Acting
Haruko Katō
JA, DE cinema · 79 credits
Born
24 November 1922
Died
2 November 2015 (aged 92)
Birthplace
Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan
Also known as 加藤 治子 · Katō Haruko · 御舟京子 · 카토 하루코 · Haruko Katô · هاروکو کاتو
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
Filmography
About Her Brother
as Takano Kinuo
Chameleon
as Noriko Yamamura
Awakening
as Shigeko Miyasato
Blooming Again
as Sadako Tōyama
Howl's Moving Castle
as Madame Suliman (voice)
The Crying Wind
as Shiho Fujino
Pistol Opera
as Shizuka Orikuchi
Bonds
as Mrs. Soga
Body and Soul
as Ryosuke's mother
Sharaku
as Ofuji
Kura
Actor
Kiki's Delivery Service
as Old Lady (voice)
A Taxing Woman's Return
as Kinu Akabane
Kizu
Actor
Umi e, See You
as Eiji’s mother
Tokyo Blackout
as Umeko Koide
Gonza the Spearman
as Oyuki's nanny
Beyond the Shining Sea
as Tomie Kawamura
The House of Wedlock
as Kuniko Sakazaki
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
as Grandmother
Gray Sunset
as Kikuyo Takano
Caribe: Symphony of Love
as Fumiko Sawaki
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
as Shizu Nagayama
Deaths in Tokimeki
as Otae-san
The Wild Daisy
as Kiku Saito
芭蕉布を織る女たち
as Narrator (voice)
Sweet Revenge
as Yoshiko Otsuka
Love Is a Hunter
as Keiko Asada
A Thousand and One Nights
as Genie (voice)
East China Sea
as Rokurō's mother
Young Girls Are Everywhere
as Muneko Eda
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
as Shizue Funada
Pilgrimage at Night
as Maid at Kyoto Inn
The Mandarin Room
as Namiko
Sky of Hope
as Toshiko
Currents of Youth
as Girl in a tea room
