Kumeko Urabe
Born October 05, 1902 (Age: 123)
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Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Biography
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.
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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Filmography
Hachiko
1987
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as Tobacco Shop Owner
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Age: 84
Lonely Heart
1985
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as Fuki Inoue
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Age: 82
The Cold-Hearted Sea
1984
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Age: 82
Lovely Days
1984
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as Old lady
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Age: 82
Before Spring
1980
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as Toyo
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Age: 77
Stray Dog
1973
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Age: 70
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
1972
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as Tsue
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Age: 70
The Secret Ceremony
1971
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as
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Age: 68
喜劇 右向けェ左！
1970
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Age: 68
The Final Gamble
1970
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Age: 67
The Bad Guy Blues
1969
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Age: 66
Gateway to Glory
1969
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Age: 66
Girl in College
1969
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Age: 66
Season of Tears
1969
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Age: 66
Koi no otome kawa
1969
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Age: 66
I Sell My Husband
1968
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Age: 66
Four and A Half Mats
1966
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as Riku
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Age: 63
Secret Club 000
1965
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Age: 63
The Passionate Spinster
1965
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as Tokiko Tsurukawa
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Age: 63
An Innocent Witch
1965
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Age: 63
Chained Bitch
1965
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Age: 63
Dupe
1965
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Age: 62
Color
1965
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Age: 62
Night Scandal
1964
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as Shino
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Age: 61
Destroyer Yukikaze
1964
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Age: 61
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
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as Taka
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Age: 61
Yearning
1964
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as Bar Madam
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Age: 61
We Are Salarymen
1963
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as Shizuko Komuro (Eiichiro’s Mother)
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Age: 61
18 Roughs
1963
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as Gin Ishii
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Age: 60
Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp
1963
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Age: 60
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
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Age: 60
Teinen Taishoku
1963
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Age: 60
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
1962
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Age: 60
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
1962
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Age: 60
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
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as Ino
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Age: 60
The Body
1962
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Age: 60
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
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Age: 59
Kyū-chan ondo
1962
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Age: 59
The Salaryman's Carefree Life: What a Relaxed Job This Is!
1962
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Age: 59
The Broken Commandment
1962
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as Owner of the hotel
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Age: 59
No Image
Eriko
1962
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as Oshima
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Age: 59
Kono ni uruwashi
1962
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Age: 59
湖愁
1962
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Age: 59
Teppo Yasu no Shogai
1962
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Age: 59
Haru no sanmyaku
1962
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Age: 59
No Image
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
1962
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as Yoshi Namikawa
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Age: 59
Nippon no obaachan
1962
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as Waka
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Age: 59
Love's Family Tree
1961
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Age: 59
No Image
Refresher Course for Wives
1961
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Age: 58
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
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Age: 58
Tsukinode no ketto
1960
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as Otani
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Age: 58
The Woman Who Touched Legs
1960
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Age: 57
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
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Age: 57
Irohanihoheto
1960
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Age: 57
The Song Lantern
1960
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Age: 57
Storm on the Silvery Peaks
1960
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as Old woman
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Age: 57
Victory and Defeat
1960
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as Sato
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Age: 57
White Cliffs
1960
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Age: 57
A Woman's Testament
1960
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Age: 57
When a Woman Loves
1960
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as Otome
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Age: 57
Floating Weeds
1959
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as Shige
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Age: 57
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
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Age: 57
Diary of a Substitute Doctor
1959
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Age: 56
The Song of the Cart
1959
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Age: 56
The Makioka Sisters
1959
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Age: 56
Goodbye, Hello
1959
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as Restaurant owner
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Age: 56
Yurakucho 0 Street
1958
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as Mother of A 16号
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Age: 56
A Grain of Wheat
1958
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Age: 55
Flower's Yearning
1958
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as Muraki Sawa
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Age: 55
Confronting Fear
1958
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Age: 55
The Cat Knew
1958
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Age: 55
The Precipice
1958
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Age: 55
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
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Age: 55
Mother
1958
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Age: 55
Hibi no haishin
1958
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Age: 55
Stakeout
1958
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as Proprietress of the Hotel Hizen-ya
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Age: 55
Tokyo Eyes
1958
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Age: 55
Sound in the Mist
1956
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Age: 54
Training Ship of Yearning
1956
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Age: 54
Bridge of Japan
1956
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Age: 53
俺は死なない
1956
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Age: 53
Children Seeking a Mother
1956
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Age: 53
Seishun no oto
1956
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Age: 53
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
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Age: 53
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
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Age: 53
刑事部屋
1956
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Age: 53
Street of Shame
1956
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as Otane
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Age: 53
Dadakko Shachou
1956
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Age: 53
Early Spring
1956
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as Shige Kitagawa
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Age: 53
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1955
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as Grandmother
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Age: 53
Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955
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as Tomi
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Age: 53
House of Many Pleasures
1955
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as Masa
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Age: 52
The Refugee
1955
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Age: 52
Fantasy of Youth
1955
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Age: 52
The Magistrate
1955
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Age: 52
A Woman's Life
1955
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as Nobuko's mother
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Age: 52
A Man Among Men
1955
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as Okimi
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Age: 52
Victory or Defeat
1954
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Age: 52
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
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as Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
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Age: 52
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
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as Otoko Sensei no Tsuma
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Age: 51
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
1954
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Age: 51
The Story of Shunkin
1954
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Age: 51
東京シンデレラ娘
1954
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Age: 51
The Golden Demon
1954
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as Tose
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Age: 51
A Certain Woman
1954
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as Tome
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Age: 51
Koina no Ginpei
1954
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Age: 51
The Wild Geese
1953
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as Otsune
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Age: 50
Brother and Sister
1953
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as Riki - the Mother
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Age: 50
Bot-chan
1953
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as Kiyo
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Age: 50
An Heir's Place
1953
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Age: 50
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
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as Kayo Nojima
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Age: 50
No Image
Oogonju
1950
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as Connie Sonobe's mother
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Age: 48
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
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as San
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Age: 48
No Image
A Mother's Love
1950
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Age: 47
Snow-Flake
1950
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Age: 47
Duel in the Sun
1950
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as Boarding house landlady
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Age: 47
Who Is the Criminal?
1945
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Age: 43
Saigo no kikyō
1945
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Age: 42
New Snow
1942
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Age: 39
No Image
Passion to Soar
1941
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Age: 39
Kokoro no jitsugetsu: Retsujitsu hen - Gekko hen
1931
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as
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Age: 29
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
1931
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as Ohisa, Mother of Antonio
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Age: 28
And Yet They Go On
1931
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as
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Age: 28
No Image
Mistress of a Foreigner
1930
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as Omatsu
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Age: 27