Masumi Harukawa
Birthday: 1935-11-16 | Place of Birth: Utsunomiya, Tochigi, JapanBorn 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Katsue Nakazato
as Mother
as Okichi
as Matsuyo
as Haruyo Kobayashi
as Harumi
as Nanako's mather
as Saeko
