Masumi Harukawa

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

3.805

Gender

Female

Birthday

16-Nov-1935

Age

(89 years old)

Place of Birth

Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As
  • 瀧川マチエ

Masumi Harukawa

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.


Credits

人も歩けば 人も歩けば (1960) Character: Namiko
A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.
ひも ひも (1965) Character: N/A
A young bartender acts as a pimp on the side: he pretends to have VD to get a girl an abortion. She is actually infected by another and plans her revenge.
漫画横丁 アトミックのおぼん スリますわヨの巻 漫画横丁 アトミックのおぼん スリますわヨの巻 (1961) Character: N/A
Modern comedy, based on the popular manga.
マリリンに逢いたい マリリンに逢いたい (1988) Character: Katsue Nakazato
Based on a true story. Shiro, a dog who lives in an inn on Akajima in Okinawa, swims to the opposite shore on Zamami to see his love, a dog named Marilyn. Shiro is portrayed by the real-life Shiro.
横紙破りの前科者 横紙破りの前科者 (1968) Character: N/A
Second part of the Zenka mono series.
カルロス カルロス (1991) Character: N/A
V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza.
人生劇場 新 飛車角 人生劇場 新 飛車角 (1964) Character: N/A
Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.
波影 波影 (1965) Character: N/A
Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.
無頼漢仁義 無頼漢仁義 (1965) Character: N/A
Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the scheming Ojika Group.
丹波哲郎の大霊界 死んだらどうなる 丹波哲郎の大霊界 死んだらどうなる (1989) Character: 五十嵐玉緒
Visualization based on Tetsuro Tamba's best-selling "Great Reikai". A story about a physicist who dies in an accident and experiences the afterlife as a spirit. The leading role is Tamba Tetsuro's biological son, Tamba Yoshitaka.
おんな番外地 鎖の牝犬 おんな番外地 鎖の牝犬 (1965) Character: N/A
Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
続・おんな番外地 続・おんな番外地 (1966) Character: N/A
Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
幻の殺意 幻の殺意 (1971) Character: N/A
Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.
育ちざかり 育ちざかり (1967) Character: N/A
Japanese movie released on September 30 , 1967 . Produced and distributed by Toho . Color , Toho scope . Running time is 88 minutes.
女弥次喜多 タッチ旅行 女弥次喜多 タッチ旅行 (1963) Character: N/A
1963 Japanese movie
青春の門 青春の門 (1975) Character: N/A
Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of the life of the characters. Shinsuke's father dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a kind Korean and a Harley-riding yakuza.
続人間革命 続人間革命 (1976) Character: N/A
Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
メイク・アップ メイク・アップ (1987) Character: N/A
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女子大学生 私は勝負する 女子大学生 私は勝負する (1959) Character: N/A
Explicit drama about a young woman who becomes involved with a group of college students who play "spin-the-bottle" and the women must make love or strip. The woman, Junko, becomes involved with Makoto, leader of the gang, becomes pregnant, has an abortion, then gets involved with an architect.
あゝ声なき友 あゝ声なき友 (1972) Character: N/A
A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.
現代金儲け物語 現代金儲け物語 (1964) Character: N/A
Japanese comedy film.
ちんころ海女っこ ちんころ海女っこ (1965) Character: N/A
South of Tokyo is a small island until quite recently relatively unchanged since feudal times. Now, however, it is being made into a tourist's playland and the girls, who had been abalone divers, now become geisha, and the old ways of the island are all topsy-turvy. One of the girls, more sensitive than the rest, sees that here, too, people are motivated only by greed and decides to leave and try to find a better life elsewhere.
喜劇 女は度胸 喜劇 女は度胸 (1969) Character: N/A
An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.
瀬戸はよいとこ・花嫁観光船 瀬戸はよいとこ・花嫁観光船 (1976) Character: N/A
Daisuke and Shinichi are companions who frequent girlie shows and parties until they find out they are rivals bidding for control of a major resort hotel. During the bargaining sessions each accuses the other of misconduct because of their escapades, thus getting them in trouble with their families. Shinichi's ecology group and Daisuke's wife's women's lib movement become involved.
サラリーマン悪党術 サラリーマン悪党術 (1968) Character: N/A
A salaryman comedy.
赤い手裏剣 赤い手裏剣 (1965) Character: N/A
Ronin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in love with the beautiful horse stable owner but like all heroes, cannot stay.
続・社長太平記 続・社長太平記 (1959) Character: N/A
