1935-11-1690 years, 11 months, and 22 days old
Place of birth:
Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Adult:
No
Gender:
Female
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.
Images Gallery
Best Credits: 131
| Title | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man | Koyama's Wife | 7 | 1969-11-01 | 0.6407 | ||
Hachiko | Okichi | 7.823 | 1987-08-01 | 2.102 | ||
Pineapple Butai | Betty | 10 | 1959-12-27 | 0.5445 | ||
The Insect Woman | Midori | 7.244 | 1963-11-16 | 1.5098 | ||
The Neon Taiheiki | 9 | 1968-04-13 | 0.565 | |||
Intentions of Murder | Sadako Takahashi | 7.064 | 1964-06-28 | 1.1741 | ||
Color | 0 | 1965-06-13 | 0.5163 | |||
A Cheerful Yakuza | 0 | 1976-02-14 | 0.5358 | |||
Dynamite Doctor Returns | Otoki | 0 | 1966-09-17 | 0.5062 | ||
Zatoichi's Cane Sword | Oryu | 7.3 | 1967-01-03 | 0.9112 |