Haruko Katō

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Haruko Katō

Acting November 24, 1922

Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan

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 t…

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Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle

8.4 2004 Movie
Kiki's Delivery Service

Kiki's Delivery Service

7.8 1989 Movie
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

7.8 1985 Movie
Kimi no na wa

Kimi no na wa

7.5 1991 TV Show
Furuhata Ninzaburo

Furuhata Ninzaburo

8.8 1994 TV Show
Time Limit Investigator

Time Limit Investigator

6.7 2006 TV Show
A Thousand and One Nights

A Thousand and One Nights

6.7 1969 Movie
A Taxing Woman's Return

A Taxing Woman's Return

6.4 1988 Movie
Veterinarian Dolittle

Veterinarian Dolittle

6.2 2010 TV Show
Pistol Opera

Pistol Opera

6.1 2001 Movie
About Her Brother

About Her Brother

6.4 2010 Movie
Yumechiyo Nikki

Yumechiyo Nikki

1981 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2011
    Majutsu wa Sasayaku

    Movie

  2. 2010
    Veterinarian Dolittle

    TV show

  3. 2010
    About Her Brother

    Movie Takano Kinuo

  4. 2009
    It's On Me

    Movie

  5. 2008
    Chameleon

    Movie Noriko Yamamura

  6. 2007
    Awakening

    Movie Shigeko Miyasato

  7. 2006
    Time Limit Investigator

    TV show

  8. 2004
    Howl's Moving Castle

    Movie Madame Suliman (voice)

  9. 2004
    The Crying Wind

    Movie Shiho Fujino

  10. 2004
    Shinibana

    Movie Sadako Tōyama

  11. 2003
    Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement

    Movie Takako

  12. 2003
    Life Is Journey

    Movie

  13. 2003
    Spy Sorge

    Movie

  14. 2001
    Pistol Opera

    Movie Shizuka Orikuchi

  15. 1998
    Bonds

    Movie Mrs. Soga

  16. 1997
    Body and Soul

    Movie Ryosuke's mother

More credits
  1. 1995
    A Brief Message from the Heart

    Movie

  2. 1995
    Secret Liaisons

    Movie

  3. 1995
    Kura

    Movie

  4. 1995
    Sharaku

    Movie Ofuji

  5. 1994
    Furuhata Ninzaburo

    TV show Takayo Sasaki

  6. 1993
    Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi

    TV show

  7. 1993
    Marriage Begins With A Lie

    TV show Arishima Tsuneko

  8. 1991
    Ghost Story: Flower House

    Movie

  9. 1991
    Kimi no na wa

    TV show 浜口徳枝

  10. 1990
    Tasmania Story

    Movie

  11. 1989
    Kaze no Sumu Ie

    Movie

  12. 1989
    The Dancer

    Movie

  13. 1989
    Kiki's Delivery Service

    Movie Old Lady (voice)

  14. 1988
    Kizu

    Movie

  15. 1988
    Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana

    Movie

  16. 1988
    Umi e, See You

    Movie Eiji’s mother

  17. 1988
    Onna no Naka no Kaze

    Movie

  18. 1988
    A Taxing Woman's Return

    Movie Kinu Akabane

  19. 1987
    The Scent of Honey between a Man and a Woman

    Movie

  20. 1987
    Carefree Goddesses

    Movie

  21. 1987
    Tokyo Blackout

    Movie Umeko Koide

  22. 1987
    森繁久彌の七人の孫

    TV show

  23. 1986
    The House of Wedlock

    Movie Kuniko Sakazaki

  24. 1986
    Beyond the Shining Sea

    Movie Tomie Kawamura