Masumi Harukawa
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.
Birthday: 16 November 1935
Birth place: Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Known for: Acting
Movies known for
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Hachiko
Pineapple Butai
The Insect Woman
Neon taiheiki
Intentions of Murder
Color
A Cheerful Yakuza
Dynamite Doctor Returns
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Zatoichi in Desperation
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
Futari no Koibito
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
The Human Bullet
Hito mo arukeba
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
Silk Hat Boss
Hajimete no Tabi
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
Code of Ruffians
Sodachi zakari
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
Nami kage
House of Terrors
Samurai Banners
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
幻の殺意
Carlos
Shogun's Ninja
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
The Gate of Youth
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
Boxer
Bokyo
The Wild Trucker
Curse of the Blood
Silk Hat Boss
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
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