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Haruko Katou

Haruko Katou

Actor · 1922–2015 · Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan

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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.

Acted in 85

2000s

  1. 2009

    It's On Me

    Movie

  2. 2008
  3. 2007

    Awakening

    Shigeko Miyasato

  4. 2006
  5. 2004
  6. The Crying Wind

    Shiho Fujino

  7. Blooming Again

    Sadako Tōyama

  8. 2003

    Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement

    Takako

  9. Life Is Journey

    Movie

  10. Spy Sorge

    Movie

  11. 2001

    Pistol Opera

    Shizuka Orikuchi

1990s

  1. 1998

    Bonds

    Mrs. Soga

  2. 1997

    Body and Soul

    Ryosuke's mother

  3. 1995

    A Brief Message from the Heart

    Movie

  4. Kura

    Movie

  5. Sharaku

    Ofuji

  6. 1994
  7. 1993

    Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi

    TV

  8. Marriage Begins With A Lie

    Arishima Tsuneko · 12 episodes

  9. 1991
  10. 1990

    Tasmania Story

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1989

    The Dancer

    Movie

  2. 1988

    Kizu

    Movie

  3. Umi e, See You

    Eiji’s mother

  4. A Taxing Woman's Return

    Kinu Akabane

  5. 1987

    The Scent of Honey between a Man and a Woman

    Movie

  6. Carefree Goddesses

    Movie

  7. Tokyo Blackout

    Umeko Koide

  8. 1986

    The House of Wedlock

    Kuniko Sakazaki

  9. Beyond the Shining Sea

    Tomie Kawamura

  10. 1985
  11. Caribe: Symphony of Love

    Fumiko Sawaki

  12. 1984
  13. Deaths in Tokimeki

    Otae-san

  14. 1983

    Lanterns on Blue Waters

    Movie

  15. 1981

    Something Like It

    Movie

  16. The Wild Daisy

    Kiku Saito

  17. Yumechiyo Nikki

    TV

  18. 1980

    突然の明日

    TV

1970s

  1. 1979

    Ashura no Gotoku

    TV

  2. 1978

    Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu

    Shuzuko dojima · 21 episodes

  3. Kyukei no Koya

    Takako Nogami · 1 episode

  4. 1977
  5. Seasonal Wind

    Movie

  6. Fuyu no Undokai

    TV

  7. 1976

    Hobo General

    Movie

  8. Love Is a Hunter

    Keiko Asada

  9. 1974

    Terauchi Kantarō Ikka

    TV

  10. 1972

    First Love

    Movie

  11. Sword and Flower

    Movie

  12. 1971
  13. Tabiji: ofukuro-san yori

    Aunt

1960s

  1. 1969
  2. 1968

    若い川の流れ

    Movie

  3. 1967

    春日和

    Movie

  4. 1966
  5. 1964

    Camellia Gate

    Movie

  6. Green Fruit

    Movie

  7. Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii

    Shizue Funada

  8. Kaze to Ki to Sora to

    Movie

  9. 1962

    Fūryū onsen bantō nikki

    Movie

  10. Till Tomorrow Is

    Movie

1950s

  1. 1959

    Pilgrimage at Night

    Maid at Kyoto Inn

  2. 1956

    The Mandarin Room

    Namiko

  3. 1955

    Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made

    Movie

  4. 1953
  5. 1951

    The Love Letter Trial

    Movie

1940s

  1. 1942

    Currents of Youth

    Girl in a tea room

  2. Sky of Hope

    Toshiko

  3. 1941

    Life Begins at 61

    Movie

  4. 1940

    Enoken's Bow-Wow General

    Teruko

  5. Enoken Enters the Ring

    Movie

  6. Wedding Day

    Movie

1930s

  1. 1939

    Flower Picking Diary

    Movie

Appearances1

1980s

  1. 1981

    芭蕉布を織る女たち

    Narrator (voice)