
Mieko Harada
Born December 26, 1958 · Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Ran

Love Is in the Green Wind

Helter Skelter

Dreams

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

Village of Dreams

Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

Leonie

House on Fire

Uneasy Encounters

The Dump Truck Rascal

After the Rain

Trespassing Bergman

My Sons

Our Family

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky

The Inferno

Dororo

The Youth Killer

Suite Dreams

Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love

The Fall of Ako Castle

A Hundred Flowers

If Cats Disappeared from the World

I Don't Know You

Half a Confession
TV Shows

Viral Hit

Reboot

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Clouds Over the Hill

Romantics Anonymous

Mizuiro no toki

House of the Owl

Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!

Shinzanmono

My Story Is Long

A Sleeping Forest

Aikurushii

RUNAWAY

The Marriage Counselor

Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo

Shooting Star

The Hours of My Life

Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File

My Story Is Long : 2025 Spring

Innocent

Junichi

An Invisible Cradle

Hello Life from 55

Rumiko Takahashi's Theatre

娘の結婚

Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
More Movies

A Samurai Chronicle

Aegis

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

Out

Miracle Apples

Dearest

Dreamy Fifteen

Mokuyo Kumikyoku

Nomugi Pass

Begging for Love

Lullaby of the Earth

Chacha: The Princess of Heaven

A Banana? At This Time of Night?

Koi

Milocrorze: A Love Story

The Eleventh Hour

Lear on the Shore

Rock: Wanko no Shima

Lone Wolf and Cub

First Love

Haunted School 4

Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma

School Days with a Pig

Tomodachi

Free and Easy 2

Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro

Devoted Cookbook

Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei

The Fugitive Samurai

Flickering Flames

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Frozen River

Two Lovers Point

A Duel Tale

Love in the North

And so I'm at a Loss

Strawberry Road

Kohaku no yume

Dear My Love

The Samurai I Loved

Afterglow

Wings of Icarus' Flight

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'

Devoted Cookbook

Making of 'Dreams'

Majutsu wa Sasayaku

Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown

北の国から 記憶 前編

68-Year-Old New Employee

Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss

CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ

Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e

Portrait in Prussian Blue

Maki

北の国から記憶

The Greatest Man in the World

Rainbow Cape

Somehow, Crystal

Shikibu monogatari

Sunshine Ahead

Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka

Permanent Blue

Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage

Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword

Hidden Sun

Off-Balance

Ashita o he guru

Manatsu Girl

Hoshi to Lemon no Heya




