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