Haruko Katou

Haruko Katou

Known for
Acting
Born
November 24, 1922
Died
November 2, 2015 (aged 92)
Birthplace
Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Haruko Katou (加藤 治子 Katō Haruko, 24 November 1922 – 2 November 2015) was a Japanese actress. Haruko Katou 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 Katou, whom she married in 1946.

Known For

Filmography

2011
Majutsu wa Sasayaku poster

Majutsu wa Sasayaku

Movie

2010
About Her Brother poster

About Her Brother

Movie · as Takano Kinuo

2010
Veterinarian Dolittle poster

Veterinarian Dolittle

TV · 1 ep

2009
It's On Me poster

It's On Me

Movie

2008
Chameleon poster

Chameleon

Movie · as Noriko Yamamura

2007
Awakening poster

Awakening

Movie · as Shigeko Miyasato

2006
Time Limit Investigator poster

Time Limit Investigator

TV · 1 ep

2004
Blooming Again poster

Blooming Again

Movie · as Sadako Tōyama

2004
Howl's Moving Castle poster

Howl's Moving Castle

Movie · as Madame Suliman (voice)

2004
The Crying Wind poster

The Crying Wind

Movie · as Shiho Fujino

2003
Spy Sorge poster

Spy Sorge

Movie

2003
Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement poster

Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement

Movie · as Takako

2003
Life Is Journey poster

Life Is Journey

Movie

2001
Pistol Opera poster

Pistol Opera

Movie · as Shizuka Orikuchi

1998
Bonds poster

Bonds

Movie · as Mrs. Soga

1997
Body and Soul poster

Body and Soul

Movie · as Ryosuke's mother

1995
Secret Liaisons poster

Secret Liaisons

Movie

1995
A Brief Message from the Heart poster

A Brief Message from the Heart

Movie

1995
Sharaku poster

Sharaku

Movie · as Ofuji

1995
Kura poster

Kura

Movie

1994
Furuhata Ninzaburo poster

Furuhata Ninzaburo

TV · as Takayo Sasaki · 1 ep

1993
Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi poster

Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi

TV · 1 ep

1993
Marriage Begins With A Lie poster

Marriage Begins With A Lie

TV · as Arishima Tsuneko · 12 eps

1991
Ghost Story: Flower House

Ghost Story: Flower House

Movie

1991
Kimi no na wa poster

Kimi no na wa

TV · as 浜口徳枝 · 312 eps

1990
Tasmania Story poster

Tasmania Story

Movie

1989
Kiki's Delivery Service poster

Kiki's Delivery Service

Movie · as Old Lady (voice)

1989
The Dancer poster

The Dancer

Movie

1989
Kaze no Sumu Ie

Kaze no Sumu Ie

Movie

1988
A Taxing Woman's Return poster

A Taxing Woman's Return

Movie · as Kinu Akabane

1988
Onna no Naka no Kaze

Onna no Naka no Kaze

Movie

1988
Kizu poster

Kizu

Movie

1988
Umi e, See You poster

Umi e, See You

Movie · as Eiji’s mother

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

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

Movie

1987
Tokyo Blackout poster

Tokyo Blackout

Movie · as Umeko Koide

1987
The Scent of Honey between a Man and a Woman poster

The Scent of Honey between a Man and a Woman

Movie

1987
Carefree Goddesses poster

Carefree Goddesses

Movie

1987
森繁久彌の七人の孫

森繁久彌の七人の孫

TV · 1 ep

1986
Gonza the Spearman poster

Gonza the Spearman

Movie · as Oyuki's nanny

1986
Beyond the Shining Sea poster

Beyond the Shining Sea

Movie · as Tomie Kawamura

1986
The House of Wedlock poster

The House of Wedlock

Movie · as Kuniko Sakazaki

1985
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters poster

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Movie · as Grandmother

1985
Gray Sunset poster

Gray Sunset

Movie · as Kikuyo Takano

1985
Capone Cries a Lot poster

Capone Cries a Lot

Movie · as Wife

1985
Caribe: Symphony of Love poster

Caribe: Symphony of Love

Movie · as Fumiko Sawaki

1984
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed poster

Someday, Someone Will Be Killed

Movie · as Shizu Nagayama

1984
Deaths in Tokimeki poster

Deaths in Tokimeki

Movie · as Otae-san

1983
Lanterns on Blue Waters poster

Lanterns on Blue Waters

Movie

1981
The Wild Daisy poster

The Wild Daisy

Movie · as Kiku Saito

1981
Something Like It poster

Something Like It

Movie

1981
芭蕉布を織る女たち poster

芭蕉布を織る女たち

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1981
Yumechiyo Nikki poster

Yumechiyo Nikki

TV · 20 eps

1980
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

Movie

1980
突然の明日 poster

突然の明日

TV · 13 eps

1979
Ashura no Gotoku poster

Ashura no Gotoku

TV · 7 eps

1978
Kyukei no Koya poster

Kyukei no Koya

TV · as Takako Nogami · 1 ep

1978
Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu poster

Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu

TV · as Shuzuko dojima · 21 eps

1977
Seasonal Wind poster

Seasonal Wind

Movie

1977
Love in the Mud poster

Love in the Mud

Movie

1977
Sweet Revenge poster

Sweet Revenge

Movie · as Yoshiko Otsuka

1977
Fuyu no Undokai poster

Fuyu no Undokai

TV · 10 eps

1976
Hobo General poster

Hobo General

Movie

1976
Love Is a Hunter poster

Love Is a Hunter

Movie · as Keiko Asada

1974
Terauchi Kantarō Ikka poster

Terauchi Kantarō Ikka

TV · 1 ep

1972
Sword and Flower poster

Sword and Flower

Movie

1972
First Love poster

First Love

Movie

1971
Tabiji: ofukuro-san yori poster

Tabiji: ofukuro-san yori

Movie · as Aunt

1971
The Gambling Nun

The Gambling Nun

Movie

1971
なんたって18歳! poster

なんたって18歳!

TV · 1 ep

1969
A Thousand and One Nights poster

A Thousand and One Nights

Movie · as Genie (voice)

1969
The Girl I Abandoned poster

The Girl I Abandoned

Movie

1968
East China Sea poster

East China Sea

Movie · as Rokurō's mother

1968
若い川の流れ poster

若い川の流れ

Movie

1967
春日和 poster

春日和

Movie

1966
Young Girls Are Everywhere poster

Young Girls Are Everywhere

Movie · as Muneko Eda

1964
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii poster

Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii

Movie · as Shizue Funada

1964
Green Fruit poster

Green Fruit

Movie

1964
Kaze to Ki to Sora to poster

Kaze to Ki to Sora to

Movie

1964
Camellia Gate poster

Camellia Gate

Movie

1962
Till Tomorrow Is poster

Till Tomorrow Is

Movie

1962
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki poster

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki

Movie

1959
Pilgrimage at Night poster

Pilgrimage at Night

Movie · as Maid at Kyoto Inn

1956
The Mandarin Room poster

The Mandarin Room

Movie · as Namiko

1955
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made poster

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made

Movie

1953
An Inlet of Muddy Water poster

An Inlet of Muddy Water

Movie

1951
The Love Letter Trial poster

The Love Letter Trial

Movie

1942
Sky of Hope poster

Sky of Hope

Movie · as Toshiko

1942
Currents of Youth poster

Currents of Youth

Movie · as Girl in a tea room

1941
Life Begins at 61 poster

Life Begins at 61

Movie

1940
Wedding Day poster

Wedding Day

Movie

1940
Enoken Enters the Ring poster

Enoken Enters the Ring

Movie

1940
Enoken's Bow-Wow General poster

Enoken's Bow-Wow General

Movie · as Teruko

1939
Flower Picking Diary poster

Flower Picking Diary

Movie

1939
Enoken's Yaji and Kita

Enoken's Yaji and Kita

Movie