Mieko Harada
Acting • Born 1958-12-26
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
132 credits
Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
Movie • 2005
Devoted Cookbook
Movie • 2012
Dreams
Movie • 1990
The Snow Fairy
Village of Dreams
Movie • 1996
Mizue Tashima
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
Movie • 2021
Mieko Harada
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
Movie • 2005
Sayuri Iwamoto
Dororo
Movie • 2007
Yuri
First Love
Movie • 2000
Shizue Aida
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Movie • 1988
Keiko Tatsumiya
A Hundred Flowers
Movie • 2022
Yuriko
The Samurai I Loved
Movie • 2005
Tose
Making of 'Dreams'
Movie • 1990
Self
The Youth Killer
Movie • 1976
Keiko Tsuneyota
Trespassing Bergman
Movie • 2013
Self
Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
Movie • 2022
Ume Tsuda (late years)
Milocrorze: A Love Story
Movie • 2011
Oryuu
Frozen River
Movie • 1976
Dearest
Movie • 2012
Kumiko Tsukamoto
Aegis
Movie • 2005
Yoshie Miyazu
A Samurai Chronicle
Movie • 2014
Leonie
Movie • 2010
Umeko Tsuda
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Movie • 1980
Mie Shimazaki
School Days with a Pig
Movie • 2008
Principal Takahara
Love Is in the Green Wind
Movie • 1974
Yukiko Matsushima
The Inferno
Movie • 1979
Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
Wings of Icarus' Flight
Movie • 1980
Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity
Movie • 1998
Devoted Cookbook
Movie • 2014
After the Rain
Movie • 2000
Okin
Our Family
Movie • 2014
Reiko Wakana
Rock: Wanko no Shima
Movie • 2011
And so I'm at a Loss
Movie • 2023
Half a Confession
Movie • 2004
Keiko Kaji
A Samurai Chronicle
Movie • 2014
Orie
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
Movie • 1981
Sunshine Ahead
Movie • 2010
Hanae Kinjo
Dreamy Fifteen
Movie • 1980
Shizu
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
Movie • 1982
Out
Movie • 2002
Masako Katori
Ashita o he guru
Movie • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Begging for Love
Movie • 1998
Terue Yamaoka
Lullaby of the Earth
Movie • 1976
Rin
北の国から 記憶 前編
Movie • 2003
Ran
Movie • 1985
Lady Kaede
My Sons
Movie • 1991
Reiko
House on Fire
Movie • 1986
Keiko Yajima
Helter Skelter
Movie • 2012
Wachi Hisako
The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love
Movie • 2015
梨山里衣子
Oriume
Movie • 2002
Suite Dreams
Movie • 2006
Yumi Hotta
If Cats Disappeared from the World
Movie • 2016
Postman's Mother
Flickering Flames
Movie • 1977
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
Movie • 2012
Midwife
The Fugitive Samurai
Movie • 1984
Manatsu Girl
Movie • 1987
Portrait in Prussian Blue
Movie • 1986
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
Movie • 2022
Free and Easy 2
Movie • 1989
Lear on the Shore
Movie • 2017
Yukiko
Love in the North
Movie • 1976
The Dump Truck Rascal
Movie • 1981
Yoriko Ozaki
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
Movie • 1994
Miracle Apples
Movie • 2013
Mikami
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
Movie • 1978
The Fall of Ako Castle
Movie • 1978
Hatsu Hashimoto
Koi
Movie • 2013
Fumiko Yano (2013)
Permanent Blue
Movie • 1976
Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
Movie • 1998
Modori River
Movie • 1983
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
Movie • 2011
A Duel Tale
Movie • 2015
Off-Balance
Movie • 2000
Chiaki's Mother
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Movie • 1979
Akiko Negishi
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Movie • 2007
Oichi
Kohaku no yume
Movie • 2018
Nomugi Pass
Movie • 1979
Dear My Love
Movie • 2009
Chihiro Tachibana
The Greatest Man in the World
Movie • 1986
Yae
Maki
Movie • 2018
Mika
Shikibu monogatari
Movie • 1990
Terue Otomo
68-Year-Old New Employee
Movie • 2018
Fumiko Niimoto
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
Movie • 2002
Kaguya (voice)
Haunted School 4
Movie • 1999
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
Movie • 1986
Otaki
Mokuyo Kumikyoku
Movie • 2002
Uneasy Encounters
Movie • 1994
Tomodachi
Movie • 1974
A Banana? At This Time of Night?
Movie • 2018
Hiroko Nohara
Somehow, Crystal
Movie • 1981
Makiko
Strawberry Road
Movie • 1991
北の国から記憶
Movie • 2002
Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
Movie • 1975
Hidden Sun
Movie • 2025
Mako
Two Lovers Point
Movie • 1977
Lone Wolf and Cub
Movie • 1984
Osen
The Eleventh Hour
Movie • 2008
Scared Japanese Prisoner
A Sleeping Forest
TV • 1998
Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
TV • 2013
Hello life from 55
TV • 2014
Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai
TV • 1995
Toubousha
TV • 2004
Hachiro
TV • 2005
Shina
Namiki-ie no Hitobito
TV • 1993
Shooting Star
TV • 2010
Kazuko Okada
影の車(2001年版)
TV • 2001
Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
TV • 2013
Chikage Matoya
The Marriage Counselor
TV • 2011
Mitsue Takakura
Aikurushii
TV • 2005
Yumi Mashiba
追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎
TV • 2008
Shinzanmono
TV • 2010
Mineko Mitsui
Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo
TV • 2016
Taeko Ishigami
Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
TV • 2015
Kumokiri Nizaemon
TV • 2013
SMAP×SMAP
TV • 1996
Bistro Guest
三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-
TV • 2015
An Invisible Cradle
TV • 2018
Mie Sakaki
Junichi
TV • 2019
Ayuko
The Hours of My Life
TV • 2014
Sawako Sawada
Mizuiro no toki
TV • 1975
今泉恭子（晋松の娘）
House of the Owl
TV • 2024
Shiori Watanabe
My Story Is Long
TV • 2019
岸边房枝
Innocent
TV • 2012
Mozart in the Jungle
TV • 2014
Sadako
娘の結婚
TV • 2018
高橋留美子劇場
TV • 2012
요시모토 타마요
子連れ狼
TV • 1984
My Story Is Long : 2025 Spring
TV • 2025
Clouds Over the Hill
TV • 2009
正岡八重
Romantics Anonymous
TV • 2025
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
TV • 2026
Ichinose Ema
Reboot
TV • 2026
Hayase Ryōko
Viral Hit
TV • 2026