Haruko Katō
Biography
Haruko Katō (加藤 治子 Katō Haruko, 24 November 1922 – 2 November 2015) was a Japanese actress. Haruko Katō was born in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, on 24 November 1922. After attending the Shochiku Girls' Opera School, she joined the Shochiku Girls' Opera Company under the stage name Kyoko Mifune. She was signed by the film production company Toho in 1939, making her film debut in Hanatsumi Nikki that same year. In 1940, she joined the New Theatre Research Society, which had been founded by Hiroshi Akutagawa and Michio Kato, whom she married in 1946.
Known For
Howl's Moving Castle
2004
Kimi no na wa
1991
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989
Furuhata Ninzaburo
1994
Time Limit Investigator
2006
Veterinarian Dolittle
2010
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
0Yumechiyo Nikki
1981
0Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu
1978
Ashura no Gotoku
1979
0突然の明日
1980
Filmography
Howl's Moving Castle
as Madame Suliman (voice) · 2004
Kimi no na wa
as 浜口徳枝 · 1991
Kiki's Delivery Service
as Old Lady (voice) · 1989
Furuhata Ninzaburo
as Takayo Sasaki · 1994
Time Limit Investigator
· 2006
Veterinarian Dolittle
· 2010
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
as Grandmother · 1985
A Thousand and One Nights
as Genie (voice) · 1969
Yumechiyo Nikki
· 1981
Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu
as Shuzuko dojima · 1978
Ashura no Gotoku
· 1979
突然の明日
· 1980
Marriage Begins With A Lie
as Arishima Tsuneko · 1993
Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi
· 1993
Fuyu no Undokai
· 1977
Terauchi Kantarō Ikka
· 1974
Love in the Mud
· 1977
The Wild Daisy
as Kiku Saito · 1981
Gonza the Spearman
as Oyuki's nanny · 1986
Tokyo Blackout
as Umeko Koide · 1987
Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
as Takako · 2003
Capone Cries a Lot
as Wife · 1985
Deaths in Tokimeki
as Otae-san · 1984
なんたって18歳！
· 1971
Sharaku
as Ofuji · 1995
A Taxing Woman's Return
as Kinu Akabane · 1988
Pistol Opera
as Shizuka Orikuchi · 2001
Tasmania Story
· 1990
森繁久彌の七人の孫
· 1987
Kyukei no Koya
as Takako Nogami · 1978
An Inlet of Muddy Water
· 1953
Spy Sorge
· 2003
Life Is Journey
· 2003
Secret Liaisons
· 1995
Gray Sunset
as Kikuyo Takano · 1985
Camellia Gate
· 1964
About Her Brother
as Takano Kinuo · 2010
It's On Me
· 2009
Wedding Day
· 1940
Blooming Again
as Sadako Tōyama · 2004
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
· 2011
Body and Soul
as Ryosuke's mother · 1997
A Brief Message from the Heart
· 1995
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
· 1962
Hobo General
· 1976
芭蕉布を織る女たち
as Narrator (voice) · 1981
Love Is a Hunter
as Keiko Asada · 1976
The Gambling Nun
· 1971
Sweet Revenge
as Yoshiko Otsuka · 1977
First Love
· 1972
Kizu
· 1988
The Girl I Abandoned
· 1969
Currents of Youth
as Girl in a tea room · 1942
Beyond the Shining Sea
as Tomie Kawamura · 1986
Sky of Hope
as Toshiko · 1942
Carefree Goddesses
· 1987
Bonds
as Mrs. Soga · 1998
Chameleon
as Noriko Yamamura · 2008
Enoken's Bow-Wow General
as Teruko · 1940
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
· 1980
The Mandarin Room
as Namiko · 1956
Lanterns on Blue Waters
· 1983
Umi e, See You
as Eiji’s mother · 1988
Green Fruit
· 1964
Kura
· 1995
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
as Shizu Nagayama · 1984
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
· 1955
Seasonal Wind
· 1977
East China Sea
as Rokurō's mother · 1968
The Dancer
· 1989
Till Tomorrow Is
· 1962
Awakening
as Shigeko Miyasato · 2007
Caribe: Symphony of Love
as Fumiko Sawaki · 1985
Something Like It
· 1981
春日和
· 1967
若い川の流れ
· 1968
Pilgrimage at Night
as Maid at Kyoto Inn · 1959
Kaze to Ki to Sora to
· 1964
Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
· 1988
Life Begins at 61
· 1941
Young Girls Are Everywhere
as Muneko Eda · 1966
Kaze no Sumu Ie
· 1989
Ghost Story: Flower House
· 1991
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
as Shizue Funada · 1964
Onna no Naka no Kaze
· 1988
Enoken Enters the Ring
· 1940
Enoken's Yaji and Kita
· 1939
Sword and Flower
· 1972
Tabiji: ofukuro-san yori
as Aunt · 1971
The Crying Wind
as Shiho Fujino · 2004
The Love Letter Trial
· 1951
The House of Wedlock
as Kuniko Sakazaki · 1986
The Scent of Honey between a Man and a Woman
· 1987
Flower Picking Diary
· 1939