Kumeko Urabe

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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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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1902-10-05
  • event Death Date 1989-10-26
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 6.6
  • info Birth Place Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
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7.5

Early Spring

1956-01-29

7.7

Hachiko

1987-08-01

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Scarred Yosaburo

1960-07-10

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Nocturnal Lights

1966-06-19

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Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda

1962-05-12

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Haru no sanmyaku

1962-02-17

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Teppo Yasu no Shogai

1962-02-21

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Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue

1927-12-30

7.7

Street of Shame

1956-03-18

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湖愁

1962-03-11

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Victory and Defeat

1960-04-27

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Wedding March

1951-12-28

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Kono ni uruwashi

1962-03-18

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Duel in the Sun

1950-03-07

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Oogonju

1950-11-04

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The Song Lantern

1960-05-18

7.3

Bridge of Japan

1956-10-01

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Floating Weeds

1959-11-17

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Nippon Irresponsible Guy

1962-12-23

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Dupe

1965-10-01

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Koina no Ginpei

1954-01-15

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The 26 Martyrs of Japan

1931-10-01

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Women of the Night

1948-05-26

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Aru yo no seppun

1946-05-23

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Women Doing Time

1966-03-05

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Night Scandal

1964-07-11

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Girl in College

1969-03-30

6.6

The Broken Commandment

1962-04-06

8.2

Yearning

1964-01-15

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She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

1955-11-29

6.6

The Wild Geese

1953-09-15

6.5

The Body

1962-11-08

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Ah, My Hometown

1938-10-06

5.2

Before Spring

1980-09-20

6.8

Being Two Isn't Easy

1962-11-18

7.2

The Straits of Love and Hate

1937-06-17

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Hibari no komoriuta

1951-09-21

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Kyū-chan ondo

1962-07-01

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Moken no himitsu

1924-03-14

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18 Roughs

1963-09-11

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The Story of Shunkin

1954-06-27

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Secret Club 000

1965-12-04

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Shi no machi wo nogarete

1952-05-22

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When a Woman Loves

1959-09-24

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Sound in the Mist

1956-11-21

6.2

Mistress of a Foreigner

1930-07-01

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The Man From Chungking

1943-11-11

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Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu

1947-03-04

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Osumi and Her Mother

1924-06-29

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Gakusei geisha koi to kenka

1962-09-01

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母山彦

1952-04-24

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Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

1955-10-05

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The Precipice

1958-03-17

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Confronting Fear

1958-07-20

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俺は死なない

1956-08-21

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Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori

1972-12-09

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喜劇 右向けェ左!

1970-12-31

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An Heir's Place

1953-06-03

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(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home

1955-06-21

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Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi

1962-12-30

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Tsuki yori no shisha

1934-03-29

8.3

Ikiru

1952-10-09

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A Certain Woman

1954-03-13

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Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen

1931-10-30

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Saigo no kikyō

1945-07-26

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Four and A Half Mats

1966-02-17

7.5

Repast

1951-11-23

7.2

Lightning

1952-10-09

6.6

Brother and Sister

1953-08-19

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Ginza Cancan Girls

1949-08-16

6.4

Where Chimneys Are Seen

1953-03-05

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The Pretty Jade

1966-09-17

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Who Is the Criminal?

1945-12-27

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A face glowing at night

1946-06-13

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Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

1954-11-23

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The Makioka Sisters

1959-01-14

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A Mother's Love

1950-06-27

7.2

Women of the Night

1948-05-26

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Bot-chan

1953-06-15

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The Song of the Cart

1959-02-11

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Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced

1954-07-13

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続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻

1957-03-26

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Training Ship of Yearning

1956-10-10

6.9

Stakeout

1958-01-15

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Miss Lonely

1985-04-12

7.1

An Innocent Witch

1965-10-30

6.3

Moment of Terror

1966-04-16

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The Golden Demon

1954-03-21

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Eriko

1962-03-25

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Kanpai! Tokyo Musume

1952-12-17

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The Woman Who Touched Legs

1960-08-24

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The Life of a Horse Trader

1951-12-07

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Elegy of the North

1957-09-01

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The Bad Guy Blues

1969-08-27

7.7

Two in the Shadow

1967-11-18

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The Feast of Gion

1933-08-31

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Jakoman and Tetsu

1964-02-08

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Love's Family Tree

1961-11-22

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Akireta musumetachi

1949-10-11

6.7

Portrait of Madame Yuki

1950-10-21

6.7

Snow Country

1957-04-30

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Stray Dog

1973-09-29

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Fantasy of Youth

1955-04-19

6.8

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

1975-05-24

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Adults Games

1971-01-27

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And Yet They Go On

1931-06-12

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The Secret Ceremony

1971-06-23

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I Sell My Husband

1968-11-09

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Snow-Flake

1950-05-17

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Refresher Course for Wives

1961-08-13

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Tokyo Omnibus

1959-10-30

6.2

Typhoon Over Nagasaki

1957-02-06

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Eyes, the Sea and a Ball

1967-09-30

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Nippon no obaachan

1962-01-03

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母子鶴

1952-07-03

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A Ripple in a Morning

1952-05-01

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Game of Chance

1966-10-22

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Young Lovers

1957-01-03

5.8

A Woman's Testament

1960-01-14

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Futari dake no hashi

1958-03-05

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The Tiger of Malaya

1943-06-24

7.7

Tokyo Twilight

1957-04-30

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Night Mist Makes Women Cry

1962-02-04

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Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp

1963-06-23

7.7

Twenty-Four Eyes

1954-09-15

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The Passionate Spinster

1965-11-23

6.7

The Rainbow Man

1949-07-18

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Tsukinode no ketto

1960-11-16

8.5

Tora-san's Pure Love

1976-12-25

7.2

The Water Magician

1933-06-01

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Itohan Monogatari

1957-01-15

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Gateway to Glory

1969-07-12

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Twice on a Certain Night

1956-06-08

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A Woman's Life

1955-01-29

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A Man Among Men

1955-01-03

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Storm on the Silvery Peaks

1960-04-29

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Destroyer Yukikaze

1964-02-16

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Flower Cards Chivalry

1967-03-10

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Yanagase Blues

1967-09-15

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Nocturnal Gate

1948-10-02

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Inazuma Kaidō

1957-09-21

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Fighting Letter for 29 People

1957-06-04

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The Magistrate

1955-03-25

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Seisaku no tsuma

1924-01-02

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Teinen Taishoku

1963-03-01

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Yaneura no Onna-tachi

1956-05-14

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New Snow

1942-10-01

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Passion to Soar

1941-11-30

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Children Seeking a Mother

1956-08-08

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Goodbye, Hello

1959-01-03

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Diary of a Substitute Doctor

1959-05-27

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Mother

1958-03-05

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A Grain of Wheat

1958-09-14

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Chained Bitch

1965-10-15

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Color

1965-06-13

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The Final Gamble

1970-02-11

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White Cliffs

1960-04-05

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The Cold-Hearted Sea

1984-11-17

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Kininaru Yomesan

1971-10-06

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White Runway

1974-04-05