Haruko Katō
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 24 November 1922 · Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 2 November 2015
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
Acting 79
- 2011Majutsu wa Sasayaku
- 2010About Her Brother as Takano Kinuo
- 2009It's On Me
- 2008Chameleon as Noriko Yamamura
- 2007Awakening as Shigeko Miyasato
- 2004Howl's Moving Castle as Madame Suliman (voice)
- 2004The Crying Wind as Shiho Fujino
- 2004Blooming Again as Sadako Tōyama
- 2003Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement as Takako
- 2003Life Is Journey
- 2003Spy Sorge
- 2001Pistol Opera as Shizuka Orikuchi
- 1998Bonds as Mrs. Soga
- 1997Body and Soul as Ryosuke's mother
- 1995A Brief Message from the Heart
- 1995Secret Liaisons
- 1995Kura
- 1995Sharaku as Ofuji
- 1991Ghost Story: Flower House
- 1990Tasmania Story
- 1989Kaze no Sumu Ie
- 1989The Dancer
- 1989Kiki's Delivery Service as Old Lady (voice)
- 1988Kizu
- 1988Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
- 1988Umi e, See You as Eiji’s mother
- 1988Onna no Naka no Kaze
- 1988A Taxing Woman's Return as Kinu Akabane
- 1987The Scent of Honey between a Man and a Woman
- 1987Carefree Goddesses
- 1987Tokyo Blackout as Umeko Koide
- 1986The House of Wedlock as Kuniko Sakazaki
- 1986Beyond the Shining Sea as Tomie Kawamura
- 1986Gonza the Spearman as Oyuki's nanny
- 1985Gray Sunset as Kikuyo Takano
- 1985Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters as Grandmother
- 1985Caribe: Symphony of Love as Fumiko Sawaki
- 1985Capone Cries a Lot as Wife
- 1984Someday, Someone Will Be Killed as Shizu Nagayama
- 1984Deaths in Tokimeki as Otae-san
- 1983Lanterns on Blue Waters
- 1981Something Like It
- 1981The Wild Daisy as Kiku Saito
- 1981芭蕉布を織る女たち as Narrator (voice)
- 1980The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
- 1977Sweet Revenge as Yoshiko Otsuka
- 1977Love in the Mud
- 1977Seasonal Wind
- 1976Hobo General
- 1976Love Is a Hunter as Keiko Asada
- 1972First Love
- 1972Sword and Flower
- 1971The Gambling Nun
- 1971Tabiji: ofukuro-san yori as Aunt
- 1969The Girl I Abandoned
- 1969A Thousand and One Nights as Genie (voice)
- 1968若い川の流れ
- 1968East China Sea as Rokurō's mother
- 1967春日和
- 1966Young Girls Are Everywhere as Muneko Eda
- 1964Camellia Gate
- 1964Green Fruit
- 1964Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii as Shizue Funada
- 1964Kaze to Ki to Sora to
- 1962Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
- 1962Till Tomorrow Is
- 1959Pilgrimage at Night as Maid at Kyoto Inn
- 1956The Mandarin Room as Namiko
- 1955Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
- 1953An Inlet of Muddy Water
- 1951The Love Letter Trial
- 1942Currents of Youth as Girl in a tea room
- 1942Sky of Hope as Toshiko
- 1941Life Begins at 61
- 1940Enoken's Bow-Wow General as Teruko
- 1940Enoken Enters the Ring
- 1940Wedding Day
- 1939Enoken's Yaji and Kita
- 1939Flower Picking Diary