Person Details
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Aliases: 瀧川マチエ
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 28
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Hachiko
(1987) OkichiThe Insect Woman
(1963) MidoriPastoral: To Die in the Country
(1974) Air womanThe Castle of Sand
(1974) Naka SumieOlder brother
(1977) SaekoIntentions of Murder
(1964) Sadako TakahashiGirls of the Night
(1961) HaradaZatoichi's Cane Sword
(1967) OryuActing
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1993 | N/A | |
1992 | N/A | |
1991 | N/A | |
1989 | 五十嵐玉緒 | |
1988 | Katsue Nakazato | |
Mother | ||
1987 | Okichi | |
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1986 | Matsuyo | |
1985 | N/A | |
1984 | N/A | |
1981 | Haruyo Kobayashi (Sachino's mother) | |
1980 | Lady Yodo | |
1979 | N/A | |
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1978 | N/A | |
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1977 | Nanako's mather | |
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Saeko | ||
Harumi | ||
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1976 | N/A | |
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1975 | N/A | |
Jonathan's Wife | ||
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1974 | Air woman | |
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Naka Sumie | ||
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1973 | N/A | |
1972 | Tomiko | |
Ohama | ||
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1971 | N/A | |
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1970 | Passengers on Nemuro Main Line | |
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Choko | ||
Komako | ||
1969 | Koyama's Wife | |
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Mamechiyo | ||
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Buhei's wife | ||
1968 | N/A | |
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Okuma | ||
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1967 | N/A | |
Sumie Yato | ||
Oryu | ||
1966 | Okiku | |
Otoki | ||
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Hiroko | ||
1965 | N/A | |
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Akemi Yokota | ||
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1964 | Kara | |
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Sugie Asami | ||
Sadako Takahashi | ||
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Akemi | ||
1963 | Midori | |
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1962 | Rinko Arishima | |
1961 | Harada | |
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1960 | Namiko | |
1959 | Betty | |
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Masa Uchida | ||
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