Mieko Harada
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Dec 26, 1958 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2026 | Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!Ichinose Ema | |
| 2026 | RebootRyoko Hayase | |
| 2026 | Viral Hit | |
| 2025 | Hidden SunMako | |
| 2025 | My Story Is Long : 2025 Spring | |
| 2025 | Romantics Anonymous | |
| 2024 | House of the OwlShiori Watanabe | |
| 2023 | And so I'm at a Loss | |
| 2022 | A Hundred FlowersYuriko | |
| 2022 | Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta RyugakuseiUme Tsuda (late years) | |
| 2022 | CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ | |
| 2021 | Hoshi to Lemon no HeyaMieko Harada | |
| 2021 | Ashita o he guruNarrator (voice) | |
| 2019 | JunichiAyuko | |
| 2019 | My Story Is Long岸边房枝 | |
| 2018 | Kohaku no yume | |
| 2018 | MakiMika | |
| 2018 | 68-Year-Old New EmployeeFumiko Niimoto | |
| 2018 | A Banana? At This Time of Night?Hiroko Nohara | |
| 2018 | An Invisible CradleMie Sakaki | |
| 2018 | 娘の結婚 | |
| 2017 | Lear on the ShoreYukiko | |
| 2016 | If Cats Disappeared from the WorldPostman's Mother | |
| 2016 | Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako TodoTaeko Ishigami | |
| 2015 | The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love梨山里衣子 | |
| 2015 | A Duel Tale | |
| 2015 | Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni | |
| 2015 | 三面記事の女たち-愛の巣- | |
| 2014 | A Samurai Chronicle | |
| 2014 | Devoted Cookbook | |
| 2014 | Our FamilyReiko Wakana | |
| 2014 | A Samurai ChronicleOrie | |
| 2014 | Hello Life from 55 | |
| 2014 | The Hours of My LifeSawako Sawada | |
| 2014 | Mozart in the JungleSadako | |
| 2013 | Trespassing BergmanSelf | |
| 2013 | Miracle ApplesMikami | |
| 2013 | KoiFumiko Yano (2013) | |
| 2013 | Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den | |
| 2013 | Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery FileChikage Matoya | |
| 2013 | Kumokiri Nizaemon | |
| 2012 | Devoted Cookbook | |
| 2012 | DearestKumiko Tsukamoto | |
| 2012 | Helter SkelterWachi Hisako | |
| 2012 | The Cowards Who Looked to the SkyMidwife | |
| 2012 | Innocent | |
| 2012 | 高橋留美子劇場요시모토 타마요 | |
| 2011 | Milocrorze: A Love StoryOryuu | |
| 2011 | Rock: Wanko no Shima | |
| 2011 | Majutsu wa Sasayaku | |
| 2011 | The Marriage CounselorMitsue Takakura | |
| 2010 | LeonieUmeko Tsuda | |
| 2010 | Sunshine AheadHanae Kinjo | |
| 2010 | Shooting StarKazuko Okada | |
| 2010 | ShinzanmonoMineko Mitsui | |
| 2009 | Dear My LoveChihiro Tachibana | |
| 2009 | Clouds Over the Hill正岡八重 | |
| 2008 | School Days with a PigPrincipal Takahara | |
| 2008 | The Eleventh HourScared Japanese Prisoner | |
| 2008 | 追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎 | |
| 2007 | DororoYuri | |
| 2007 | Chacha: The Princess of HeavenOichi | |
| 2006 | Suite DreamsYumi Hotta | |
| 2005 | Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e | |
| 2005 | Hinokio: Inter Galactic LoveSayuri Iwamoto | |
| 2005 | The Samurai I LovedTose | |
| 2005 | AegisYoshie Miyazu | |
| 2005 | HachiroShina | |
| 2005 | AikurushiiYumi Mashiba | |
| 2004 | Half a ConfessionKeiko Kaji | |
| 2004 | RUNAWAY | |
| 2003 | 北の国から 記憶 前編 | |
| 2002 | OutMasako Katori | |
| 2002 | Oriume | |
| 2002 | Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking GlassKaguya (voice) | |
| 2002 | Mokuyo Kumikyoku | |
| 2002 | 北の国から記憶 | |
| 2001 | 影の車(2001年版) | |
| 2000 | First LoveShizue Aida | |
| 2000 | After the RainOkin | |
| 2000 | Off-BalanceChiaki's Mother | |
| 1999 | Haunted School 4 | |
| 1999 | Rainbow Cape | |
| 1998 | Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity | |
| 1998 | Begging for LoveTerue Yamaoka | |
| 1998 | Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss | |
| 1998 | A Sleeping Forest | |
| 1996 | Village of DreamsMizue Tashima | |
| 1996 | SMAP×SMAPBistro Guest | |
| 1995 | Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai | |
| 1994 | Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown | |
| 1994 | Uneasy Encounters | |
| 1993 | Namiki-ie no Hitobito | |
| 1991 | My SonsReiko | |
| 1991 | Strawberry Road | |
| 1990 | DreamsThe Snow Fairy | |
| 1990 | Making of 'Dreams'Self | |
| 1990 | Shikibu monogatariTerue Otomo | |
| 1989 | Free and Easy 2 | |
| 1988 | Tokyo: The Last MegalopolisKeiko Tatsumiya | |
| 1987 | Manatsu Girl | |
| 1986 | House on FireKeiko Yajima | |
| 1986 | Portrait in Prussian Blue | |
| 1986 | The Greatest Man in the WorldYae | |
| 1986 | Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto RyomaOtaki | |
| 1985 | RanLady Kaede | |
| 1984 | The Fugitive Samurai | |
| 1984 | Lone Wolf and CubOsen | |
| 1984 | 子連れ狼 | |
| 1983 | Modori River | |
| 1982 | Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword | |
| 1981 | Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage | |
| 1981 | The Dump Truck RascalYoriko Ozaki | |
| 1981 | Somehow, CrystalMakiko | |
| 1980 | Mister, Missus, Miss LonelyMie Shimazaki | |
| 1980 | Wings of Icarus' Flight | |
| 1980 | Dreamy FifteenShizu | |
| 1979 | The InfernoAki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata | |
| 1979 | Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and HumanityAkiko Negishi | |
| 1979 | Nomugi Pass | |
| 1978 | Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro | |
| 1978 | The Fall of Ako CastleHatsu Hashimoto | |
| 1977 | Flickering Flames | |
| 1977 | Two Lovers Point | |
| 1976 | The Youth KillerKeiko Tsuneyota | |
| 1976 | Frozen River | |
| 1976 | Lullaby of the EarthRin | |
| 1976 | Love in the North | |
| 1976 | Permanent Blue | |
| 1975 | Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka | |
| 1975 | Mizuiro no toki今泉恭子（晋松の娘） | |
| 1974 | Love Is in the Green WindYukiko Matsushima | |
| 1974 | Tomodachi |
| 1980 | Mister, Missus, Miss LonelyProducer |
| 1987 | The Half MoonOriginal Story | |
| 1980 | Mister, Missus, Miss LonelyWriter |