1974Nominee
Best Performance
The Castle of Sand
Masumi Harukawa
Actor
Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
November 16, 1935
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1987Winner
Best Performance
Hachiko
1980Nominee
Best Performance
Shogun's Ninja
Career Highlights
1960Highlight
Best Performance
The Five Jolly Thieves
1974Highlight
Best Performance
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
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The Castle of Sand
Hachiko
Shogun's Ninja