Masumi Harukawa
Acting • Born 1935-11-16
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.
Filmography
120 credits
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Movie • 1969
Koyama's Wife
Hachiko
Movie • 1987
Okichi
Pineapple Butai
Movie • 1959
Betty
The Insect Woman
Movie • 1963
Midori
Neon taiheiki
Movie • 1968
Intentions of Murder
Movie • 1964
Sadako Takahashi
Color
Movie • 1965
A Cheerful Yakuza
Movie • 1976
Dynamite Doctor Returns
Movie • 1966
Otoki
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Movie • 1967
Oryu
Zatoichi in Desperation
Movie • 1972
Ohama
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
Movie • 1977
Nanako's mather
Futari no Koibito
Movie • 1969
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
Movie • 1971
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Movie • 1974
Air woman
The Human Bullet
Movie • 1968
Hito mo arukeba
Movie • 1960
Namiko
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
Movie • 1968
Silk Hat Boss
Movie • 1970
Choko
Hajimete no Tabi
Movie • 1971
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
Movie • 1985
Code of Ruffians
Movie • 1965
Sodachi zakari
Movie • 1967
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
Movie • 1963
Nami kage
Movie • 1965
House of Terrors
Movie • 1965
Akemi Yokota
Samurai Banners
Movie • 1969
Buhei's wife
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Movie • 1959
Maboroshi no Satsui
Movie • 1971
Carlos
Movie • 1991
Shogun's Ninja
Movie • 1980
Lady Yodo
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Movie • 1972
Tomiko
The Gate of Youth
Movie • 1975
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
Movie • 1975
Kimie, Jonathan's Wife
Boxer
Movie • 1977
Harumi
Bokyo
Movie • 1993
The Wild Trucker
Movie • 1975
Kimie Matsushita (Mother)
Curse of the Blood
Movie • 1968
Okuma
Silk Hat Boss
Movie • 1970
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Movie • 1968
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
Movie • 1981
Haruyo Kobayashi
Life of Hishakaku 3
Movie • 1964
The Glamorous Ghost
Movie • 1964
Sugie Asami
Tokyo Pop
Movie • 1988
Mother
The Threat
Movie • 1966
Hiroko
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
Movie • 1976
I Am A Man of Honor
Movie • 1977
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
Movie • 1976
Run Truck Rascal, Run!
Movie • 1979
Truckster of Guts
Movie • 1977
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
Movie • 1978
A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
Movie • 1979
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
Movie • 1978
Our Marriage
Movie • 1962
Rinko Arishima
Golden Ninja
Movie • 1966
Okiku
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
Movie • 1968
Sex Peddlers
Movie • 1965
Bloody Shuriken
Movie • 1965
How to Make Money
Movie • 1964
Wolf Escort
Movie • 1969
Obon, The Moll Dipper
Movie • 1961
The Black Cat
Movie • 1965
Shiro and Marilyn
Movie • 1988
Katsue Nakazato
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
Movie • 1964
Where Spring Comes Late
Movie • 1970
Passengers on Nemuro Main Line
The Marked Man
Movie • 1968
Desperate Hoodlum
Movie • 1968
Ellie My Love
Movie • 1987
Girls of the Night
Movie • 1961
Harada
The Abalone Gals
Movie • 1965
Makeup
Movie • 1987
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Movie • 1970
Komako
Madcap Mixup
Movie • 1969
Mamechiyo
The Cola Game
Movie • 1959
Hole in the Pants
Movie • 1984
The Spying Sorceress
Movie • 1964
Kara
Women Can't Be Beaten
Movie • 1969
Tora-san's Lullaby
Movie • 1974
Michi
Movie • 1986
Matsuyo
My Voiceless Friends
Movie • 1972
Human Revolution II
Movie • 1976
Yanagase Blues
Movie • 1967
Sumie Yato
Temptation on Glamour Island
Movie • 1959
Masa Uchida
The Castle of Sand
Movie • 1974
Naka Sumie
Hobo General
Movie • 1976
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Movie • 1964
Akemi
Yakuza Vassal
Movie • 1966
Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
Movie • 1959
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
Movie • 1989
五十嵐玉緒
Bridal Cruise
Movie • 1976
Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
Movie • 1974
Chained Bitch
Movie • 1965
Women Doing Time
Movie • 1966
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
Movie • 1978
Tokyo Gambler
Movie • 1967
School for Thieves
Movie • 1968
Kuriko
The Killing Game
Movie • 1973
Aces Wild
Movie • 1961
Mappira shain yūkyōden
Movie • 1968
Jiyūgaoka fujin
Movie • 1960
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
Movie • 1969
Ambassador Ramen
Movie • 1967
六人の女を殺した男
Movie • 1965
I Love You So Much
Movie • 1988
Monrō no yōna onna
Movie • 1964
Yellow Cherries
Movie • 1960
Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special
Movie • 1985
I Am a Cat
Movie • 1975
腰抜け女兵騒動
Movie • 1961
猛烈社員 スリゴマ忍法
Movie • 1969
Third Class Soldier Boss
Movie • 1966
Crazy Big Discovery
Movie • 1969
Hanakawado Wakako
Mexican Free-for-All
Movie • 1968
Yukari
Edo wo Kiru
TV • 1973
Older brother
TV • 1977
Saeko
Waga Machi
TV • 1992
Oyaji Daiko
TV • 1968
Wagako wa Tanin
TV • 1974
姫君捕物控
TV • 1972
なんたって18歳！
TV • 1971