Kumeko Urabe
1902-10-05 ( 122 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.

Movies

Hachiko 1987-08-01
Miss Lonely 1985-04-12
The Cold-Hearted Sea 1984-11-17
Before Spring 1980-09-20
Tora-san's Pure Love 1976-12-25
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director 1975-05-24
Stray Dog 1973-09-29
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori 1972-12-09
The Secret Ceremony 1971-06-23
Adults Games 1971-01-27
喜劇 右向けェ左！ 1970-12-31
The Final Gamble 1970-02-11
The Bad Guy Blues 1969-08-27
Gateway to Glory 1969-07-12
Girl in College 1969-03-30
I Sell My Husband 1968-11-09
Two in the Shadow 1967-11-18
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball 1967-09-30
Yanagase Blues 1967-09-15
Flower Cards Chivalry 1967-03-10
Game of Chance 1966-10-22
The Pretty Jade 1966-09-17
Nocturnal Lights 1966-06-19
Moment of Terror 1966-04-16
Women Doing Time 1966-03-05
Four and A Half Mats 1966-02-17
Secret Club 000 1965-12-04
The Passionate Spinster 1965-11-23
An Innocent Witch 1965-10-30
Chained Bitch 1965-10-15
Dupe 1965-10-01
Color 1965-06-13
Night Scandal 1964-07-11
Destroyer Yukikaze 1964-02-16
Jakoman and Tetsu 1964-02-08
Yearning 1964-01-15
18 Roughs 1963-09-11
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp 1963-06-23
Uogashi no senpū musume 1963-03-03
Teinen Taishoku 1963-03-01
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi 1962-12-30
Nippon Irresponsible Guy 1962-12-23
Being Two Isn't Easy 1962-11-18
The Body 1962-11-08
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka 1962-09-01
Kyū-chan ondo 1962-07-01
Sarari man donto bushi - Kiraku na kagyô to kita monda 1962-05-12
The Broken Commandment 1962-04-06
Eriko 1962-03-25
Kono ni uruwashi 1962-03-18
湖愁 1962-03-11
Teppo Yasu no Shogai 1962-02-21
Haru no sanmyaku 1962-02-17
Night Mist Makes Women Cry 1962-02-04
Nippon no obaachan 1962-01-03
Love's Family Tree 1961-11-22
Refresher Course for Wives 1961-08-13
Tsukinode no ketto 1960-11-16
The Woman Who Touched Legs 1960-08-24
Scarred Yosaburo 1960-07-10
The Song Lantern 1960-05-18
Storm on the Silvery Peaks 1960-04-29
Victory and Defeat 1960-04-27
White Cliffs 1960-04-05
A Woman's Testament 1960-01-14
Floating Weeds 1959-11-17
Tokyo Omnibus 1959-10-30
When a Woman Loves 1959-09-24
Diary of a Substitute Doctor 1959-05-27
The Song of the Cart 1959-02-11
The Makioka Sisters 1959-01-14
Goodbye, Hello 1959-01-03
A Grain of Wheat 1958-09-14
Confronting Fear 1958-07-20
The Precipice 1958-03-17
Futari dake no hashi 1958-03-05
Mother 1958-03-05
Stakeout 1958-01-15
Tokyo Eyes 1958-01-03
Inazuma Kaidō 1957-09-21
Elegy of the North 1957-09-01
Fighting Letter for 29 People 1957-06-04
Snow Country 1957-04-30
Tokyo Twilight 1957-04-30
続二等兵物語　決戦体制の巻 1957-03-26
Typhoon Over Nagasaki 1957-02-06
Itohan Monogatari 1957-01-15
Young Lovers 1957-01-03
Sound in the Mist 1956-11-21
Training Ship of Yearning 1956-10-10
Bridge of Japan 1956-10-01
俺は死なない 1956-08-21
Children Seeking a Mother 1956-08-08
Twice on a Certain Night 1956-06-08
Yaneura no Onna-tachi 1956-05-14
刑事部屋 1956-04-04
Street of Shame 1956-03-18
Early Spring 1956-01-29
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum 1955-11-29
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree 1955-10-05
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home 1955-06-21
The Refugee 1955-05-03
Fantasy of Youth 1955-04-19
The Magistrate 1955-03-25
A Woman's Life 1955-01-29
A Man Among Men 1955-01-03
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky 1954-11-23
Twenty-Four Eyes 1954-09-15
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced 1954-07-13
The Story of Shunkin 1954-06-27
The Golden Demon 1954-03-21
A Certain Woman 1954-03-13
Koina no Ginpei 1954-01-15
The Wild Geese 1953-09-15
Brother and Sister 1953-08-19
Bot-chan 1953-06-15
An Heir's Place 1953-06-03
Where Chimneys Are Seen 1953-03-05
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume 1952-12-17
Ikiru 1952-10-09
Lightning 1952-10-09
母子鶴 1952-07-03
Shi no machi wo nogarete 1952-05-22
A Ripple in a Morning 1952-05-01
母山彦 1952-04-24
Wedding March 1951-12-28
The Life of a Horse Trader 1951-12-07
Repast 1951-11-23
Hibari no komoriuta 1951-09-21
Oogonju 1950-11-04
Portrait of Madame Yuki 1950-10-21
A Mother's Love 1950-06-27
Snow-Flake 1950-05-17
Duel in the Sun 1950-03-07
Akireta musumetachi 1949-10-11
Ginza Cancan Girls 1949-08-16
The Rainbow Man 1949-07-18
Nocturnal Gate 1948-10-02
Women of the Night 1948-05-26
Women of the Night 1948-05-26
Koyoi Tsuma to Narinu 1947-03-04
A face glowing at night 1946-06-13
Aru yo no seppun 1946-05-23
Who Is the Criminal? 1945-12-27
Saigo no kikyō 1945-07-26
The Man From Chungking 1943-11-11
The Tiger of Malaya 1943-06-24
New Snow 1942-10-01
Passion to Soar 1941-11-30
Ah, My Hometown 1938-10-06
The Straits of Love and Hate 1937-06-17
Tsuki yori no shisha 1934-03-29
The Feast of Gion 1933-08-31
The Water Magician 1933-06-01
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen 1931-10-30
The 26 Martyrs of Japan 1931-10-01
And Yet They Go On 1931-06-12
Mistress of a Foreigner 1930-07-01
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue 1927-12-30
Osumi and Her Mother 1924-06-29
Moken no himitsu 1924-03-14
Seisaku no tsuma 1924-01-02

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