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