Masumi Harukawa
Department: 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.
Known For
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
1969
Hachiko
1987
Pineapple Butai
1959
The Insect Woman
1963
Neon taiheiki
1968
Intentions of Murder
1964
Color
1965
A Cheerful Yakuza
1976
Dynamite Doctor Returns
1966
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
1967
Zatoichi in Desperation
1972
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
1977
Futari no Koibito
1969
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974
The Human Bullet
1968
Hito mo arukeba
1960
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968
Silk Hat Boss
1970
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985
Code of Ruffians
1965
Sodachi zakari
1967
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963
Nami kage
1965
House of Terrors
1965
Samurai Banners
1969
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Carlos
1991
Shogun's Ninja
1980
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
1972
The Gate of Youth
1975
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
1975
Boxer
1977
Bokyo
1993
The Wild Trucker
1975
Curse of the Blood
1968
Silk Hat Boss
1970
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981
Life of Hishakaku 3
1964
The Glamorous Ghost
1964
Tokyo Pop
1988
The Threat
1966
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976
I Am A Man of Honor
1977
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976
Run Truck Rascal, Run!
1979
Truckster of Guts
1977
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
1979
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978
Our Marriage
1962
Golden Ninja
1966
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
1968
Sex Peddlers
1965
Bloody Shuriken
1965
How to Make Money
1964
Wolf Escort
1969
Obon, The Moll Dipper
1961
The Black Cat
1965
Shiro and Marilyn
1988
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
Where Spring Comes Late
1970
The Marked Man
1968
Desperate Hoodlum
1968
Ellie My Love
1987
Girls of the Night
1961
The Abalone Gals
1965
Makeup
1987
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
Madcap Mixup
1969
The Cola Game
1959
Hole in the Pants
1984
The Spying Sorceress
1964
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
Michi
1986
My Voiceless Friends
1972
Human Revolution II
1976
Yanagase Blues
1967
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
The Castle of Sand
1974
Hobo General
1976
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
Yakuza Vassal
1966
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
1989
Bridal Cruise
1976
Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
1974
Chained Bitch
1965
Women Doing Time
1966
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978
Tokyo Gambler
1967
School for Thieves
1968
The Killing Game
1973
Aces Wild
1961
Mappira shain yūkyōden
1968
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
1969
Ambassador Ramen
1967
六人の女を殺した男
1965
I Love You So Much
1988
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
Yellow Cherries
1960
Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special
1985
I Am a Cat
1975
腰抜け女兵騒動
1961
猛烈社員 スリゴマ忍法
1969
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966
Crazy Big Discovery
1969
Mexican Free-for-All
1968
Hakatakko Pure Heart
1978
Edo wo Kiru
1973
Older brother
1977
Waga Machi
1992
Oyaji Daiko
1968
Wagako wa Tanin
1974
姫君捕物控
1972
なんたって18歳！
1971