Mieko Harada
Acting
Born December 26, 1958 · 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.
Films (95)
Hidden Sun
2025
And so I'm at a Loss
2023
A Hundred Flowers
2022
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
Ashita o he guru
2021
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
2021
A Banana? At This Time of Night?
2018
Maki
2018
Kohaku no yume
2018
68-Year-Old New Employee
2018
Lear on the Shore
2017
If Cats Disappeared from the World
2016
A Duel Tale
2015
The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love
2015
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
Devoted Cookbook
2014
Our Family
2014
Koi
2013
Trespassing Bergman
2013
Miracle Apples
2013
Devoted Cookbook
2012
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
2012
Dearest
2012
Helter Skelter
2012
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
2011
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
Milocrorze: A Love Story
2011
Leonie
2010
Sunshine Ahead
2010
Dear My Love
2009
School Days with a Pig
2008
The Eleventh Hour
2008
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
2007
Dororo
2007
Suite Dreams
2006
Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
2005
The Samurai I Loved
2005
Aegis
2005
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
2005
Half a Confession
2004
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
2002
Out
2002
Mokuyo Kumikyoku
2002
北の国から記憶
2002
Oriume
2002
First Love
2000
After the Rain
2000
Off-Balance
2000
Haunted School 4
1999
Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity
1998
Begging for Love
1998
Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
1998
Village of Dreams
1996
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994
Uneasy Encounters
1994
My Sons
1991
Strawberry Road
1991
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
Shikibu monogatari
1990
Dreams
1990
Free and Easy 2
1989
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
Manatsu Girl
1987
The Greatest Man in the World
1986
Portrait in Prussian Blue
1986
House on Fire
1986
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
1986
Ran
1985
Lone Wolf and Cub
1984
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
Modori River
1983
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
1981
Somehow, Crystal
1981
The Dump Truck Rascal
1981
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980
Dreamy Fifteen
1980
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
Nomugi Pass
1979
The Inferno
1979
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
Two Lovers Point
1977
Flickering Flames
1977
Love in the North
1976
The Youth Killer
1976
Permanent Blue
1976
Lullaby of the Earth
1976
Frozen River
1976
Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
1975
Love Is in the Green Wind
1974
Tomodachi
1974