Mieko Harada
Acting1958Toshima, 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
Acting History
2026
2024
House of the Owl
TVas Shiori Watanabe
2022
Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
as Ume Tsuda (late years)
A Hundred Flowers
as Yuriko
2021
Ashita o he guru
as Narrator (voice)
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
as Mieko Harada
2019
My Story Is Long
TVas 岸边房枝• 10 eps
Junichi
TVas Ayuko
2018
A Banana? At This Time of Night?
as Hiroko Nohara
68-Year-Old New Employee
as Fumiko Niimoto
Maki
as Mika
Mozart in the Jungle
TVas Sadako• 2 eps
An Invisible Cradle
TVas Mie Sakaki
2017
Lear on the Shore
as Yukiko
2016
If Cats Disappeared from the World
as Postman's Mother
Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo
TVas Taeko Ishigami
2014
2013
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
Koi
as Fumiko Yano (2013)
Miracle Apples
as Mikami
Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
TVas Chikage Matoya
2012
Dearest
as Kumiko Tsukamoto
Helter Skelter
as Wachi Hisako
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
as Midwife
高橋留美子劇場
TVas 요시모토 타마요
2011
Milocrorze: A Love Story
as Oryuu
The Marriage Counselor
TVas Mitsue Takakura
2010
Leonie
as Umeko Tsuda
Sunshine Ahead
as Hanae Kinjo
Shooting Star
TVas Kazuko Okada
Shinzanmono
TVas Mineko Mitsui
2009
Dear My Love
as Chihiro Tachibana
Clouds Over the Hill
TVas 正岡八重• 9 eps
2008
School Days with a Pig
as Principal Takahara
2007
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
as Oichi
Dororo
as Yuri
2006
Suite Dreams
as Yumi Hotta
2005
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
as Sayuri Iwamoto
The Samurai I Loved
as Tose
Aegis
as Yoshie Miyazu
Hachiro
TVas Shina
Aikurushii
TVas Yumi Mashiba
2004
2003
2002
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
as Kaguya (voice)
Out
as Masako Katori
2001
2000
1999
1997
SMAP×SMAP
TVas Bistro Guest• 1 eps
1996
Village of Dreams
as Mizue Tashima
1991
My Sons
as Reiko
1990
1989
1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Keiko Tatsumiya
1987
The Half Moon
Original Story
1986
House on Fire
as Keiko Yajima
1985
Ran
as Lady Kaede
1984
1983
1981
1980
Dreamy Fifteen
as Shizu
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
as Mie Shimazaki
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Producer
1979
The Inferno
as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Akiko Negishi
1978
The Fall of Ako Castle
as Hatsu Hashimoto
1976
Lullaby of the Earth
as Rin
The Youth Killer
as Keiko Tsuneyota
1975
Mizuiro no toki
TVas 今泉恭子（晋松の娘）
1974
Love Is in the Green Wind
as Yukiko Matsushima