Mieko Harada
Born
December 26, 1958 (66 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
My Story Is Long : 2025 Spring
(2 episodes)
2025
House of the Owl
Shiori Watanabe · (10 episodes)
2024
And so I'm at a Loss
2023
A Hundred Flowers
Yuriko
2022
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022
Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
Ume Tsuda (late years)
2022
Ashita o he guru
Narrator (voice)
2021
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
Mieko Harada
2021
My Story Is Long
岸边房枝 · (10 episodes)
2019
Junichi
Ayuko
2019
Junichi
Ayuko · (1 episode)
2019
A Banana? At This Time of Night?
Hiroko Nohara
2018
Maki
Mika
2018
Kohaku no yume
2018
An Invisible Cradle
Mie Sakaki · (10 episodes)
2018
68-Year-Old New Employee
Fumiko Niimoto
2018
娘の結婚
(1 episode)
2018
Lear on the Shore
Yukiko
2017
Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo
Taeko Ishigami · (9 episodes)
2016
If Cats Disappeared from the World
Postman's Mother
2016
A Duel Tale
2015
Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
(10 episodes)
2015
The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love
梨山里衣子
2015
三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-
(1 episode)
2015
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
A Samurai Chronicle
Orie
2014
Hello life from 55
(5 episodes)
2014
Devoted Cookbook
2014
Our Family
Reiko Wakana
2014
Mozart in the Jungle
Sadako · (2 episodes)
2014
The Hours of My Life
Sawako Sawada · (11 episodes)
2014
Koi
Fumiko Yano (2013)
2013
Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
Chikage Matoya · (4 episodes)
2013
Trespassing Bergman
Self
2013
Miracle Apples
Mikami
2013
Kumokiri Nizaemon
(8 episodes)
2013
Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
(4 episodes)
2013
Devoted Cookbook
2012
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
Midwife
2012
Dearest
Kumiko Tsukamoto
2012
Helter Skelter
Wachi Hisako
2012
高橋留美子劇場
요시모토 타마요 · (2 episodes)
2012
Innocent
(1 episode)
2012
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
2011
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
The Marriage Counselor
Mitsue Takakura · (11 episodes)
2011
Milocrorze: A Love Story
Oryuu
2011
Leonie
Umeko Tsuda
2010
Shooting Star
Kazuko Okada · (10 episodes)
2010
Sunshine Ahead
Hanae Kinjo
2010
Shinzanmono
Mineko Mitsui · (10 episodes)
2010
Clouds Over the Hill
正岡八重 · (9 episodes)
2009
Dear My Love
Chihiro Tachibana
2009
School Days with a Pig
Principal Takahara
2008
追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎
(1 episode)
2008
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Oichi
2007
Dororo
Yuri
2007
Suite Dreams
Yumi Hotta
2006
Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
2005
The Samurai I Loved
Tose
2005
Aegis
Yoshie Miyazu
2005
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
Sayuri Iwamoto
2005
Aikurushii
Yumi Mashiba · (11 episodes)
2005
Hachiro
Shina · (9 episodes)
2005
Toubousha
(11 episodes)
2004
Half a Confession
Keiko Kaji
2004
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
Kaguya (voice)
2002
Out
Masako Katori
2002
Mokuyo Kumikyoku
2002
北の国から記憶
2002
Oriume
2002
影の車(2001年版)
(1 episode)
2001
First Love
Shizue Aida
2000
After the Rain
Okin
2000
Off-Balance
Chiaki's Mother
2000
Haunted School 4
1999
Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity
1998
A Sleeping Forest
(12 episodes)
1998
Begging for Love
Terue Yamaoka
1998
Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
1998
Village of Dreams
Mizue Tashima
1996
SMAP×SMAP
Bistro Guest · (1 episode)
1996
Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai
(11 episodes)
1995
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994
Uneasy Encounters
1994
Namiki-ie no Hitobito
(11 episodes)
1993
My Sons
Reiko
1991
Strawberry Road
1991
Making of 'Dreams'
Self
1990
Shikibu monogatari
Terue Otomo
1990
Dreams
The Snow Fairy
1990
Free and Easy 2
1989
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Keiko Tatsumiya
1988
Manatsu Girl
1987
The Greatest Man in the World
Yae
1986
Portrait in Prussian Blue
1986
House on Fire
Keiko Yajima
1986
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
Otaki
1986
Ran
Lady Kaede
1985
子連れ狼
(1 episode)
1984
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
Modori River
1983
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
1981
Somehow, Crystal
Makiko
1981
The Dump Truck Rascal
Yoriko Ozaki
1981
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Mie Shimazaki
1980
Dreamy Fifteen
Shizu
1980
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
Nomugi Pass
1979
The Inferno
Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
1979
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Akiko Negishi
1979
The Fall of Ako Castle
Hatsu Hashimoto
1978
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
Flickering Flames
1977
Love in the North
1976
The Youth Killer
Keiko Tsuneyota
1976
Permanent Blue
1976
Lullaby of the Earth
Rin
1976
Frozen River
1976
Mizuiro no toki
今泉恭子（晋松の娘） · (156 episodes)
1975
Love Is in the Green Wind
Yukiko Matsushima
1974
Tomodachi
1974