Mieko Harada
December 26, 1958 (65 years old) in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
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
Credits
- 2024 · House of the Owl as Shiori Watanabe
- 2023 · And so I'm at a Loss as
- 2022 · A Hundred Flowers as Yuriko
- 2022 · CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ as
- 2022 · Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei as Ume Tsuda (late years)
- 2021 · Ashita o he guru as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Hoshi to Lemon no Heya as Mieko Harada
- 2019 · My Story Is Long as 岸边房枝
- 2019 · Junichi as Ayuko
- 2019 · Junichi as Ayuko
- 2018 · A Banana? At This Time of Night? as Hiroko Nohara
- 2018 · Maki as Mika/Mama-San
- 2018 · Kohaku no yume as
- 2018 · An Invisible Cradle as Mie Sakaki
- 2018 · 68-Year-Old New Employee as Fumiko Niimoto
- 2018 · 娘の結婚 as
- 2017 · Lear on the Shore as Yukiko
- 2016 · Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo as Taeko Ishigami
- 2016 · If Cats Disappeared from the World as Postman's Mother
- 2015 · A Duel Tale as
- 2015 · Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni as
- 2015 · 三面記事の女たち-愛の巣- as
- 2015 · The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love as 梨山里衣子
- 2014 · A Samurai Chronicle as
- 2014 · A Samurai Chronicle as Orie
- 2014 · Hello life from 55 as
- 2014 · Devoted Cookbook as
- 2014 · Our Family as Reiko Wakana
- 2014 · Mozart in the Jungle as Sadako
- 2014 · The Hours of My Life as Sawako Sawada
- 2013 · Koi as Fumiko Yano (2013)
- 2013 · Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File as Chikage Matoya
- 2013 · Trespassing Bergman as Self
- 2013 · Miracle Apples as Mikami
- 2013 · Kumokiri Nizaemon as
- 2013 · 火怨·北の英雄アテルイ伝 as
- 2012 · Devoted Cookbook as
- 2012 · The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky as Midwife / Takumi's mother
- 2012 · Dearest as Kumiko Tsukamoto
- 2012 · Bergmans video as Self
- 2012 · Helter Skelter as Wachi Hisako
- 2012 · 高橋留美子劇場 as 요시모토 타마요
- 2012 · Innocent as
- 2011 · Majutsu wa Sasayaku as
- 2011 · Rock: Wanko no Shima as
- 2011 · The Marriage Counselor as Mitsue Takakura
- 2011 · Milocrorze: A Love Story as Oryuu
- 2010 · Leonie as Umeko Tsuda
- 2010 · Shooting Star as Kazuko Okada
- 2010 · Sunshine Ahead as Hanae Kinjo
- 2010 · Shinzanmono as Mineko Mitsui
- 2009 · Dear My Love as Chihiro Tachibana
- 2008 · School Days with a Pig as Principal Takahara
- 2008 · 追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎 as
- 2007 · Chacha: The Princess of Heaven as Oichi
- 2007 · Dororo as Yuri
- 2006 · Suite Dreams as Yumi Hotta
- 2005 · Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e as
- 2005 · The Samurai I Loved as Tose
- 2005 · Aegis as Yoshie Miyazu
- 2005 · Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love as Sayuri Iwamoto
- 2005 · Aikurushii as Yumi Mashiba
- 2005 · Hachiro as Shina
- 2004 · Toubousha as
- 2004 · Half a Confession as Keiko Kaji
- 2003 · 北の国から 記憶 前編 as
- 2002 · Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass as Kaguya (voice)
- 2002 · Out as Masako Katori
- 2002 · Mokuyo Kumikyoku as
- 2002 · Oriume as
- 2001 · 影の車(2001年版) as
- 2000 · First Love as Shizue Aida
- 2000 · After the Rain as Okin
- 2000 · Off-Balance as Chiaki's Mother
- 1999 · Haunted School 4 as
- 1998 · Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity as
- 1998 · A Sleeping Forest as
- 1998 · Begging for Love as Terue Yamaoka
- 1998 · Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss as
- 1996 · Village of Dreams as Mizue Tashima
- 1996 · SMAP×SMAP as Bistro Guest
- 1995 · Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai as
- 1994 · Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown as
- 1994 · Uneasy Encounters as
- 1993 · Namiki-ie no Hitobito as
- 1991 · My Sons as Reiko
- 1990 · Making of 'Dreams' as Self
- 1990 · Shikibu monogatari as Terue Otomo
- 1990 · Dreams as The Snow Fairy
- 1989 · Free and Easy 2 as
- 1988 · Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Keiko Tatsumiya
- 1987 · Manatsu Girl as
- 1986 · The Greatest Man in the World as Yae
- 1986 · Portrait in Prussian Blue as
- 1986 · House on Fire as Keiko Yajima
- 1986 · Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma as Otaki
- 1985 · Ran as Lady Kaede
- 1984 · 子連れ狼 as
- 1984 · The Fugitive Samurai as
- 1983 · Modori River as
- 1982 · Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword as
- 1981 · Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage as
- 1981 · Somehow, Crystal as Makiko
- 1981 · The Dump Truck Rascal as Yoriko Ozaki
- 1980 · Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely as Mie Shimazaki
- 1980 · Dreamy Fifteen as Shizu
- 1980 · Wings of Icarus' Flight as
- 1979 · Nomugi Pass as
- 1979 · The Inferno as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
- 1979 · Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Akiko Negishi
- 1978 · The Fall of Ako Castle as Hatsu Hashimoto
- 1978 · Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro as
- 1977 · Flickering Flames as
- 1976 · Love in the North as
- 1976 · The Youth Killer as Keiko Tsuneyota
- 1976 · Permanent Blue as
- 1976 · Lullaby of the Earth as Rin
- 1976 · Frozen River as
- 1975 · Mizuiro no toki as 今泉恭子（晋松の娘）
- 1974 · Love Is in the Green Wind as Yukiko Matsushima
- 1974 · Tomodachi as