Person
Mieko Harada
Acting · Born 1958-12-26 · Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Mieko Harada (原田 美枝子, Harada Mieko, born on December 26, 1958) is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She has played various roles in many motion pictures, television shows and television dramas since her debut in 1974. She most notably portrayed Lady Kaede in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 film Ran, and further collaborated with him in his 1990 film Dreams. Harada also most notably provided the voice for Kaguya in the 2002 anime film InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass. She is currently working on television dramas as of 2007. She won the award for best actress at the 21st Hochi Film Award for Village of Dreams and at the 23rd Hochi Film Award for Begging for Love. Harada is married to Ryo Ishibashi since 1987 and has three children.
Known for
Mozart in the Jungle
Sadako
SMAP×SMAP
Bistro Guest
Viral Hit
Miyuki Shimura
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Clouds Over the Hill
正岡八重
Ran
Lady Kaede
Reboot
Ryoko Hayase
Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
2015
Mizuiro no toki
今泉恭子（晋松の娘）
House of the Owl
Shiori Watanabe
Filmography
- 2026I Don't Know You
- 2026Viral HitMiyuki Shimura
- 2026RebootRyoko Hayase
- 2026Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!Ichinose Ema
- 2025Romantics Anonymous
- 2025Hidden SunMako
- 2025My Story Is Long : 2025 Spring
- 2024House of the OwlShiori Watanabe
- 2023And so I'm at a Loss
- 2022A Hundred FlowersYuriko
- 2022CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
- 2022Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta RyugakuseiUme Tsuda (late years)
- 2021Ashita o he guruNarrator (voice)
- 2021Hoshi to Lemon no HeyaMieko Harada
- 2019My Story Is LongFusae Kishibe
- 2019JunichiAyuko
- 2018A Banana? At This Time of Night?Hiroko Nohara
- 2018MakiMika
- 2018Kohaku no yume
- 2018An Invisible CradleMie Sakaki
- 201868-Year-Old New EmployeeFumiko Niimoto
- 2018娘の結婚
- 2017Lear on the ShoreYukiko
- 2016Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako TodoTaeko Ishigami
- 2016If Cats Disappeared from the WorldPostman's Mother
- 2015A Duel Tale
- 2015Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
- 2015The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love梨山里衣子
- 2015三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-
- 2014A Samurai Chronicle
- 2014Hello Life from 55
- 2014Devoted Cookbook
- 2014Our FamilyReiko Wakana
- 2014Mozart in the JungleSadako
- 2014The Hours of My LifeSawako Sawada
- 2013KoiFumiko Yano (2013)
- 2013Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery FileChikage Matoya
- 2013Trespassing BergmanSelf
- 2013Miracle ApplesMikami
- 2013Kumokiri Nizaemon
- 2013Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
- 2012Devoted Cookbook
- 2012The Cowards Who Looked to the SkyMidwife
- 2012DearestKumiko Tsukamoto
- 2012Helter SkelterWachi Hisako
- 2012高橋留美子劇場요시모토 타마요
- 2012Innocent
- 2011Majutsu wa Sasayaku
- 2011Rock: Wanko no Shima
- 2011The Marriage CounselorMitsue Takakura
- 2011Milocrorze: A Love StoryOryuu
- 2010LeonieUmeko Tsuda
- 2010Shooting StarKazuko Okada
- 2010Sunshine AheadHanae Kinjo
- 2010ShinzanmonoMineko Mitsui
- 2009Clouds Over the Hill正岡八重
- 2009Dear My LoveChihiro Tachibana
- 2008School Days with a PigPrincipal Takahara
- 2008追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎
- 2008The Eleventh HourScared Japanese Prisoner
- 2007Chacha: The Princess of HeavenOichi
- 2007DororoYuri
- 2006Suite DreamsYumi Hotta
- 2005Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
- 2005The Samurai I LovedTose
- 2005AegisYoshie Miyazu
- 2005Hinokio: Inter Galactic LoveSayuri Iwamoto
- 2005AikurushiiYumi Mashiba
- 2005HachiroShina
- 2004Otakus in LoveArt Designer
- 2004RUNAWAY
- 2004Half a ConfessionKeiko Kaji
- 2003北の国から 記憶 前編
- 2002Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking GlassKaguya (voice)
- 2002OutMasako Katori
- 2002Mokuyo Kumikyoku
- 2002北の国から記憶
- 2002Oriume
- 2001影の車(2001年版)
- 2000First LoveShizue Aida
- 2000After the RainOkin
- 2000Off-BalanceChiaki's Mother
- 1999Haunted School 4
- 1999Rainbow Cape
- 1998Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity
- 1998A Sleeping Forest
- 1998Begging for LoveTerue Yamaoka
- 1998Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
- 1996Village of DreamsMizue Tashima
- 1996SMAP×SMAPBistro Guest
- 1995Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai
- 1994Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
- 1994Uneasy Encounters
- 1993Namiki-ie no Hitobito
- 1991My SonsReiko
- 1991Strawberry Road
- 1990Making of 'Dreams'Self
- 1990Shikibu monogatariTerue Otomo
- 1990DreamsThe Snow Fairy
- 1989Free and Easy 2
- 1988Tokyo: The Last MegalopolisKeiko Tatsumiya
- 1987Manatsu Girl
- 1987The Half MoonOriginal Story
- 1986The Greatest Man in the WorldYae
- 1986Portrait in Prussian Blue
- 1986House on FireKeiko Yajima
- 1986Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto RyomaOtaki
- 1985RanLady Kaede
- 1984Lone Wolf and CubOsen
- 1984子連れ狼
- 1984The Fugitive Samurai
- 1983Modori River
- 1982Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
- 1981Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
- 1981Somehow, CrystalMakiko
- 1981The Dump Truck RascalYoriko Ozaki
- 1980Mister, Missus, Miss LonelyMie Shimazaki
- 1980Dreamy FifteenShizu
- 1980Wings of Icarus' Flight
- 1979Nomugi Pass
- 1979The InfernoAki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
- 1979Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and HumanityAkiko Negishi
- 1978The Fall of Ako CastleHatsu Hashimoto
- 1978Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
- 1978Afterglow
- 1977Two Lovers Point
- 1977Flickering Flames
- 1976Love in the North
- 1976The Youth KillerKeiko Tsuneyota
- 1976Permanent Blue
- 1976Lullaby of the EarthRin
- 1976Frozen River
- 1975Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
- 1975Mizuiro no toki今泉恭子（晋松の娘）
- 1974Love Is in the Green WindYukiko Matsushima
- 1974Tomodachi
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