Mieko Harada
Acting
Born: December 26, 1958 (age 67) · Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Highest Rated
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
Ran
1985
Dreams
1990
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
Helter Skelter
2012
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
2002
Dororo
2007
The Hours of My Life
2014
After the Rain
2000
If Cats Disappeared from the World
2016
Viral Hit
2026
Suite Dreams
2006
Romantics Anonymous
2025
Photos (6)
Movies (95)
Ran
Lady Kaede
Dreams
The Snow Fairy
Helter Skelter
Wachi Hisako
A Hundred Flowers
Yuriko
Suite Dreams
Yumi Hotta
Dororo
Yuri
After the Rain
Okin
Love Is in the Green Wind
Yukiko Matsushima
Village of Dreams
Mizue Tashima
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
Sayuri Iwamoto
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
Kaguya (voice)
House on Fire
Keiko Yajima
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
Midwife
Free and Easy 2
1989
Leonie
Umeko Tsuda
Our Family
Reiko Wakana
Dearest
Kumiko Tsukamoto
Modori River
Ayako
First Love
Shizue Aida
Miracle Apples
Mikami
If Cats Disappeared from the World
Postman's Mother
Dreamy Fifteen
Shizu
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Keiko Tatsumiya
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Mie Shimazaki
Dear My Love
Chihiro Tachibana
The Inferno
Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
Out
Masako Katori
And so I'm at a Loss
2023
Milocrorze: A Love Story
Oryuu
Begging for Love
Terue Yamaoka
68-Year-Old New Employee
Fumiko Niimoto
The Youth Killer
Keiko Tsuneyota
A Banana? At This Time of Night?
Hiroko Nohara
Lullaby of the Earth
Rin
Aegis
Yoshie Miyazu
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
A Samurai Chronicle
Orie
The Fall of Ako Castle
Hatsu Hashimoto
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Akiko Negishi
Lear on the Shore
Yukiko
Koi
Fumiko Yano (2013)
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
2011
Devoted Cookbook
2012
The Samurai I Loved
Tose
Haunted School 4
1999
The Greatest Man in the World
Yae
Lone Wolf and Cub
Osen
The Eleventh Hour
Scared Japanese Prisoner
Strawberry Road
1991
School Days with a Pig
Principal Takahara
Nomugi Pass
1979
Devoted Cookbook
2014
A Duel Tale
Tatsu
Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity
1998
My Sons
Reiko
Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
Ume Tsuda (late years)
Shikibu monogatari
Terue Otomo
Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
1975
Mokuyo Kumikyoku
2002
Frozen River
1976
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
Permanent Blue
1976
北の国から記憶
2002
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Oichi
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
Afterglow
1978
The Dump Truck Rascal
Yoriko Ozaki
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
Otaki
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
1981
Sunshine Ahead
Hanae Kinjo
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
Manatsu Girl
1987
Hidden Sun
Mako
Love in the North
1976
Tomodachi
1974
Kohaku no yume
2018
Off-Balance
Chiaki's Mother
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
Mieko Harada
I Don't Know You
2026
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
1998
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022
Somehow, Crystal
Makiko
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
Half a Confession
Keiko Kaji
Uneasy Encounters
1994
Portrait in Prussian Blue
1986
Flickering Flames
1977
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982
Rainbow Cape
1999
Two Lovers Point
1977
Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
2005
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994
Maki
Mika
Ashita o he guru
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (28)
SMAP×SMAP
Bistro Guest · 1 eps
Mozart in the Jungle
Sadako · 2 eps
Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
10 eps
Kumokiri Nizaemon
8 eps
Mizuiro no toki
今泉恭子（晋松の娘） · 156 eps
Viral Hit
Miyuki Shimura · 6 eps
Reboot
Ryoko Hayase · 10 eps
The Hours of My Life
Sawako Sawada · 11 eps
Clouds Over the Hill
正岡八重 · 9 eps
House of the Owl
Shiori Watanabe · 10 eps
Romantics Anonymous
[Participant] · 8 eps
Shinzanmono
Mineko Mitsui · 10 eps
Junichi
Ayuko · 1 eps
Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo
Taeko Ishigami · 9 eps
My Story Is Long
Fusae Kishibe · 10 eps
A Sleeping Forest
12 eps
The Marriage Counselor
Mitsue Takakura · 11 eps
An Invisible Cradle
Mie Sakaki · 10 eps
Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
Chikage Matoya · 4 eps
Aikurushii
Yumi Mashiba · 11 eps
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
Ichinose Ema · 8 eps
Shooting Star
Kazuko Okada · 10 eps
Innocent
1 eps
RUNAWAY
11 eps
Hello Life from 55
5 eps
Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
4 eps
Rumiko Takahashi's Theatre
Tamayo Yoshimoto · 2 eps
娘の結婚
1 eps
