Masumi Harukawa
Acting · Born 1935-11-16 · age 90 · 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.
Titles
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
Tora-san, His Tender Love
The Threat
Our Marriage
Curse of the Blood
Tora-san's Lullaby
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
Boxer
I Am a Cat
Carlos
Bloody Shuriken
Hakatakko Pure Heart
The Gate of Youth
The Wild Trucker
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
Hole in the Pants
Code of Ruffians
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
The Glamorous Ghost
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
Shiro and Marilyn
Women Can't Be Beaten
Michi
Temptation on Glamour Island
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Pineapple Butai
Neon taiheiki
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
Futari no Koibito
Hito mo arukeba
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
Silk Hat Boss
Hajimete no Tabi
Sodachi zakari
Nami kage
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Bokyo
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
Truckster of Guts
I Am A Man of Honor
Run Truck Rascal, Run!
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro