Haruko Katō

Haruko Katō

1922-11-24 – 2015-11-02 (age 92) Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan
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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.

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Known For

Howl's Moving Castle
Howl's Moving Castle

2004

as Madame Suliman (voice)

Kiki's Delivery Service
Kiki's Delivery Service

1989

as Old Lady (voice)

A Thousand and One Nights
A Thousand and One Nights

1969

as Genie (voice)

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
A Taxing Woman's Return
A Taxing Woman's Return

1988

as Kinu Akabane

Love in the Mud
About Her Brother
About Her Brother

2010

as Takano Kinuo

Sharaku
Sharaku

1995

as Ofuji

Gray Sunset
Gray Sunset

1985

as Kikuyo Takano

Gonza the Spearman
Gonza the Spearman

1986

as Oyuki's nanny

Capone Cries a Lot
The Wild Daisy
The Wild Daisy

1981

as Kiku Saito

Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge

1977

as Yoshiko Otsuka

Tokyo Blackout
Tokyo Blackout

1987

as Umeko Koide

Kizu
Kizu

1988

Till Tomorrow Is
Spy Sorge
The House of Wedlock
The House of Wedlock

1986

as Kuniko Sakazaki

Tasmania Story