Masumi Harukawa

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1935-11-16 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Masumi Harukawa

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 mor...

Acting

1969

1987

Hachiko

as Okichi

1959

1963

1964

Intentions of Murder

as Sadako Takahashi

1965

1977

1960

1970

1965

House of Terrors

as Akemi Yokota

1969

Samurai Banners

as Buhei's wife

1991

1980

Shogun's Ninja

as Lady Yodo

1975

1977

Boxer

as Harumi

1993

1975

The Wild Trucker

as Kimie Matsushita (Mother)

1968

1981

Play it, Boogie-Woogie

as Haruyo Kobayashi

1964

The Glamorous Ghost

as Sugie Asami

1988

Tokyo Pop

as Mother

1966

The Threat

as Hiroko

1962

Our Marriage

as Rinko Arishima

1966

Golden Ninja

as Okiku

1988

Shiro and Marilyn

as Katsue Nakazato

1970

Where Spring Comes Late

as Passengers on Nemuro Main Line

1961

1987

1969

Madcap Mixup

as Mamechiyo

1986

Michi

as Matsuyo

1967

Yanagase Blues

as Sumie Yato

1974

The Castle of Sand

as Naka Sumie

1968

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