story of Shunkin
Secret Club 000
Shi no machi wo nogarete
When a Woman Loves
(Otome)
Sound in the Mist
Mistress of a Foreigner
(Omatsu)
The Man From Chungking
(妻とよ)
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu
Osumi and Her Mother
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
母山彦
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
(Tomi)
The Precipice
Confronting Fear
俺は死なない
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
(Tsue)
喜劇 右向けェ左！
An Heir's Place
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
(Masa)
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
Tsuki yori no shisha
Ikiru
(Tatsu Watanabe)
A Certain Woman
(Tome)
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
Saigo no kikyō
Four and A Half Mats
(Riku)
Repast
(Taniguchi Shige)
Lightning
(Osei)
Brother and Sister
(Riki - the Mother)
Ginza Cancan Girls
Where Chimneys Are Seen
(Kayo Nojima)
The Pretty Jade
Who Is the Criminal?
A face glowing at night
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
(Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother)
The Makioka Sisters
A Mother's Love
Women of the Night
(Brothel-keeper)
Bot-chan
(Kiyo)
The Song of the Cart
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
Training Ship of Yearning
Stakeout
(Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya)
Miss Lonely
(Fuki Inoue)
An Innocent Witch
Moment of Terror
(Hisako Kanematsu)
The Golden Demon
(Tose)
Eriko
(Oshima)
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
The Woman Who Touched Legs
The Life of a Horse Trader
(Onobu)
Elegy of the North
(Grandma)
The Bad Guy Blues
Two in the Shadow
The Feast of Gion
Jakoman and Tetsu
(Taka)
Love's Family Tree
Akireta musumetachi
Portrait of Madame Yuki
(San)
Snow Country
Stray Dog
Fantasy of Youth
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Adults Games
And Yet They Go On
The Secret Ceremony
I Sell My Husband
Snow-Flake
Refresher Course for Wives
Tokyo Omnibus
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
Nippon no obaachan
(Waka)
母子鶴
(Onao)
A Ripple in a Morning
Game of Chance
(Sugi)
Young Lovers
A Woman's Testament
Futari dake no hashi
The Tiger of Malaya
(Tomi)
Tokyo Twilight
(Komatsu's Mistress)
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
(Yoshi Namikawa)
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
Twenty-Four Eyes
(Otoko Sensei no Tsuma)
The Passionate Spinster
(Tokiko Tsurukawa)
The Rainbow Man
(Kane Nonomura)
Tsukinode no ketto
(Otani)
Tora-san's Pure Love
The Water Magician
(Ogin)
Itohan Monogatari
(Okô)
Gateway to Glory
Twice on a Certain Night
A Woman's Life
(Nobuko's mother)
A Man Among Men
(Okimi)
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
(Old woman)
Destroyer Yukikaze
Flower Cards Chivalry
Yanagase Blues
(Kane Sasagawa)
Nocturnal Gate
Inazuma Kaidō
Fighting Letter for 29 People
The Magistrate
Seisaku no tsuma
Teinen Taishoku
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
New Snow
Passion to Soar
Children Seeking a Mother
Goodbye, Hello
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
Mother
Kininaru Yomesan
White Runway