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.

Acted Movies

Hachiko (1987)

Director: Seijiro Koyama

Writers: Kaneto Shindō, Kaneto Shindō,

Cast: Kaoru Yachigusa, Kei Yamamoto, Mako Ishino, Masumi Harukawa, Shigeru Izumiya, Taiji Tonoyama, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshinori Omi, Toshiro Yanagiba, Yoshi Kat?,

Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)

Director: Shūji Terayama

Writers: Shūji Terayama,

Cast: Chigusa Takayama, Eimei Sasaki, Hiroyuki Takano, Izumi Hara, Kantar? Suga, Kaoru Yachigusa, Keiko Niitaka, Masahiro Saito, Masumi Harukawa, Yoshio Harada,

The Insect Woman (1963)

Director: Shōhei Imamura

Writers: Keiji Hasebe,

Cast: Daizaburo Hirata, Emiko Aizawa, Emiko Higashi, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kazuo Kitamura, Masumi Harukawa, Sachiko Hidari, Seizabur? Kawazu, Tanie Kitabayashi, Teruko Kishi,