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Haruko Katō

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Haruko Katō

Born November 24, 1922 in Akasaka, Tokyo, JapanDied November 2, 201578 films

Haruko Katō (加藤 治子 Katō Haruko, 24 November 1922 – 2 November 2015) was a Japanese actress.

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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.

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Essential films

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Kiki's Delivery Service poster7.8Kiki's Delivery Service1989Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters poster7.8Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters1985A Thousand and One Nights poster6.7A Thousand and One Nights1969A Taxing Woman's Return poster6.4A Taxing Woman's Return1988

Filmography

78 films as actor
  1. 2011Majutsu wa Sasayaku
  2. 2010About Her BrotherTakano Kinuo
  3. 2009It's On Me
  4. 2008ChameleonNoriko Yamamura
  5. 2007AwakeningShigeko Miyasato
  6. 2004Howl's Moving CastleMadame Suliman (voice)
  7. 2004The Crying WindShiho Fujino
  8. 2004Blooming AgainSadako Tōyama
  9. 2003Perfect Education 4: Secret BasementTakako
  10. 2003Life Is Journey
  11. 2003Spy Sorge
  12. 2001Pistol OperaShizuka Orikuchi
  13. 1998BondsMrs. Soga
  14. 1997Body and SoulRyosuke's mother
  15. 1995A Brief Message from the Heart
  16. 1995Secret Liaisons
  17. 1995Kura
  18. 1995SharakuOfuji
  19. 1991Ghost Story: Flower House
  20. 1990Tasmania Story
  21. 1989Kaze no Sumu Ie
  22. 1989The Dancer
  23. 1989Kiki's Delivery ServiceOld Lady (voice)
  24. 1988Kizu
  25. 1988Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
  26. 1988Umi e, See YouEiji’s mother
  27. 1988Onna no Naka no Kaze
  28. 1988A Taxing Woman's ReturnKinu Akabane
  29. 1987The Scent of Honey between a Man and a Woman
  30. 1987Carefree Goddesses
  31. 1987Tokyo BlackoutUmeko Koide
  32. 1986The House of WedlockKuniko Sakazaki
  33. 1986Beyond the Shining SeaTomie Kawamura
  34. 1986Gonza the SpearmanOyuki's nanny
  35. 1985Gray SunsetKikuyo Takano
  36. 1985Mishima: A Life in Four ChaptersGrandmother
  37. 1985Caribe: Symphony of LoveFumiko Sawaki
  38. 1985Capone Cries a LotWife
  39. 1984Someday, Someone Will Be KilledShizu Nagayama
  40. 1984Deaths in TokimekiOtae-san
  41. 1983Lanterns on Blue Waters
  42. 1981Something Like It
  43. 1981The Wild DaisyKiku Saito
  44. 1980The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
  45. 1977Sweet RevengeYoshiko Otsuka
  46. 1977Love in the Mud
  47. 1977Seasonal Wind
  48. 1976Hobo General
  49. 1976Love Is a HunterKeiko Asada
  50. 1972First Love
  51. 1972Sword and Flower
  52. 1971The Gambling Nun
  53. 1971Tabiji: ofukuro-san yoriAunt
  54. 1969The Girl I Abandoned
  55. 1969A Thousand and One NightsGenie (voice)
  56. 1968若い川の流れ
  57. 1968East China SeaRokurō's mother
  58. 1967春日和
  59. 1966Young Girls Are EverywhereMuneko Eda
  60. 1964Camellia Gate
  61. 1964Green Fruit
  62. 1964Let's Dance Bon-Odori in HawaiiShizue Funada
  63. 1964Kaze to Ki to Sora to
  64. 1962Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
  65. 1962Till Tomorrow Is
  66. 1959Pilgrimage at NightMaid at Kyoto Inn
  67. 1956The Mandarin RoomNamiko
  68. 1955Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
  69. 1953An Inlet of Muddy Water
  70. 1951The Love Letter Trial
  71. 1942Currents of YouthGirl in a tea room
  72. 1942Sky of HopeToshiko
  73. 1941Life Begins at 61
  74. 1940Enoken's Bow-Wow GeneralTeruko
  75. 1940Enoken Enters the Ring
  76. 1940Wedding Day
  77. 1939Enoken's Yaji and Kita
  78. 1939Flower Picking Diary