Mieko Harada
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.
As actor 134
SMAP×SMAP
1996
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
2015
Clouds Over the Hill
2009
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
Ran
1985
Viral Hit
2026
Reboot
2026
Helter Skelter
2012
Romantics Anonymous
2025
Mizuiro no toki
1975
Modori River
1983
House of the Owl
2024
Dreams
1990
The Marriage Counselor
2011
Shinzanmono
2010
Love Is in the Green Wind
1974
Dororo
2007
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
2026
A Sleeping Forest
1998
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
2002
If Cats Disappeared from the World
2016
My Story Is Long
2019
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
2005
The Inferno
1979
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980
Village of Dreams
1996
Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo
2016
Aikurushii
2005
Kohaku no yume
2018
The Hours of My Life
2014
An Invisible Cradle
2018
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
After the Rain
2000
Rumiko Takahashi's Theatre
2012
House on Fire
1986
Shooting Star
2010
Lone Wolf and Cub
1984
Aegis
2005
Out
2002
RUNAWAY
2004
Namiki-ie no Hitobito
1993
Leonie
2010
Hachiro
2005
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
2013
Junichi
2019
Manatsu Girl
1987
A Duel Tale
2015
The Youth Killer
1976
My Sons
1991
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979
Trespassing Bergman
2013
Suite Dreams
2006
A Hundred Flowers
2022
Dearest
2012
Devoted Cookbook
2012
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
1981
Mokuyo Kumikyoku
2002
Miracle Apples
2013
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Begging for Love
1998
Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
2022
Innocent
2012
Two Lovers Point
1977
The Greatest Man in the World
1986
Uneasy Encounters
1994
Hello Life from 55
2014
The Dump Truck Rascal
1981
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
Free and Easy 2
1989
Nomugi Pass
1979
A Banana? At This Time of Night?
2018
The Eleventh Hour
2008
北の国から記憶
2002
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
2012
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
Lullaby of the Earth
1976
Tomodachi
1974
Flickering Flames
1977
Haunted School 4
1999
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
2007
Rainbow Cape
1999
Half a Confession
2004
Strawberry Road
1991
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
1986
The Samurai I Loved
2005
Our Family
2014
First Love
2000
Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai
1995
娘の結婚
2018
I Don't Know You
2026
Milocrorze: A Love Story
2011
School Days with a Pig
2008
Koi
2013
Shikibu monogatari
1990
Frozen River
1976
Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
2013
Afterglow
1978
68-Year-Old New Employee
2018
影の車(2001年版)
2001
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
2011
Portrait in Prussian Blue
1986
Dear My Love
2009
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
2002
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982
子連れ狼
1984
Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
1975
And so I'm at a Loss
2023
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994
Lear on the Shore
2017
Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
2005
Off-Balance
2000
Dreamy Fifteen
1980
Love in the North
1976
Devoted Cookbook
2014
Hidden Sun
2025
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
Permanent Blue
1976
三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-
2015
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎
2008
Sunshine Ahead
2010
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
2021
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022
Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity
1998
Maki
2018
Somehow, Crystal
1981
The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love
2015
Oriume
2002
Ashita o he guru
2021
Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
1998
