Haruko Katō
Acting

Haruko Katō

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

Howl's Moving Castle
Kiki's Delivery Service
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
A Taxing Woman's Return
A Thousand and One Nights
Pistol Opera
Gonza the Spearman
About Her Brother
Sharaku
Chameleon
Tokyo Blackout
Capone Cries a Lot
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
About Her Brother
It's On Me
Chameleon
Awakening
Blooming Again
Howl's Moving Castle
The Crying Wind
Spy Sorge
Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
Life Is Journey
Pistol Opera
Bonds
Body and Soul
Secret Liaisons
A Brief Message from the Heart
Sharaku
Kura
Tasmania Story
Kiki's Delivery Service
The Dancer
A Taxing Woman's Return
Kizu
Umi e, See You
Tokyo Blackout
The Scent of Honey between a Man and a Woman
Carefree Goddesses
Gonza the Spearman
Beyond the Shining Sea
The House of Wedlock
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Gray Sunset
Capone Cries a Lot
Caribe: Symphony of Love
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
Deaths in Tokimeki
Lanterns on Blue Waters
The Wild Daisy
Something Like It
芭蕉布を織る女たち
Seasonal Wind
Love in the Mud
Sweet Revenge
Hobo General
Love Is a Hunter
Sword and Flower
First Love
Tabiji: ofukuro-san yori
A Thousand and One Nights
The Girl I Abandoned
East China Sea
若い川の流れ
春日和
Young Girls Are Everywhere
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
Green Fruit
Kaze to Ki to Sora to
Camellia Gate
Till Tomorrow Is
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
Pilgrimage at Night
The Mandarin Room
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
An Inlet of Muddy Water
The Love Letter Trial
Sky of Hope
Currents of Youth
Life Begins at 61
Wedding Day
Enoken Enters the Ring
Enoken's Bow-Wow General
Flower Picking Diary
Haruko Katō · Midrow