Masumi Harukawa

Masumi Harukawa

🎬 Actor

Born

16 November 1935 (90)

Place of Birth

Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan

Also known as

Masumi Harukawa, Machie Takigawa

Biography

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...

Filmography (40)