7th film in the President series and the first entry in color.
望郷 望郷 (1993) Character: N/A
In 1940, Kubota Shoten, which has been in business for generations, goes bankrupt due to the debauched lifestyle of its president, Kunimitsu Kubota. Subsequently, Kunimitsu moves back to his hometown and his children are sent to live with other relatives.
极恶坊主 人斩数数歌 极恶坊主 人斩数数歌 (1968) Character: N/A
The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his young son to live with his grandfather, the master of a ju-jitsu dojo during the Taisho period of the early 20th century. Shinkai then runs afoul of a gangster group using strong-arm tactics to take over the profits from local gambling. When he proves to be more than they can handle, they hire the one man who has the ability to kill Shinkai and exact revenge, Ryotatsu, the karate priest whom Shinkai blinded in the first film. This ultra-violent entry has long been considered the best movie in the series and never made its way to home video before. See a spectacular display of Wakayama Tomisaburo’s martial art expertise in this action packed film. The Holy Grail of sword movies has arrived at last! /Winterheart of CG
冒険大活劇 黄金の盗賊 冒険大活劇 黄金の盗賊 (1966) Character: Okiku
Just after the Battle of Sekigahara, a pair of children Denji and Kichizo witnessed a team of the defeated forces hide the Toyotomi treasure. When the leader cuts down the rest of the team, a bloodstained footman seems to be the only survivor, and his image haunts the pair for the next twenty years. As they are serving a prison sentence a plan is hatched to get them released so they can lead their captors to the hidden gold on Hikone Beach. Danger and excitement await the two as they run into unexpected and dangerous obstacles!
女生きてます 盛り場渡り鳥 女生きてます 盛り場渡り鳥 (1972) Character: Tomiko
Akane Kawasaki, known for her aversion to physical contact with men, possesses some unfavorable habits such as stealing. Despite these flaws, she garners popularity in the slums due to her compassionate care for children. In an attempt to secure a stable future for their child, she enters into marriage with Tsutomu Yamazaki, who struggles with a stutter. Unfortunately, their union is cut short by the untimely death of Tsutomu Yamazaki in an accident.
喜劇 男の腕だめし 喜劇 男の腕だめし (1974) Character: N/A
In front of Sagami Detention Center. Shosuke, the owner of a strip joint called "Shunpu Music," welcomes Okoma, a stripper who has been locked up for public indecency. Shosuke immediately takes the paroled Okoma to the police station to greet her, and meets a young new detective, Matsuta Obara, who has just been transferred. But the two don't get along from the moment they meet...
続・酔いどれ博士 続・酔いどれ博士 (1966) Character: Otoki
Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie
黒い猫 黒い猫 (1965) Character: N/A
Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.
あゝ予科練 あゝ予科練 (1968) Character: N/A
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland.
トラック野郎 爆走一番星 トラック野郎 爆走一番星 (1975) Character: N/A
The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together.
トラック野郎 天下御免 トラック野郎 天下御免 (1976) Character: N/A
The fourth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. A comical road movie of two long-distance truckers, “Momojiro” and “Kinzo,” who travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks. Momojiro goes to Shikoku this time, and he falls in love with a beautiful designer named Wakako, who is on a pilgrimage.
トラック野郎 度胸一番星 トラック野郎 度胸一番星 (1977) Character: N/A
The fifth movie of the “Truck Yaro” series, which is comical road movies of two long-distance truckers. This time Momojiro falls in love with beautiful Minako in Sado, Niigata.
トラック野郎 一番星北へ帰る トラック野郎 一番星北へ帰る (1978) Character: N/A
Eighth movie in the Torakku Yarō series
不良番長 送り狼 不良番長 送り狼 (1969) Character: N/A
Rivalry between a hoodlum group and gangster organization.
トラック野郎 御意見無用 トラック野郎 御意見無用 (1975) Character: Jonathan's Wife
The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best friend Kinzo take to the road on their cargo trucks impressing each other with their skills in driving fast and evading the police while transporting commodities throughout the country. Chance encounters with people along the way help them to come to terms with events clouding their past and offer them a shot at redemption.
いとしのエリー いとしのエリー (1987) Character: N/A
Based on the comic by Mako Takami.
スローなブギにしてくれ スローなブギにしてくれ (1981) Character: Haruyo Kobayashi
