Cast

Masumi Harukawa

Acting

Cast

Masumi Harukawa

Known for

Acting

Born

1935-11-16

From

Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan

Also known as 瀧川マチエ, Masumi Harukawa, Machie Takigawa

Biography

Born Machie Takigawa, she was active as a dancer at the Asakusa Rock Theater under the stage name Mary Rose in the early 1950s. Due to her appearance, she was affectionately nicknamed Daruma-chan and Jumbo-chan. Soon after moving to the Nichigeki Music Hall, she was scouted by the film industry and made her acting debut in "Gurama-to no yuwaku/The Temptation of Grama Island." Memorable in Japan for her regular role in eight of the ten Toei film series " Trucker Rascals," playing the wife of the series co-star Aikawa Kinya, among appearances in other popular cinematic serials such as Zatoichi and Tora-san. International audiences would be more familiar with her work with avant-garde directors Shōhei Imamura & Shūji Terayama.

Masumi Harukawa

Masumi Harukawa

Biography

Silk Hat Boss

Silk Hat Boss

Hito mo arukeba

Maboroshi no Satsui

Dynamite Doctor Returns

Wolf Escort

Sex Peddlers

Women Can't Be Beaten

Bokyo

Neon taiheiki

Color

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

Curse of the Blood

Just Barely

Human Revolution II

Shogun's Ninja

Hole in the Pants

The Insect Woman

Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man

Third Class Soldier Boss

The Castle of Sand

Play it, Boogie-Woogie

Hachiko

Intentions of Murder

Hakatakko Pure Heart

Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro

The Human Bullet

Crazy Big Discovery

Samurai Banners

Our Marriage

Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder

愛の立待岬・京都－函館殺人事件

Tora-san's Lullaby

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction

I Am a Cat

Where Spring Comes Late

Zatoichi in Desperation

Truckster Goes to Hokkaido

Girls of the Night

The Truck Rascals Go to The North

Run Truck Rascal, Run!

The Threat

The Wild Trucker

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die

Zatoichi's Cane Sword

House of Terrors

Desperate Hoodlum

I Am A Man of Honor

Nami kage

Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me

Pink Lady's Motion Picture

Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-

A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun

Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro

Tora-san, His Tender Love

Truck Rascals in Fever Heat

Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special

Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori

School for Thieves

The Glamorous Ghost

My Voiceless Friends

The Man Who Killed Six Women

Chained Bitch

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

Boxer

The Gate of Youth

Jiyūgaoka fujin

Life of Hishakaku 3

Shiro and Marilyn

Bloody Shuriken

Carlos

Madcap Mixup

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier

Golden Ninja

Ellie My Love

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