Mieko Harada
Born: 1958-12-26 in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2025
2024
- House of the Owl as Shiori Watanabe
2023
2022
- A Hundred Flowers as Yuriko
- Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei as Ume Tsuda (late years)
- CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2021
- Hoshi to Lemon no Heya as Mieko Harada
- Ashita o he guru as Narrator (voice)
2019
- My Story Is Long as 岸边房枝
- Junichi as Ayuko
2018
- Maki as Mika
- A Banana? At This Time of Night? as Hiroko Nohara
- 68-Year-Old New Employee as Fumiko Niimoto
- Kohaku no yume
- An Invisible Cradle as Mie Sakaki
- 娘の結婚
2017
- Lear on the Shore as Yukiko
2016
- If Cats Disappeared from the World as Postman's Mother
- Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo as Taeko Ishigami
2015
2014
- Mozart in the Jungle as Sadako
- Devoted Cookbook
- A Samurai Chronicle
- Our Family as Reiko Wakana
- The Hours of My Life as Sawako Sawada
- Hello life from 55
2013
- Trespassing Bergman as Self
- Kumokiri Nizaemon
- Miracle Apples as Mikami
- Koi as Fumiko Yano (2013)
- Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File as Chikage Matoya
- Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
2012
- Helter Skelter as Wachi Hisako
- The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky as Midwife
- Devoted Cookbook
- Dearest as Kumiko Tsukamoto
- Innocent
- 高橋留美子劇場 as 요시모토 타마요
2011
- Milocrorze: A Love Story as Oryuu
- Rock: Wanko no Shima
- Majutsu wa Sasayaku
- The Marriage Counselor as Mitsue Takakura
2010
- Leonie as Umeko Tsuda
- Sunshine Ahead as Hanae Kinjo
- Shinzanmono as Mineko Mitsui
- Shooting Star as Kazuko Okada
2009
- Dear My Love as Chihiro Tachibana
- Clouds Over the Hill as 正岡八重
2008
- School Days with a Pig as Principal Takahara
- 追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎
2007
- Dororo as Yuri
- Chacha: The Princess of Heaven as Oichi
2006
- Suite Dreams as Yumi Hotta
2005
- Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
- Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love as Sayuri Iwamoto
- Aegis as Yoshie Miyazu
- The Samurai I Loved as Tose
- Aikurushii as Yumi Mashiba
- Hachiro as Shina
2004
- Otakus in Love ... (Art Designer)
- Half a Confession as Keiko Kaji
- Toubousha
2003
2002
- Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass as Kaguya (voice)
- Out as Masako Katori
- Oriume
- Mokuyo Kumikyoku
- 北の国から記憶
2001
2000
- After the Rain as Okin
- Off-Balance as Chiaki's Mother
- First Love as Shizue Aida
1999
1998
1996
- SMAP×SMAP as Bistro Guest
- Village of Dreams as Mizue Tashima
1991
- My Sons as Reiko
- Strawberry Road
1990
- Dreams as The Snow Fairy
- Making of 'Dreams' as Self
- Shikibu monogatari as Terue Otomo
1989
1988
- Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Keiko Tatsumiya
1987
- The Half Moon ... (Original Story)
- Manatsu Girl
1986
- Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma as Otaki
- House on Fire as Keiko Yajima
- Portrait in Prussian Blue
- The Greatest Man in the World as Yae
1985
- Ran as Lady Kaede
1984
1983
1981
- The Dump Truck Rascal as Yoriko Ozaki
- Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
- Somehow, Crystal as Makiko
1980
- Dreamy Fifteen as Shizu
- Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely as Mie Shimazaki
- Wings of Icarus' Flight
1979
- Nomugi Pass
- The Inferno as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
- Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Akiko Negishi
1978
- Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
- The Fall of Ako Castle as Hatsu Hashimoto
1976
- The Youth Killer as Keiko Tsuneyota
- Love in the North
- Lullaby of the Earth as Rin
- Permanent Blue
- Frozen River
1975
- Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
- Mizuiro no toki as 今泉恭子（晋松の娘）
1974
- Love Is in the Green Wind as Yukiko Matsushima
- Tomodachi