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Kumeko Urabe
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…
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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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1987
Hachiko
Movie Tobacco Shop Owner
- 1985
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1985
Lonely Heart
Movie Fuki Inoue
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1984
The Cold-Hearted Sea
Movie
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1984
Lovely Days
Movie Old lady
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1980
Before Spring
Movie Toyo
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1976
Tora-san's Pure Love
Movie
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1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Movie Self
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1974
White Runway
TV show
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1973
Stray Dog
Movie
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1972
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Movie Tsue
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1971
Kininaru Yomesan
TV show
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1971
The Secret Ceremony
Movie
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1971
Adults Games
Movie
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1970
喜劇 右向けェ左！
Movie
- 1970
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1970
The Final Gamble
Movie
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1969
The Bad Guy Blues
Movie
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1969
Girl in College
Movie
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1969
Season of Tears
Movie
- 1969
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1969
River Of Love
Movie
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1968
I Sell My Husband
Movie
- 1967
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1967
Two in the Shadow
Movie
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1967
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
Movie
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1967
Yanagase Blues
Movie Kane Sasagawa
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1967
Flower Cards Chivalry
Movie
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1966
Game of Chance
Movie Sugi
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1966
The Pretty Jade
Movie
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1966
Nocturnal Lights
Movie
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1966
Moment of Terror
Movie Hisako Kanematsu
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1966
Women Doing Time
Movie
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1966
Four and A Half Mats
Movie Riku
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1965
Secret Club 000
Movie
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1965
The Passionate Spinster
Movie Tokiko Tsurukawa
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1965
An Innocent Witch
Movie
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1965
Chained Bitch
Movie
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1965
Dupe
Movie
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1965
Color
Movie
