Masumi Harukawa
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.
Hachiko
as OkichiThe tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno,...
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The Castle of Sand
as Naka SumieTwo detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in...
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The Insect Woman
as MidoriA woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect,...
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country
as Air womanA director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his...
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Girls of the Night
as HaradaIn the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of...
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Zatoichi's Cane Sword
as OryuZatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite...
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Intentions of Murder
as Sadako TakahashiThe neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with...
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Shogun's Ninja
as Lady YodoIn the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the...
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Play it, Boogie-Woogie
as Haruyo KobayashiA runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in...
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Samurai Banners
as Buhei's wifeKansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He...
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Shiro and Marilyn
as Katsue NakazatoBased on a true story. Shiro, a dog who lives in an inn on Akajima in Okinawa, swims to the...
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Hole in the Pants
as uncreditedA boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. He gets bullied, but meets a pretty...
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The Marked Man
as uncreditedA man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism.
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
as uncreditedA fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have...
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The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
as uncreditedThe film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys...
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Our Marriage
as Rinko ArishimaWhen two sisters fall in love with the same man, one must decide to look elsewhere.
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Zatoichi in Desperation
as OhamaAfter accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the...
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Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
as uncreditedMomojiro comes to the rescue of beautiful Akiko who struggles to run a ranch on her own.
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To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as AkemiBased on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military...
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The Gate of Youth
as uncreditedMainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his...
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House of Terrors
as Akemi YokotaA hunchbacked caretaker presides over a forlorn mansion inhabited by the ghosts of his previous...
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Tokyo Pop
as MotherA young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish...
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The Human Bullet
as uncreditedA soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his...
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Where Spring Comes Late
as Passengers on Nemuro Main LineThe story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a...
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Aces Wild
as uncreditedKeisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an...
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Silk Hat Boss
as ChokoIn a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like...
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Silk Hat Boss
as uncreditedIn a strange outfit and full of youthful energy, the explosive Boss Kumatora raises hell like...
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as KomakoTraveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
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I Am A Man of Honor
as uncreditedThe sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo,...
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Boxer
as HarumiIn the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets...
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The Abalone Gals
as uncreditedSouth of Tokyo is a small island until quite recently relatively unchanged since feudal times....
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Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
as Jonathan's WifeThe first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro...
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Code of Ruffians
as uncreditedBecause of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or...
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Bokyo
as uncreditedIn 1940, Kubota Shoten, which has been in business for generations, goes bankrupt due to the...
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The Threat
as HirokoTwo escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an...
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Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
as uncreditedThe fourth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. A comical road movie of two long-distance truckers,...
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Sodachi zakari
as uncreditedJapanese movie released on September 30 , 1967 . Produced and distributed by Toho . Color , Toho...
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Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
as Nanako's matherA comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover...
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Tora-san's Lullaby
as uncreditedAfter Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved...
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Human Revolution II
as uncreditedDramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
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Yakuza Vassal
as uncreditedA young samurai defends townsfolk from evil forces.
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Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
as uncreditedKitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The...
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Curse of the Blood
as OkumaA samurai kills a blind man who tells him to repay his debts. Because of the samurai's actions...
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Dynamite Doctor Returns
as OtokiSecond movie in the yoidore hakase serie
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Run Truck Rascal, Run!
as uncreditedMomojiro and Jonathan go to Kochi on a ferry. On the ferry a singer called Yuka dropped her...
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Hito mo arukeba
as NamikoA drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.
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Golden Ninja
as OkikuJust after the Battle of Sekigahara, a pair of children Denji and Kichizo witnessed a team of...
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The Cola Game
as uncreditedExplicit drama about a young woman who becomes involved with a group of college students who...
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Life of Hishakaku 3
as uncreditedThird part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.
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Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
as uncreditedHoping to romance an alien, Momojiro meets beautiful animal trainer Eriko instead. Then he and...
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Nami kage
as uncreditedAyako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.
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The Truck Rascals Go to The North
as uncreditedEighth movie in the Torakku Yarō series
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Carlos
as uncreditedV-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza.
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Zoku shachōtaiheiki
as uncredited7th film in the President series and the first entry in color.
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Madcap Mixup
as MamechiyoFive fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups.
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Chained Bitch
as uncreditedJapanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
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The Glamorous Ghost
as Sugie AsamiBased on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black...
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Women Doing Time
as uncreditedPart 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series
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Women Can't Be Beaten
as uncreditedAn uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving...
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Obon, The Moll Dipper
as uncreditedModern comedy, based on the popular manga.
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My Voiceless Friends
as uncreditedA man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country...
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The Spying Sorceress
as KaraSecond part of the series where sex magic skills of female and Iga ninjas clash over enourmous...
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The Wild Trucker
as uncreditedThe comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue....
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Wolf Escort
as uncreditedRivalry between a hoodlum group and gangster organization.
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Pink Lady's Motion Picture
as uncreditedThe Japanese pop music duo Pink Lady are circus performers who show kindness toward a captured...
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Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
as Koyama's WifeMaruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an...
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Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
as uncreditedThe long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury...
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Bloody Shuriken
as uncreditedRonin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in...
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Truckster of Guts
as uncreditedThe fifth movie of the “Truck Yaro” series, which is comical road movies of two long-distance...
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A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
as uncreditedNinth movie in the Torakku Yarō series. Momojiro travels to Nagano to take Jonathan's place...
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How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
as uncreditedA salaryman comedy.
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Temptation on Glamour Island
as Masa UchidaComedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer,...
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Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
as 五十嵐玉緒Visualization based on Tetsuro Tamba's best-selling "Great Reikai". A story about a physicist...
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Desperate Hoodlum
as uncreditedSecond part of the Zenka mono series.
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Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
as TomikoAkane Kawasaki, known for her aversion to physical contact with men, possesses some unfavorable...
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Bridal Cruise
as uncreditedDaisuke and Shinichi are companions who frequent girlie shows and parties until they find out...
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Sex Peddlers
as uncreditedA young bartender acts as a pimp on the side: he pretends to have VD to get a girl an abortion....
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Yanagase Blues
as Sumie YatoJiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.
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Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
as uncreditedIn front of Sagami Detention Center. Shosuke, the owner of a strip joint called "Shunpu Music,"...
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The Black Cat
as uncreditedHelping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.
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Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
as uncreditedMomoko Watanabe—a student who, upon visiting a shrine in order to wish good luck on a friend of...
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Pineapple Butai
as BettyThe story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the...
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Oyaji Daiko
as uncreditedThe Tsuru family is a family of nine, headed by Kamejiro. Kamejiro is the president of a...
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Wagako wa Tanin
as uncreditedThe drama is about the suffering of two families whose babies were mistaken for each other in...
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Waga Machi
as uncreditedBased on Ed McBain's "87th Precinct" series. The drama series is set in Tsukishima, a popular...
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Older brother
as SaekoThe series tells about the life of construction foreman Eiji and his sister. Both have a love...
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Edo wo Kiru
as uncreditedEdo wo Kiru (江戸を斬る) was a popular jidaigeki on Japan's TBS. It lasted through eight series, with...
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