Mieko Harada
Department: Acting
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
Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
2005
Devoted Cookbook
2012
Dreams
1990
Village of Dreams
1996
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
2021
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
2005
Dororo
2007
First Love
2000
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
A Hundred Flowers
2022
The Samurai I Loved
2005
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
The Youth Killer
1976
Trespassing Bergman
2013
Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
2022
Milocrorze: A Love Story
2011
Frozen River
1976
Dearest
2012
Aegis
2005
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
Leonie
2010
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980
School Days with a Pig
2008
Love Is in the Green Wind
1974
The Inferno
1979
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity
1998
Devoted Cookbook
2014
After the Rain
2000
Our Family
2014
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
And so I'm at a Loss
2023
Half a Confession
2004
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
1981
Sunshine Ahead
2010
Dreamy Fifteen
1980
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982
Out
2002
Ashita o he guru
2021
Begging for Love
1998
Lullaby of the Earth
1976
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Ran
1985
My Sons
1991
House on Fire
1986
Helter Skelter
2012
The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love
2015
Oriume
2002
Suite Dreams
2006
If Cats Disappeared from the World
2016
Flickering Flames
1977
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
2012
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
Manatsu Girl
1987
Portrait in Prussian Blue
1986
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022
Free and Easy 2
1989
Lear on the Shore
2017
Love in the North
1976
The Dump Truck Rascal
1981
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994
Miracle Apples
2013
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
Koi
2013
Permanent Blue
1976
Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
1998
Modori River
1983
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
2011
A Duel Tale
2015
Off-Balance
2000
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
2007
Kohaku no yume
2018
Nomugi Pass
1979
Dear My Love
2009
The Greatest Man in the World
1986
Maki
2018
Shikibu monogatari
1990
68-Year-Old New Employee
2018
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
2002
Haunted School 4
1999
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
1986
Mokuyo Kumikyoku
2002
Uneasy Encounters
1994
Tomodachi
1974
A Banana? At This Time of Night?
2018
Somehow, Crystal
1981
Strawberry Road
1991
北の国から記憶
2002
Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
1975
Hidden Sun
2025
Two Lovers Point
1977
Lone Wolf and Cub
1984
The Eleventh Hour
2008
Rainbow Cape
1999
A Sleeping Forest
1998
Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
2013
Hello Life from 55
2014
Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai
1995
RUNAWAY
2004
Hachiro
2005
Namiki-ie no Hitobito
1993
Shooting Star
2010
影の車(2001年版)
2001
Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
2013
The Marriage Counselor
2011
Aikurushii
2005
追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎
2008
Shinzanmono
2010
Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo
2016
Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
2015
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
SMAP×SMAP
1996
三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-
2015
Junichi
2019
An Invisible Cradle
2018
The Hours of My Life
2014
Mizuiro no toki
1975
House of the Owl
2024
My Story Is Long
2019
Innocent
2012
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
娘の結婚
2018
高橋留美子劇場
2012
子連れ狼
1984
My Story Is Long : 2025 Spring
2025
Clouds Over the Hill
2009
Romantics Anonymous
2025
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
2026
Reboot
2026
Viral Hit
2026