Masumi Harukawa

Known for ActingBorn 1935-11-16 (age 90)Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Run Truck Rascal, Run!

Truck Rascals in Fever Heat

Hobo General

Hajimete no Tabi

The Marked Man

Desperate Hoodlum

Mexican Free-for-All

Sodachi zakari

Yakuza Vassal

Obon, The Moll Dipper

Jiyūgaoka fujin

Pineapple Butai

Bokyo

Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro

The Truck Rascals Go to The North

I Am A Man of Honor

My Voiceless Friends

Silk Hat Boss

Neon taiheiki

Oyaji Daiko

Ambassador Ramen

The Black Cat

Hito mo arukeba

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II

Truckster Goes to Hokkaido

The Gate of Youth

Play it, Boogie-Woogie

A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun

Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal

Truckster of Guts

Human Revolution II

Wolf Escort

Crazy Big Discovery

Nami kage

Bloody Shuriken

The Spying Sorceress

Hachiko

Aces Wild

Tora-san's Lullaby

The Wild Trucker

Where Spring Comes Late

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

Women Can't Be Beaten

Code of Ruffians

Samurai Banners

The Castle of Sand