Biography
Kumeko Urabe, born Kimura Kume , 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 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Medal with Purple Ribbon · 1966
Filmography16 titles
The Golden Demon
Ikiru
Yearning
Two in the Shadow
Tokyo Twilight
Street of Shame
Twenty-Four Eyes
Repast
Floating Weeds
Early Spring
An Innocent Witch
Women of the Night
Stakeout
You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Being Two Isn't Easy
The Wild Geese