Portrait of Kumeko Urabe

Acting

Kumeko Urabe

Career

Active from 1933 to 1974, busiest in 1953 and 1962 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Lightning
Lightning
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kumeko Urabe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    1.9, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.1, average 4.1
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.5, average 5.4
  • Scare
    0.9, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Class Conflict 3
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Post-War Japan 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

72
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

4 titles · average score 76
Hachiko
Hachiko (1987)
GoodWatch score 79

as Tobacco Shop Owner

Lonely Heart
Lonely Heart (1985)
GoodWatch score 74

as Fuki Inoue

Lovely Days
Lovely Days (1984)

as Old lady

Before Spring
Before Spring (1980)

as Toyo

1970s

3 titles
White Runway
White Runway (1974)

TV show

Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori (1972)

as Tsue

Kininaru Yomesan
Kininaru Yomesan (1971)

TV show

1960s

20 titles · average score 71
Moment of Terror
Moment of Terror (1966)
GoodWatch score 66

as Hisako Kanematsu

Game of Chance
Game of Chance (1966)

as Sugi

Four and A Half Mats
Four and A Half Mats (1966)

as Riku

The Passionate Spinster
The Passionate Spinster (1965)

as Tokiko Tsurukawa

Jakoman and Tetsu
Jakoman and Tetsu (1964)
GoodWatch score 70

as Taka

Yearning
Yearning (1964)
GoodWatch score 83

as Bar Madam

18 Roughs
18 Roughs (1963)

as Gin Ishii

Being Two Isn't Easy
Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)
GoodWatch score 68

as Ino

Nippon no obaachan
Nippon no obaachan (1962)

as Waka

The Broken Commandment
The Broken Commandment (1962)
GoodWatch score 68

as Owner of the hotel

When a Woman Loves
When a Woman Loves (1960)

as Otome

Tsukinode no ketto
Tsukinode no ketto (1960)

as Otani

1950s

34 titles · average score 76
Floating Weeds
Floating Weeds (1959)
GoodWatch score 88

as Shige

Elegy of the North
Elegy of the North (1957)

as Grandma

Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
GoodWatch score 87

as Komatsu's Mistress

Street of Shame
Street of Shame (1956)
GoodWatch score 77

as Otane

Twenty-Four Eyes
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
GoodWatch score 70

as Otoko Sensei no Tsuma

The Golden Demon
The Golden Demon (1954)

as Tose

The Wild Geese
The Wild Geese (1953)
GoodWatch score 71

as Otsune

Brother and Sister
Brother and Sister (1953)
GoodWatch score 69

as Riki - the Mother

Ikiru
Ikiru (1952)
GoodWatch score 91

as Tatsu Watanabe

Lightning
Lightning (1952)
GoodWatch score 77

as Osei

Repast
Repast (1951)
GoodWatch score 76

as Taniguchi Shige

Portrait of Madame Yuki
Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
GoodWatch score 69

as San

1940s

6 titles · average score 71
The Rainbow Man
The Rainbow Man (1949)

as Kane Nonomura

Hills of a Foreign Country
Hills of a Foreign Country (1949)

as Iku

Women of the Night
Women of the Night (1948)
GoodWatch score 71

as Brothel Keeper

Aru yo no seppun
Aru yo no seppun (1946)

as Takako

The Tiger of Malaya
The Tiger of Malaya (1943)

as Tomi

The Man From Chungking
The Man From Chungking (1943)

as 妻とよ

1930s

4 titles · average score 73
The Straits of Love and Hate
The Straits of Love and Hate (1937)
GoodWatch score 72

as Ume

The Water Magician
The Water Magician (1933)
GoodWatch score 74

as Ogin

The 26 Martyrs of Japan
The 26 Martyrs of Japan (1931)

as Ohisa, Mother of Antonio

Mistress of a Foreigner
Mistress of a Foreigner (1930)

as Omatsu

1920s

1 title
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue (1927)

as Otoku