Haruko Katō

Biography

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 training at acting school, she was signed up with the film production company Toho in 1939, debuting in Hanatsumi Nikki in the same year.

Known For

Kimi no na wa

浜口徳枝

Furuhata Ninzaburo

Takayo Sasaki

Howl's Moving Castle

Madame Suliman (voice)

Kiki's Delivery Service

Old Lady (voice)

Marriage Begins With A Lie

Arishima Tsuneko

Veterinarian Dolittle

Time Limit Investigator

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2011	Majutsu wa Sasayaku
2010	About Her Brother	Takano Kinuo
2009	It's On Me
2008	Chameleon
2007	Awakening	Shigeko Miyasato
2004	Shinibana	Sadako Tōyama
2004	Howl's Moving Castle	Madame Suliman (voice)
2004	The Crying Wind	Shiho Fujino
2003	Spy Sorge
2003	Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement	Takako
2003	Life Is Journey
2001	Pistol Opera	Shizuka Orikuchi
1998	Bonds	Mrs. Soga
1997	Body and Soul
1995	Secret Liaisons
1995	A Brief Message from the Heart
1995	Sharaku	Ofuji
1991	Ghost Story: Flower House
1990	Tasmania Story
1989	Kiki's Delivery Service	Old Lady (voice)
1989	The Dancer
1989	Kaze no Sumu Ie
1988	A Taxing Woman's Return	Kinu Akabane
1988	Onna no Naka no Kaze
1988	Kizu
1988	To the Sea, See You	Eiji’s mother
1987	Tokyo Blackout	Umeko Koide
1987	The Scent of Honey between a Man and a Woman
1986	Gonza the Spearman	Oyuki's nanny
1986	Beyond the Shining Sea	Tomie Kawamura
1985	Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters	Grandmother (segment "Flashbacks")
1985	Gray Sunset	Kikuyo Takano
1985	Capone Cries a Lot	Wife
1985	Caribe: Symphony of Love	Fumiko Sawaki
1984	Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
1984	Deaths in Tokimeki	Otae-san
1983	Lanterns on Blue Waters
1981	The Wild Daisy	Kiku Saito
1981	Something Like It
1980	The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1977	Seasonal Wind
1977	Love in the Mud
1977	Sweet Revenge	Yoshiko Otsuka
1976	Hobo General
1972	Sword and Flower
1972	First Love
1971	Tabiji: ofukuro-san yori	Aunt
1971	The Gambling Nun
1969	A Thousand and One Nights	Genie (voice)
1969	The Girl I Abandoned
1968	East China Sea	Rokurō's mother
1968	若い川の流れ
1967	春日和
1966	Young Girls Are Everywhere	Muneko Eda
1964	Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii	Shizue Funada
1964	Green Fruit
1964	Kaze to Ki to Sora to
1962	Till Tomorow Comes
1962	Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1953	An Inlet of Muddy Water
1941	Life Begins at 61
1940	Wedding Day
1939	Flower Picking Diary
1939	Enoken's Yaji and Kita

Year	TV Show	Role
2010	Veterinarian Dolittle
2006	Time Limit Investigator
1994	Furuhata Ninzaburo	Takayo Sasaki
1993	Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi
1993	Marriage Begins With A Lie	Arishima Tsuneko
1991	Kimi no na wa	浜口徳枝
1981	Yumechiyo Nikki
1979	Ashura no Gotoku
1978	Kyukei no Koya	Takako Nogami
1978	Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu	Shuzuko dojima
1974	Terauchi Kantarō Ikka
1971	なんたって18歳！