A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent chaotic relationships.
パンツの穴 パンツの穴 (1984) Character: N/A
A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. He gets bullied, but meets a pretty girl. He tries to win her heart, but rivals abound. Debut video release from Pantsu no ana, a subsection of "BOMB" magazine.
いい湯だな全員集合!! いい湯だな全員集合!! (1969) Character: Mamechiyo
Five fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups.
にっぽん昆虫記 にっぽん昆虫記 (1963) Character: Midori
A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life.
卒業 -GRADUATION- 卒業 -GRADUATION- (1985) Character: N/A
Momoko Watanabe—a student who, upon visiting a shrine in order to wish good luck on a friend of hers, witnesses a murder in the forest...and she knows the culprit! Unfortunately, she doesn't have it in her to tell anybody about it, and to make matters worse, said aforementioned friend gets accused of the murder.
歌麿をめぐる五人の女 歌麿をめぐる五人の女 (1959) Character: N/A
Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…
グラマ島の誘惑 グラマ島の誘惑 (1959) Character: Masa Uchida
Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all stranded on a South Seas island at the end of World War II.
ワニと鸚鵡とおっとせい ワニと鸚鵡とおっとせい (1977) Character: Nanako's mather
A comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover a debt bond in a basket with parrots, which they received instead of pension money. At that time, Hiromi Go and Kirin Kiki, who were gaining popularity, play the main roles, demonstrating an exquisite combination.
日本一の断絶男 日本一の断絶男 (1969) Character: Koyama's Wife
Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job.
田園に死す 田園に死す (1974) Character: Air woman
A director faces creative block while working on his latest film - a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.
散歩する霊柩車 散歩する霊柩車 (1964) Character: Sugie Asami
Based on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black humor. A jealous husband murders his adulterous wife, then embarks on a crusade to extort all the wealthy men whom she had affairs with.
トラック野郎 突撃一番星 トラック野郎 突撃一番星 (1978) Character: N/A
Hoping to romance an alien, Momojiro meets beautiful animal trainer Eriko instead. Then he and Jonathan get drawn into her old friend's fraud.
旗本やくざ 旗本やくざ (1966) Character: N/A
A young samurai defends townsfolk from evil forces.
シルクハットの大親分 シルクハットの大親分 (1970) Character: N/A
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler series. Having made a fortune in the Russo-Japanese War, the Kumatora Family migrates to Kyushu to take on a military-related job. There they encounter the evil and malicious interference of the Chindai family of Kumamoto, and Boss Kumatora boldly fights back with the help of O'Ryu the Red Peony. A super entertaining film with non-stop comedy and action directed by Suzuki Norifumi.
シルクハットの大親分 シルクハットの大親分 (1970) Character: Choko
In a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like there's no tomorrow. The first movie of a new series starring Wakayama Tomisaburo as everybody's favorite character Boss Kumatora from the Red Peony Gambler series. Having made a fortune in the Russo-Japanese War, the Kumatora Family migrates to Kyushu to take on a military-related job. There they encounter the evil and malicious interference of the Chindai family of Kumamoto, and Boss Kumatora boldly fights back with the help of O'Ryu the Red Peony. A super entertaining film with non-stop comedy and action directed by Suzuki Norifumi.
眠狂四郎女妖剣 眠狂四郎女妖剣 (1964) Character: N/A
A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Kyoshiro. The fact that a bunch of ruthless smugglers also want him dead is the least of his problems!
パイナップル部隊 パイナップル部隊 (1959) Character: Betty
The story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the 1950s.
トラック野郎 望郷一番星 トラック野郎 望郷一番星 (1976) Character: N/A
Momojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.
新座頭市物語・折れた杖 新座頭市物語・折れた杖 (1972) Character: Ohama
After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them.
怪談残酷物語 怪談残酷物語 (1968) Character: Okuma
A samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions his entire family is to bear a terrible curse.
トラック野郎 故郷特急便 トラック野郎 故郷特急便 (1979) Character: N/A
Momojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her sheet music into the ocean. Momojiro helps her by diving in to collect the sheets for her and ends up falling in love.
くノ一化粧 くノ一化粧 (1964) Character: Kara
