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
2026
- Reboot as Ryoko Hayase
- Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open! as Ichinose Ema
- Viral Hit
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 Fusae Kishibe
- Junichi as Ayuko
2018
- An Invisible Cradle as Mie Sakaki
- 娘の結婚
- A Banana? At This Time of Night? as Hiroko Nohara
- Kohaku no yume
- 68-Year-Old New Employee as Fumiko Niimoto
- Maki as Mika
2017
- Lear on the Shore as Yukiko
2016
- Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo as Taeko Ishigami
- If Cats Disappeared from the World as Postman's Mother
2015
2014
- Mozart in the Jungle as Sadako
- The Hours of My Life as Sawako Sawada
- A Samurai Chronicle
- Our Family as Reiko Wakana
- Hello Life from 55
- Devoted Cookbook
2013
- Kumokiri Nizaemon
- Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File as Chikage Matoya
- Trespassing Bergman as Self
- Miracle Apples as Mikami
- Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
- Koi as Fumiko Yano (2013)
2012
- Helter Skelter as Wachi Hisako
- Innocent
- The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky as Midwife
- Dearest as Kumiko Tsukamoto
- 高橋留美子劇場 as 요시모토 타마요
- Devoted Cookbook
2011
- The Marriage Counselor as Mitsue Takakura
- Milocrorze: A Love Story as Oryuu
- Majutsu wa Sasayaku
- Rock: Wanko no Shima
2010
- Shinzanmono as Mineko Mitsui
- Shooting Star as Kazuko Okada
- Leonie as Umeko Tsuda
- Sunshine Ahead as Hanae Kinjo
2009
- Clouds Over the Hill as 正岡八重
- Dear My Love as Chihiro Tachibana
2008
- School Days with a Pig as Principal Takahara
- The Eleventh Hour as Scared Japanese Prisoner
- 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
- Aikurushii as Yumi Mashiba
- Aegis as Yoshie Miyazu
- Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love as Sayuri Iwamoto
- The Samurai I Loved as Tose
- Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
- Hachiro as Shina
2004
- RUNAWAY
- Half a Confession as Keiko Kaji
- Otakus in Love ... (Art Designer)
2003
2002
- Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass as Kaguya (voice)
- Out as Masako Katori
- 北の国から記憶
- Oriume
- Mokuyo Kumikyoku
2001
2000
- After the Rain as Okin
- First Love as Shizue Aida
- Off-Balance as Chiaki's Mother
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
- House on Fire as Keiko Yajima
- Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma as Otaki
- Portrait in Prussian Blue
- The Greatest Man in the World as Yae
1985
- Ran as Lady Kaede
1984
1983
1981
- Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
- The Dump Truck Rascal as Yoriko Ozaki
- Somehow, Crystal as Makiko
1980
- Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely as Mie Shimazaki
- Dreamy Fifteen as Shizu
- Wings of Icarus' Flight
1979
- The Inferno as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
- Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Akiko Negishi
- Nomugi Pass
1978
- The Fall of Ako Castle as Hatsu Hashimoto
- Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
- Afterglow
1976
- The Youth Killer as Keiko Tsuneyota
- Lullaby of the Earth as Rin
- Frozen River
- Love in the North
- Permanent Blue
1975
- Mizuiro no toki as 今泉恭子（晋松の娘）
- Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
1974
- Love Is in the Green Wind as Yukiko Matsushima
- Tomodachi