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 125
Oyaji Daiko
1968
Silk Hat Boss
1970
Dynamite Doctor Returns
1966
Sex Peddlers
1965
Color
1965
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969
Hachiko
1987
Neon taiheiki
1968
Wolf Escort
1969
Hito mo arukeba
1960
Bokyo
1993
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
The Boxer
1977
Older brother
1977
The Castle of Sand
1974
Wagako wa Tanin
1974
Attention Please
1970
Shogun's Ninja
1980
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981
The Insect Woman
1963
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
Hole in the Pants
1984
Human Revolution II
1976
Shiro and Marilyn
1988
Just Barely
1960
Intentions of Murder
1964
Zatoichi in Desperation
1972
I Am a Cat
1975
Girls of the Night
1961
The Killing Game
1973
姫君捕物控
1972
Curse of the Blood
1968
Waga Machi
1992
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
1973
Tokyo Pop
1988
The Threat
1966
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
1975
Crazy Big Discovery
1969
Samurai Banners
1969
The Human Bullet
1968
Hakatakko Pure Heart
1978
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
1967
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966
I Am A Man of Honor
1977
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
Nami kage
1965
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
1969
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
Edo wo Kiru
1973
The Gate of Youth
1975
Run Truck Rascal, Run!
1979
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
1968
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978
Where Spring Comes Late
1970
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
1979
Code of Ruffians
1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
1969
Life of Hishakaku 3
1964
The Wild Trucker
1975
Our Marriage
1962
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
1989
Mexican Free-for-All
1968
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978
Futari no Koibito
1969
Carlos
1991
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
Ellie My Love
1987
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971
Pineapple Butai
1959
Hobo General
1976
The Marked Man
1968
The Glamorous Ghost
1964
House of Terrors
1965
Makeup
1987
Yakuza Vassal
1966
The Spying Sorceress
1964
愛の立待岬・京都－函館殺人事件
1993
なんたって18歳！
1971
The Man Who Killed Six Women
1965
My Voiceless Friends
1972
Madcap Mixup
1969
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
Michi
1986
Bloody Shuriken
1965
Ambassador Ramen
1967
The Black Cat
1965
Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special
1985
Women Doing Time
1966
How to Make Money
1964
Desperate Hoodlum
1968
Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
1974
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
1972
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968
School for Thieves
1968
The Abalone Gals
1965
Chained Bitch
1965
I Love You So Much
1988
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
1977
Bridal Cruise
1976
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
A Cheerful Yakuza
1976
Golden Ninja
1966
Aces Wild
1961
Obon, The Moll Dipper
1961
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
The Cola Game
1959
Yanagase Blues
1967
Shinjuku Plaza
1969
猛烈社員 スリゴマ忍法
1969
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Mappira shain yūkyōden
1968
Yellow Cherries
1960
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
Tokyo Gambler
1967
Sodachi zakari
1967
腰抜け女兵騒動
1961
Great Incidents
1967