Second part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous treasure of the Toyotomi family, discovered in connection with the plot to overthrow the shogunate.
ボクサー ボクサー (1977) Character: Harumi
In the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked, quits boxing, leaving his wife and start living alone with his mangy dog. One day a young mediocre boxer knocks at the door and wants to be Hayato's apprentice.
忍者武芸帖 百地三太夫 忍者武芸帖 百地三太夫 (1980) Character: Lady Yodo
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that two daggers are the key to the hiding place of the treasured gold. Spanning decades, the quest for the missing daggers takes Shiranui through war and ancient tradition.
ピンクレディーの活動大写真 ピンクレディーの活動大写真 (1978) Character: N/A
The Japanese pop music duo Pink Lady are circus performers who show kindness toward a captured "monster," a sad, furry being (played by a man in a bulky, over-sized pink acrylic costume) who suffers acts of unusual cruelty by the keeper and ringmaster before the girls escape with the creature in a circus trailer.
トラック野郎 熱風5000キロ トラック野郎 熱風5000キロ (1979) Character: N/A
Ninth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place driving logging freight through the mountains. There he meets the wild and beautiful Natsu.
ハチ公物語 ハチ公物語 (1987) Character: Okichi
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
男はつらいよ フーテンの寅 男はつらいよ フーテンの寅 (1970) Character: Komako
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
家族 家族 (1970) Character: Passengers on Nemuro Main Line
The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.
肉弾 肉弾 (1968) Character: N/A
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.
女ばかりの夜 女ばかりの夜 (1961) Character: Harada
In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently release from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build a new life.
私たちの結婚 私たちの結婚 (1962) Character: Rinko Arishima
When two sisters fall in love with the same man, one must decide to look elsewhere.
男はつらいよ 寅次郎子守唄 男はつらいよ 寅次郎子守唄 (1974) Character: N/A
After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and leaves to work as a traveling salesman once again. During his travels, Torajiro meets a father who shares a drink with him. In the morning, Torajiro is shocked to learn that the man has left his baby behind and a note asking Tora to take care of the child.
Tokyo Pop Tokyo Pop (1988) Character: Mother
A young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here". She takes what little money she has including ex-boyfriend's rent money and goes to Tokyo. She has numerous cross-cultural adventures and ends up singing with a Japanese rock group looking for a gaijin gimmick.
座頭市鉄火旅 座頭市鉄火旅 (1967) Character: Oryu
Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the adventure begins. It turns out a blacksmith named Senzo examines Zatoichi's cane sword, and discovers it to be forged by his old mentor. Senzo discovers the sword is at the end of its usefulness and will break when it is used next.
トラック野郎 男一匹桃次郎 トラック野郎 男一匹桃次郎 (1977) Character: N/A
The sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo, travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks. In Kyushu, Momojiro falls in love again... this time with a beautiful college student Masako.
続 拝啓天皇陛下様 続 拝啓天皇陛下様 (1964) Character: Akemi
Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog soldier. He joins the army and winds up sent overseas to China as a part of the military dog unit. He's ridiculed by others due to his inability to advance.
柳ヶ瀬ブルース 柳ヶ瀬ブルース (1967) Character: Sumie Yato
Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.
砂の器 砂の器 (1974) Character: Naka Sumie
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
風林火山 風林火山 (1969) Character: Buhei's wife
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?
怪談せむし男 怪談せむし男 (1965) Character: Akemi Yokota
A hunchbacked caretaker presides over a forlorn mansion inhabited by the ghosts of his previous masters. An unbelieving trio (a doctor, his assistant and his niece) fail to heed the caretaker's warnings and are slaughtered horribly by the jealous occupants.
脅迫 脅迫 (1966) Character: Hiroko
Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.
赤い殺意 赤い殺意 (1964) Character: Sadako Takahashi
The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.
前科者 前科者 (1968) Character: N/A
A man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism.



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