Haruko Kato

Haruko Kato was born in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, on 24 November 1922.^[1][2] After training at acting school, she was signed up with the film production company Toho in 1939, debuting in Hanatsumi Nikki [ja] in the same year.^[2]

She married the playwright Michio Kato [ja] in 1946, but he died in 1953.^[1] She married actor Masaya Takahashi [ja] in 1958, but they divorced in 1973.^[1]

Kato died on 2 November 2015 at her home in Tokyo, aged 92.^[3]

• Higashi Shinakai (1968)
• Something Like It (1981), Yumi's mother
• Gray Sunset (1985), Kikuyo Takano
• Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
• Gonza the Spearman (1986)
• Tokyo Blackout (1987)
• Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Madame (voice)
• Pistol Opera (2001)
• Blooming Again (2004)^[4]
• Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Madame Suliman (voice)
• Chameleon (2008)
• Still Walking (2008)
• About Her Brother (2010)

• Ashura no Gotoku (TV series) (1979,1980)
• Ōoku (1983)
• Furuhata Ninzaburō (1996)

In 2002, Kato was awarded the Order of the Precious Crown.^[2]

• Haruko Kato at IMDb
• Haruko Kato at Allcinema Movie & DVD Database (in Japanese)
• Haruko Kato filmography at Moview Walker database (in Japanese)