Actor
Haruko Katō
103 years · Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan · 72 films
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.
Best known for
Howl's Moving Castle
2004 · Madame Suliman (voice)
On HBO Max
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989 · Old Lady (voice)
On HBO Max
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 · Grandmother
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988 · Kinu Akabane
On Criterion Channel
A Thousand and One Nights
1969 · Genie (voice)
Pistol Opera
2001 · Shizuka Orikuchi
Filmography 72
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
2011 · Actor
About Her Brother
2010 · Takano Kinuo
It's On Me
2009 · Actor
Chameleon
2008 · Noriko Yamamura
Awakening
2007 · Shigeko Miyasato
Howl's Moving Castle
2004 · Madame Suliman (voice)
On HBO Max
The Crying Wind
2004 · Shiho Fujino
Blooming Again
2004 · Sadako Tōyama
Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
2003 · Takako
Life Is Journey
2003 · Actor
Spy Sorge
2003 · Actor
Pistol Opera
2001 · Shizuka Orikuchi
Bonds
1998 · Mrs. Soga
Body and Soul
1997 · Ryosuke's mother
A Brief Message from the Heart
1995 · Actor
Secret Liaisons
1995 · Actor
Kura
1995 · Actor
Sharaku
1995 · Ofuji
Tasmania Story
1990 · Actor
The Dancer
1989 · Actor
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989 · Old Lady (voice)
On HBO Max
Kizu
1988 · Actor
Umi e, See You
1988 · Eiji’s mother
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988 · Kinu Akabane
On Criterion Channel