Masumi Harukawa
ActingAlso Known As
瀧川マチエ, Masumi Harukawa, Machie Takigawa
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.
Movies
(113 total)
Hachiko
as Okichi
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Air woman
The Insect Woman
as Midori
Intentions of Murder
as Sadako Takahashi
The Castle of Sand
as Naka Sumie
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
as Oryu
Zatoichi in Desperation
as Ohama
Samurai Banners
as Buhei's wife
Shogun's Ninja
as Lady Yodo
Girls of the Night
as Harada
House of Terrors
as Akemi Yokota
Where Spring Comes Late
as Passengers on Nemuro Main Line
Tokyo Pop
as Mother
Curse of the Blood
as Okuma
The Threat
as Hiroko
Our Marriage
as Rinko Arishima
Tora-san, His Tender Love
as Komako
