Mieko Harada
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1958-12-26 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Mieko Harada
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
Acting
(2023)
(2022)
A Hundred Flowers
as Yuriko
(2022)
Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
as Ume Tsuda (late years)
(2022)
(2021)
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
as Mieko Harada
(2021)
Ashita o he guru
as Narrator (voice)
(2019)
Junichi
as Ayuko
(2018)
A Banana? At This Time of Night?
as Hiroko Nohara
(2018)
Maki
as Mika
(2018)
(2018)
68-Year-Old New Employee
as Fumiko Niimoto
(2017)
Lear on the Shore
as Yukiko
(2016)
If Cats Disappeared from the World
as Postman's Mother
(2015)
(2015)
(2014)
(2014)
A Samurai Chronicle
as Orie
(2014)
Our Family
as Reiko Wakana
(2014)
(2013)
Miracle Apples
as Mikami
(2013)
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
(2013)
Koi
as Fumiko Yano (2013)
(2012)
Helter Skelter
as Wachi Hisako
(2012)
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
as Midwife / Takumi's mother
(2012)
Dearest
as Kumiko Tsukamoto
(2012)
(2011)
(2011)
Milocrorze: A Love Story
as Oryuu
(2011)
(2010)
Leonie
as Umeko Tsuda
(2010)
Sunshine Ahead
as Hanae Kinjo
(2009)
Dear My Love
as Chihiro Tachibana
(2008)
School Days with a Pig
as Principal Takahara
(2007)
Dororo
as Yuri
(2007)
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
as Oichi
(2006)
Suite Dreams
as Yumi Hotta
(2005)
Aegis
as Yoshie Miyazu
(2005)
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
as Sayuri Iwamoto
(2005)
(2005)
The Samurai I Loved
as Tose
(2004)
Half a Confession
as Keiko Kaji
(2003)
(2002)
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
as Kaguya (voice)
(2002)
Out
as Masako Katori
(2002)
(2002)
(2002)
(2000)
After the Rain
as Okin
(2000)
First Love
as Shizue Aida
(2000)
Off-Balance
as Chiaki's Mother
(1999)
(1998)
Begging for Love
as Terue Yamaoka
(1998)
(1998)
(1996)
Village of Dreams
as Mizue Tashima
(1994)
(1994)
(1991)
My Sons
as Reiko
(1991)
(1990)
Dreams
as The Snow Fairy
(1990)
Making of 'Dreams'
as Self
(1990)
Shikibu monogatari
as Terue Otomo
(1989)
(1988)
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Keiko Tatsumiya
(1987)
(1986)
House on Fire
as Keiko Yajima
(1986)
(1986)
(1986)
(1985)
Ran
as Lady Kaede
(1984)
(1983)
(1982)
(1981)
(1981)
The Dump Truck Rascal
as Yoriko Ozaki
(1981)
Somehow, Crystal
as Makiko
(1980)
Dreamy Fifteen
as Shizu
(1980)
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
as Mie Shimazaki
(1980)
(1979)
The Inferno
as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
(1979)
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Akiko Negishi
(1979)
(1978)
The Fall of Ako Castle
as Hatsu Hashimoto
(1978)
(1977)
(1976)
Lullaby of the Earth
as Rin
(1976)
The Youth Killer
as Keiko Tsuneyota
(1976)
(1976)
(1976)
(1974)
Love Is in the Green Wind
as Yukiko Matsushima
(1974)
Crew
(2004)
Otakus in Love
Art Designer
(1987)
The Half Moon
Original Story
(1980)
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Writer, Producer