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  • BIRTH 05/10/1902
  • DEATH 26/10/1989
  • Country Japan
  • MOVIES 25

浦辺粂子

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.

浦辺粂子

Movies (25)

生きる
生きる
Tatsu Watanabe
赤線地帯
赤線地帯
Otane
乱れる
乱れる
Bar Madam
浮草
浮草
Shige
東京暮色
東京暮色
Komatsu's Mistress
嵐を呼ぶ十八人
嵐を呼ぶ十八人
Gin Ishii
ハチ公物語
ハチ公物語
Tabacco shop owner
潜水艦ろ号未だ浮上せず
潜水艦ろ号未だ浮上せず
夜の女たち
夜の女たち
Brothel-keeper
あゝ故郷
あゝ故郷
死の街を脱れて
死の街を脱れて
女子学園 おとなの遊び
女子学園 おとなの遊び
ジャコ萬と鉄
ジャコ萬と鉄
Taka
乱れ雲
乱れ雲
早春
早春
Shige Kitagawa
稲妻
稲妻
Osei
あにいもうと
あにいもうと
Riki - the Mother
二十四の瞳
二十四の瞳
Otoko Sensei no Tsuma
雪国
雪国
細雪
細雪
細雪
細雪
さびしんぼう
さびしんぼう
Fuki Inoue
今宵妻となりぬ
今宵妻となりぬ
私は二歳
私は二歳
Ino
夜の歌謡シリーズ 悪党ブルース
夜の歌謡シリーズ 悪党ブルース