Actor
Masumi Harukawa
Birthday: November 16, 1935
Born in: Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
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.
Movie Credits
- Bokyo (1993)
Age: 57
- Carlos (1991)
Age: 55
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- I Love You So Much (1988)
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- Makeup (1987)
Age: 51
- Ellie My Love (1987)
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- Sotsugyou -GRADUATION- (1985)
Age: 49
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- Hole in the Pants (1984)
Age: 48
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- Run Truck Rascal, Run! (1979)
Age: 44
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- Pink Lady's Motion Picture (1978)
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- I Am A Man of Honor (1977)
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- Truckster of Guts (1977)
Age: 41
- Truck Rascals in Fever Heat (1976)
Age: 41
- Bridal Cruise (1976)
Age: 40
- Truckster Goes to Hokkaido (1976)
Age: 40
- Human Revolution II (1976)
Age: 40
- Hobo General (1976)
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- A Cheerful Yakuza (1976)
Age: 40
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- I Am a Cat (1975)
Age: 39
- The Gate of Youth (1975)
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- Tora-san's Lullaby (1974)
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- Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi (1974)
Age: 38
- The Killing Game (1973)
Age: 37
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- My Voiceless Friends (1972)
Age: 36
- 幻の殺意 (1971)
Age: 35
- Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho (1971)
Age: 35
- Hajimete no Tabi (1971)
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- Women Can't Be Beaten (1969)
Age: 33
- Wolf Escort (1969)
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- 猛烈社員 スリゴマ忍法 (1969)
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- Futari no Koibito (1969)
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- Desperate Hoodlum (1968)
Age: 32
- The Human Bullet (1968)
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- Mappira shain yūkyōden (1968)
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- The Marked Man (1968)
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- Neon taiheiki (1968)
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- Sodachi zakari (1967)
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- Tokyo Gambler (1967)
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- Ambassador Ramen (1967)
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- Third Class Soldier Boss (1966)
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- Yakuza Vassal (1966)
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- Women Doing Time (1966)
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- Code of Ruffians (1965)
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- Chained Bitch (1965)
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- 六人の女を殺した男 (1965)
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- The Abalone Gals (1965)
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- Color (1965)
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- Bloody Shuriken (1965)
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- The Black Cat (1965)
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- Nami kage (1965)
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- Sex Peddlers (1965)
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- Life of Hishakaku 3 (1964)
Age: 28
- How to Make Money (1964)
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- Monrō no yōna onna (1964)
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- Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō (1963)
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- Obon, The Moll Dipper (1961)
Age: 25
- 腰抜け女兵騒動 (1961)
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- Aces Wild (1961)
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- Jiyūgaoka fujin (1960)
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- Yellow Cherries (1960)
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- The Cola Game (1959)
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