Masumi Harukawa
Acting
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.
As actor 129
Oyaji Daiko
1968
Attention Please
1970
The Castle of Sand
1974
Hachiko
1987
Older brother
1977
Waga Machi
1992
Wagako wa Tanin
1974
The Boxer
1977
The Human Bullet
1968
Shogun's Ninja
1980
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
The Insect Woman
1963
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981
Girls of the Night
1961
Tokyo Pop
1988
姫君捕物控
1972
Intentions of Murder
1964
Samurai Banners
1969
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
1967
I Am a Cat
1975
なんたって18歳！
1971
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
Hole in the Pants
1984
I Am A Man of Honor
1977
The Glamorous Ghost
1964
Edo wo Kiru
1973
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
Sodachi zakari
1967
Curse of the Blood
1968
Shiro and Marilyn
1988
The Threat
1966
Just Barely
1960
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
1968
House of Terrors
1965
Zatoichi in Desperation
1972
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
The Black Cat
1965
Great Incidents
1967
Life of Hishakaku 3
1964
Where Spring Comes Late
1970
Hobo General
1976
The Wild Trucker
1975
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
1975
The Gate of Youth
1975
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
Modern Moneymaking
1960
Human Revolution II
1976
Color
1965
Hakatakko Pure Heart
1978
Shinjuku Plaza
1969
A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
1979
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985
Run Truck Rascal, Run!
1979
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976
Our Marriage
1962
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
The Five Jolly Thieves
1960
My Voiceless Friends
1972
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978
Crazy Big Discovery
1969
Bokyo
1993
The Marked Man
1968
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
1969
Mexican Free-for-All
1968
Silk Hat Boss
1970
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
1989
Sex Peddlers
1965
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969
猛烈社員 スリゴマ忍法
1969
How to Make Money
1964
Wolf Escort
1969
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976
Michi
1986
The Man Who Killed Six Women
1965
Chained Bitch
1965
Ellie My Love
1987
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
1969
A Cheerful Yakuza
1976
Aces Wild
1961
I Love You So Much
1988
Code of Ruffians
1965
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
Dynamite Doctor Returns
1966
Hito mo arukeba
1960
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
1972
Obon's Dipping Contest
1961
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
1973
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Madcap Mixup
1969
Ambassador Ramen
1967
Golden Ninja
1966
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966
Bloody Shuriken
1965
Yellow Cherries
1960
Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special
1985
The Neon Taiheiki
1968
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
1977
School for Thieves
1968
Pineapple Butai
1959
Makeup
1987
Yanagase Blues
1967
Women Doing Time
1966
The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers
1961
Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
1974
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963
愛の立待岬・京都－函館殺人事件
1993
Carlos
1991
Tokyo Gambler
1967
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968
Obon, The Moll Dipper
1961
Desperate Hoodlum
1968
Nami kage
1965
Futari no Koibito
1969
The Killing Game
1973
The Spying Sorceress
1964
The Abalone Gals
1965
Yakuza Vassal
1966
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
The Cola Game
1959
Bridal Cruise
1976
Mappira shain yūkyōden
1968
Ittōsai wa sebangō 6
1959