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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 16, 1935
Place of Birth
Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
- 瀧川マチエ
- Masumi Harukawa
- Machie Takigawa
Masumi Harukawa
1.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
Credits
Bokyo
1993
0.0
Waga Machi
1992
0.0
Carlos
1991
6.0
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
as 五十嵐玉緒
1989
0.0
I Love You So Much
1988
0.0
Shiro and Marilyn
as Katsue Nakazato
1988
7.0
Tokyo Pop
as Mother
1988
6.9
Hachiko
as Okichi
1987
7.7
Makeup
1987
0.0
Ellie My Love
1987
5.0
Michi
as Matsuyo
1986
1.0
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985
0.0
Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special
1985
0.0
Hole in the Pants
1984
5.0
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
as Haruyo Kobayashi
1981
6.0
Shogun's Ninja
as Lady Yodo
1980
6.2
Run Truck Rascal, Run!
1979
0.0
A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
1979
7.0
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978
10.0
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978
5.5
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
0.0
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
as Nanako's mather
1977
0.0
I Am A Man of Honor
1977
0.0
Older brother
as Saeko
1977
0.0
Boxer
as Harumi
1977
6.8
Truckster of Guts
1977
0.0
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
1976
0.0
Bridal Cruise
1976
0.0
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
1976
7.0
Human Revolution II
1976
0.0
Hobo General
1976
0.0
A Cheerful Yakuza
1976
0.0
The Wild Trucker
as Kimie Matsushita (Mother)
1975
7.0
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
as Jonathan's Wife
1975
6.0
I Am a Cat
1975
3.3
The Gate of Youth
1975
9.0
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
7.5
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Air woman
1974
7.5
The Castle of Sand
as Naka Sumie
1974
7.4
Wagako wa Tanin
1974
0.0
Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
1974
0.0
Edo wo Kiru
1973
0.0
The Killing Game
1973
0.0
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
as Tomiko
1972
0.0
Zatoichi in Desperation
as Ohama
1972
6.6
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姫君捕物控
1972
0.0
My Voiceless Friends
1972
0.0
なんたって18歳！
1971
0.0
幻の殺意
1971
0.0
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
1971
0.0
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
0.0
Where Spring Comes Late
as Passengers on Nemuro Main Line
1970
7.6
Silk Hat Boss
as Choko
1970
0.0
Silk Hat Boss
1970
0.0
Tora-san, His Tender Love
as Komako
1970
7.0
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
as Koyama's Wife
1969
0.0
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969
0.0
Wolf Escort
1969
0.0
Madcap Mixup
as Mamechiyo
1969
0.0
Futari no Koibito
1969
0.0
Samurai Banners
as Buhei's wife
1969
7.5
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
1969
0.0
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
1968
6.5
Desperate Hoodlum
1968
0.0
The Human Bullet
1968
6.1
Mappira shain yūkyōden
1968
0.0
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968
0.0
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
6.0
Curse of the Blood
as Okuma
1968
6.7
The Marked Man
1968
0.0
Neon taiheiki
1968
0.0
School for Thieves
as Kuriko
1968
0.0
Oyaji Daiko
1968
9.0
Sodachi zakari
1967
0.0
Yanagase Blues
as Sumie Yato
1967
0.0
Tokyo Gambler
1967
0.0
ラーメン大使
1967
0.0
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
as Oryu
1967
7.3
Golden Ninja
as Okiku
1966
0.0
Dynamite Doctor Returns
as Otoki
1966
0.0
Yakuza Vassal
1966
0.0
Women Doing Time
1966
0.0
The Threat
as Hiroko
1966
7.3
Code of Ruffians
1965
5.0
Chained Bitch
1965
0.0
House of Terrors
as Akemi Yokota
1965
5.3
六人の女を殺した男
1965
0.0
The Abalone Gals
1965
0.0
Color
1965
0.0
Bloody Shuriken
1965
7.3
The Black Cat
1965
0.0
Nami kage
1965
0.0
Sex Peddlers
1965
0.0
The Spying Sorceress
as Kara
1964
0.0
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
5.5
The Glamorous Ghost
as Sugie Asami
1964
6.0
Intentions of Murder
as Sadako Takahashi
1964
7.2
Life of Hishakaku 3
1964
0.0
How to Make Money
1964
0.0
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
0.0
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Akemi
1964
0.0
The Insect Woman
as Midori
1963
7.4
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
1963
0.0
Our Marriage
as Rinko Arishima
1962
6.7
Girls of the Night
as Harada
1961
6.9
Obon, The Moll Dipper
1961
0.0
腰抜け女兵騒動
1961
0.0
Aces Wild
1961
0.0
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
0.0
Yellow Cherries
1960
0.0
Hito mo arukeba
as Namiko
1960
0.0
Pineapple Butai
as Betty
1959
0.0
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
0.0
The Cola Game
1959
0.0
Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
1959
0.0
Temptation on Glamour Island
as Masa Uchida
1959
6.0