🎭 Actor
Masumi Harukawa
🎂 Born 16 November 1935 (age 90)📍 Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
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Popularity Score
116
Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Full Filmography(116 films)
YearTitleRating
1963The Insect Woman★ 7.21987Hachiko★ 7.81980Shogun's Ninja★ 6.31981Play it, Boogie-Woogie★ 8.01964Intentions of Murder★ 7.01974Pastoral: To Die in the Country★ 7.51984Hole in the Pants★ 5.51974The Castle of Sand★ 7.41988Tokyo Pop★ 6.91972Zatoichi in Desperation★ 6.61967Zatoichi's Cane Sword★ 7.41969Samurai Banners★ 7.41969Futari no Koibito★ 7.01975Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me★ 6.61977Truckster of Guts★ 8.01968The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze★ 7.71985Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-—1964Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction★ 5.81979A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun★ 8.01978The Truck Rascals Go to The North★ 9.01976Truck Rascals in Fever Heat★ 10.01989Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die★ 7.01975I Am a Cat★ 4.01968The Human Bullet★ 5.91976A Cheerful Yakuza—1976Truckster Goes to Hokkaido★ 8.51978Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro★ 9.01961Girls of the Night★ 6.51964To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2—1979Run Truck Rascal, Run!★ 10.01975The Gate of Youth★ 9.01972My Voiceless Friends★ 9.01967Yanagase Blues—1986Michi★ 1.01961Aces Wild★ 8.01970Where Spring Comes Late★ 7.71977Boxer★ 6.81968Mexican Free-for-All★ 10.01975The Wild Trucker★ 7.71977I Am A Man of Honor★ 9.01974Tora-san's Lullaby★ 7.81965Chained Bitch—1966The Threat★ 7.41988Shiro and Marilyn★ 7.01972Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori—1976Hobo General★ 10.01965The Black Cat★ 9.01965House of Terrors★ 5.31961腰抜け女兵騒動—1987Ellie My Love★ 5.01961Obon, The Moll Dipper★ 10.01960Jiyūgaoka fujin★ 10.01993Bokyo★ 9.01959Pineapple Butai★ 10.01965Code of Ruffians★ 7.51987Makeup—1968School for Thieves★ 7.01959Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II★ 9.01964The Glamorous Ghost★ 7.01969Madcap Mixup★ 7.01964Life of Hishakaku 3—1970Tora-san, His Tender Love★ 7.41965Sex Peddlers★ 7.01968The Marked Man★ 10.01978Pink Lady's Motion Picture★ 6.81976Bridal Cruise—1988I Love You So Much—1970Silk Hat Boss★ 9.01970Silk Hat Boss★ 9.01960Just Barely—1968Curse of the Blood★ 6.71971Maboroshi no Satsui—1968Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder★ 6.71964The Spying Sorceress★ 8.01967Sodachi zakari★ 10.01965Nami kage★ 8.01968Neon taiheiki★ 9.01973The Killing Game—1985Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special—1959Utamaro, Painter of the Woman★ 9.01969A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier★ 7.01966Women Doing Time—1963Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō—1967Ambassador Ramen★ 9.01991Carlos★ 6.01977Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal★ 8.01959Temptation on Glamour Island★ 7.01968How to Be the Worst of Office Workers★ 7.01964Monrō no yōna onna—1965Bloody Shuriken★ 8.01966Golden Ninja—1976Human Revolution II★ 8.01971Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho—1959The Cola Game—1965The Abalone Gals—1969Women Can't Be Beaten★ 7.51969Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man★ 7.01968Desperate Hoodlum★ 10.01971Hajimete no Tabi★ 10.01964How to Make Money—1978Hakatakko Pure Heart★ 6.01967Tokyo Gambler—1974Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi—1966Dynamite Doctor Returns—1962Our Marriage★ 7.11965Color—1969Wolf Escort★ 8.01960Hito mo arukeba★ 9.01969猛烈社員 スリゴマ忍法—1968Mappira shain yūkyōden—1966Yakuza Vassal★ 10.01966Third Class Soldier Boss—1969Crazy Big Discovery★ 8.01965六人の女を殺した男—1960Yellow Cherries—1973Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro—