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Mieko Harada

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.

Acting History

2026
Reboot
TVas Hayase Ryōko
2024
House of the Owl
TVas Shiori Watanabe
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
2017
2012
Dearest
as Kumiko Tsukamoto
Helter Skelter
as Wachi Hisako
高橋留美子劇場
TVas 요시모토 타마요
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
2006
Suite Dreams
as Yumi Hotta
2005
Aegis
as Yoshie Miyazu
Hachiro
TVas Shina
Aikurushii
TVas Yumi Mashiba
2004
2000
First Love
as Shizue Aida
Off-Balance
as Chiaki's Mother
1997
SMAP×SMAP
TVas Bistro Guest1 eps
1996
Village of Dreams
as Mizue Tashima
1990
Shikibu monogatari
as Terue Otomo
Dreams
as The Snow Fairy
1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Keiko Tatsumiya
1987
1985
Ran
as Lady Kaede
1979
The Inferno
as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
1975
Mizuiro no toki
TVas 今泉恭子(晋松の娘)
1974

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
12/26/1958(67 years old)
Place of Birth
Toshima, Tokyo, Japan