Cast & creator
Masumi Harukawa
Best known for Oyaji Daiko, The Castle of Sand, Waga Machi
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.
Also known as: 瀧川マチエ, Masumi Harukawa, Machie Takigawa
121
film credits
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television credits
129
1959–1993 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (129)
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Oyaji Daiko
1968
The Castle of Sand
Naka Sumie
1974
Waga Machi
1992
Attention Please
1970
Hachiko
Okichi
1987
Older brother
Saeko
1977
The Boxer
Harumi
1977
Wagako wa Tanin
1974
I Am a Cat
1975
Shogun's Ninja
Lady Yodo
1980
Shiro and Marilyn
Katsue Nakazato
1988
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Air woman
1974
Great Incidents
1967
The Five Jolly Thieves
1960
Human Revolution II
1976
The Insect Woman
Midori
1963
Samurai Banners
Buhei's wife
1969
The Human Bullet
Woman in Apron
1968
Where Spring Comes Late
Passengers on Nemuro Main Line
1970
Tokyo Pop
Mother
1988
The Black Cat
1965
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
Oryu
1967
Run Truck Rascal, Run!
1979
Intentions of Murder
Sadako Takahashi
1964
Hakatakko Pure Heart
1978
Zatoichi in Desperation
Ohama
1972
Girls of the Night
Harada
1961
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
Haruyo Kobayashi
1981
Modern Moneymaking
1960
Hole in the Pants
1984
Curse of the Blood
Okuma
1968
Shinjuku Plaza
1969
Edo wo Kiru
1973
The Threat
Hiroko
1966
House of Terrors
Akemi Yokota
1965
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
Koyama's Wife
1969
Hito mo arukeba
Namiko
1960
The Wild Trucker
Kimie Matsushita (Mother)
1975
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
Kimie, Jonathan's Wife
1975
Temptation on Glamour Island
Masa Uchida
1959姫君捕物控
1972
Tora-san, His Tender Love
驹子
1970
Just Barely
1960
Obon's Dipping Contest
1961
Life of Hishakaku 3
1964
Silk Hat Boss
Choko
1970Silk Hat Boss
1970
The Neon Taiheiki
1968
The Gate of Youth
1975
Our Marriage
Rinko Arishima
1962
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978
Sex Peddlers
1965
なんたって18歳！
1971
A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
1979
Bokyo
1993
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
1968
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978
Wolf Escort
1969
Michi
Matsuyo
1986
Tora-san's Lullaby
踊子
1974
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985
Yellow Cherries
1960
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976
The Glamorous Ghost
Sugie Asami
1964
I Am A Man of Honor
1977
Aces Wild
1961
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969
Crazy Big Discovery
Hanakawado Wakako
1969
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Color
1965
A Cheerful Yakuza
1976
The Man Who Killed Six Women
1965
Dynamite Doctor Returns
Otoki
1966
Code of Ruffians
1965
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
Masayo Kinoshita
1973
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
1969
School for Thieves
Kuriko
1968
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
五十嵐玉緒
1989
The Marked Man
1968
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Akemi
1964
Women Doing Time
1966
Golden Ninja
Okiku
1966
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
Tomiko
1972
Bloody Shuriken
1965
Madcap Mixup
Mamechiyo
1969
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Ellie My Love
1987
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
Yanagase Blues
Sumie Yato
1967
Pineapple Butai
Betty
1959
I Love You So Much
1988
Carlos
1991
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968
Chained Bitch
1965
Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special
1985
Nami kage
1965
The Spying Sorceress
Kara
1964
My Voiceless Friends
1972
The Cola Game
1959
Ambassador Ramen
1967
Hobo General
1976
Futari no Koibito
1969愛の立待岬・京都－函館殺人事件
1993
猛烈社員 スリゴマ忍法
1969
Tokyo Gambler
1967
Mexican Free-for-All
Yukari
1968
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
Bridal Cruise
1976
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963
Sodachi zakari
1967
Makeup
1987
Mappira shain yūkyōden
1968
How to Make Money
1964
Desperate Hoodlum
1968
Yakuza Vassal
1966
The Troubles of Wimpy Women Soldiers
1961
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
Nanako's mather
1977
Obon, The Moll Dipper
1961
The Abalone Gals
1965
Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
1974