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Haruko Kato

Japanese actress

Michio Kato (married 1946 - 1953)
Masaya Takahashi [ja] (married 1958 - 1973)

Haruko Kato (加藤治子, Katō Haruko, 24 November 1922 – 2 November 2015) was a Japanese actress.

Biography

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]

Filmography

Films

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)

Television

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

Awards

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 女優の加藤治子さん死去「寺内貫太郎一家」で母親役 [Actress Haruko Kato dies - Mother role in "Terauchi Kantaro Ikka"]. Asahi Digital (in Japanese). Japan: The Asahi Shimbun Company. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c 加藤治子さん９２歳大往生ありがとう…優しき昭和のお母さん [Haruko Kato dies at 92 - Thanks for mother of Showa period]. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Japan: Sports Nippon Newspapers. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ 俳優の加藤治子さん死去 [Actress Haruko Kato dies]. NHK News Web (in Japanese). Japan: Japan Broadcasting Corporation. 5 November 2015. Archived from the original on 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ "死に花". eiga.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.