Masumi Harukawa

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.

Cast

Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man

Pineapple Butai

The Insect Woman

Intentions of Murder

Sadako Takahashi

A Cheerful Yakuza

Dynamite Doctor Returns

Zatoichi's Cane Sword

Zatoichi in Desperation

Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal

Nanako's mather

Futari no Koibito

Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

The Human Bullet

Hito mo arukeba

How to Be the Worst of Office Workers

Hajimete no Tabi

Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-

Code of Ruffians

Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō

House of Terrors

Samurai Banners

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori

The Gate of Youth

Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me

Kimie, Jonathan's Wife

The Wild Trucker

Kimie Matsushita (Mother)

Curse of the Blood

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

Play it, Boogie-Woogie

Haruyo Kobayashi

Life of Hishakaku 3

The Glamorous Ghost

Truckster Goes to Hokkaido

Run Truck Rascal, Run!

Truck Rascals in Fever Heat

I Am A Man of Honor

Truckster of Guts

The Truck Rascals Go to The North

Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro

A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun

Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder

Bloody Shuriken

How to Make Money

Obon, The Moll Dipper

Shiro and Marilyn

Katsue Nakazato

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction

Where Spring Comes Late

Passengers on Nemuro Main Line

Desperate Hoodlum

Girls of the Night

The Abalone Gals

Tora-san, His Tender Love

Hole in the Pants

The Spying Sorceress

Women Can't Be Beaten

Tora-san's Lullaby

My Voiceless Friends

Human Revolution II

Temptation on Glamour Island

The Castle of Sand

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2

Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents

Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die

五十嵐玉緒

Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi

Women Doing Time

Pink Lady's Motion Picture

School for Thieves

The Killing Game

Mappira shain yūkyōden

Jiyūgaoka fujin

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier

Ambassador Ramen

六人の女を殺した男

I Love You So Much

Monrō no yōna onna

Yellow Cherries

Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special

腰抜け女兵騒動

猛烈社員スリゴマ忍法

Third Class Soldier Boss

Crazy Big Discovery

Hanakawado Wakako