Actor

Masumi Harukawa

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Acting credits

119

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.5

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Movies: 112Series: 7

TMDB ID: 123852

IMDb ID: nm0367370

Known for: Acting

Born: November 16, 1935

Age: 90

Place of birth: Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1959 - 1993

Years active: 35

Average TMDB rating: 7.13

Wikidata: Q6785697

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.

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