Actor info
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Name :
Masumi Harukawa
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Born :
November 16, 1935 in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan (90 years old)
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
117 films (1959–1993)
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Also known as :
瀧川マチエ, Masumi Harukawa, Machie Takigawa
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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 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.
Notable films
- Hachiko (1987) as Okichi
- Play it, Boogie-Woogie (1981) as Haruyo Kobayashi
- Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974) as Air woman
- The Castle of Sand (1974) as Naka Sumie
- The Insect Woman (1963) as Midori
