Haruyo Ichikawa
was a Japanese film actress and singer. Career
Born in the city of Nagano, Ichikawa entered the Nikkatsu studios in 1926, where she gave her film debut in Miyako no seihoku. In the 1930s, she first moved to the Shinkō Kinema film company, then to Tokyo Hassei Eiga Seisakusho (later Toho), before returning to Nikkatsu. At Tokyo Hassei Eiga Seisakusho, she starred in a number of films by Shirō Toyoda, most notably Young People (1937). After the war, Ichikawa appeared in smaller roles in films like Kenji Mizoguchi's The Life of Oharu (1952) and Keisuke Kinoshita's The Tattered Wings (1955). She continued acting until the 1960s, appearing in a total of over 180 films. She died on 18 November 2004 at the age of 91. Selected filmography
 The Daughter of the Samurai (1937)
 Young People (1937)
 Singing Lovebirds (1939)
 Hōrō no utahime (1950)
 The Life of Oharu (1952)

References

External links
 

1913 births
2004 deaths
Japanese film actresses
Japanese silent film actresses
20th-century Japanese actresses
Actors from Nagano Prefecture
Japanese child actresses
Singers from Nagano Prefecture
20th-century Japanese women singers