Person
Masumi Harukawa
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 16, 1935
- From
- Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
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.
Images
Credits
Hachiko
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
The Insect Woman
The Castle of Sand
Intentions of Murder
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Zatoichi in Desperation
Samurai Banners
Girls of the Night
Shogun's Ninja
House of Terrors
Tokyo Pop
Where Spring Comes Late
The Human Bullet
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
The Threat
Tora-san, His Tender Love
The Boxer