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