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Masumi Harukawa
Acting
16 Nov 1935 (90 years)
Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
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...
Also Known As
瀧川マチエ, Masumi Harukawa, Machie Takigawa


























