Mieko Harada

Mieko Harada

Known for
Acting
Born
December 26, 1958 (age 67)
Birthplace
Toshima, Tokyo, Japan

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

Photos

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Filmography

2026
I Don't Know You poster

I Don't Know You

Movie

2026
The Empty Vessel

The Empty Vessel

Movie · as Fumiko

2026
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open! poster

Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!

TV · as Ichinose Ema · 8 eps

2026
Reboot poster

Reboot

TV · as Ryoko Hayase · 10 eps

2026
Viral Hit poster

Viral Hit

TV · as Miyuki Shimura · 6 eps

2026
Brother, Sister poster

Brother, Sister

TV · as Reiko Haruki · 5 eps

2025
Hidden Sun poster

Hidden Sun

Movie · as Mako

2025
Romantics Anonymous poster

Romantics Anonymous

TV · as [Participant] · 8 eps

2024
House of the Owl poster

House of the Owl

TV · as Shiori Watanabe · 10 eps

2023
And so I'm at a Loss poster

And so I'm at a Loss

Movie

2022
A Hundred Flowers poster

A Hundred Flowers

Movie · as Yuriko

2022
Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei poster

Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei

Movie · as Ume Tsuda (late years)

2022
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ poster

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

Movie

2021
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya poster

Hoshi to Lemon no Heya

Movie · as Mieko Harada

2021
Ashita o he guru poster

Ashita o he guru

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2019
Junichi poster

Junichi

TV · as Ayuko · 1 ep

2019
My Story Is Long poster

My Story Is Long

TV · as Fusae Kishibe · 10 eps

2018
Kohaku no yume poster

Kohaku no yume

Movie

2018
Maki poster

Maki

Movie · as Mika

2018
68-Year-Old New Employee poster

68-Year-Old New Employee

Movie · as Fumiko Niimoto

2018
A Banana? At This Time of Night? poster

A Banana? At This Time of Night?

Movie · as Hiroko Nohara

2018
An Invisible Cradle poster

An Invisible Cradle

TV · as Mie Sakaki · 10 eps

2018
娘の結婚 poster

娘の結婚

TV · 1 ep

2017
Lear on the Shore poster

Lear on the Shore

Movie · as Yukiko

2016
If Cats Disappeared from the World poster

If Cats Disappeared from the World

Movie · as Postman's Mother

2016
Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo poster

Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo

TV · as Taeko Ishigami · 9 eps

2015
The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love

The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love

Movie · as 梨山里衣子

2015
A Duel Tale poster

A Duel Tale

Movie · as Tatsu

2015
Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni poster

Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni

TV · 10 eps

2015
三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-

三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-

TV · 1 ep

2014
A Samurai Chronicle poster

A Samurai Chronicle

Movie · as Orie

2014
Devoted Cookbook poster

Devoted Cookbook

Movie

2014
Our Family poster

Our Family

Movie · as Reiko Wakana

2014
Hello Life from 55 poster

Hello Life from 55

TV · 5 eps

2014
The Hours of My Life poster

The Hours of My Life

TV · as Sawako Sawada · 11 eps

2014
Mozart in the Jungle poster

Mozart in the Jungle

TV · as Sadako · 2 eps

2013
Trespassing Bergman poster

Trespassing Bergman

Movie · as Self

2013
Miracle Apples poster

Miracle Apples

Movie · as Mikami

2013
Koi poster

Koi

Movie · as Fumiko Yano (2013)

2013
Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den poster

Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den

TV · 4 eps

2013
Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File poster

Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File

TV · as Chikage Matoya · 4 eps

2013
Kumokiri Nizaemon poster

Kumokiri Nizaemon

TV · 8 eps

2012
Devoted Cookbook poster

Devoted Cookbook

Movie

2012
Dearest poster

Dearest

Movie · as Kumiko Tsukamoto

2012
Helter Skelter poster

Helter Skelter

Movie · as Wachi Hisako

2012
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky poster

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky

Movie · as Midwife

2012
Innocent poster

Innocent

TV · 1 ep

2012
Rumiko Takahashi's Theatre poster

Rumiko Takahashi's Theatre

TV · as Tamayo Yoshimoto · 2 eps

2011
Milocrorze: A Love Story poster

Milocrorze: A Love Story

Movie · as Oryuu

2011
Rock: Wanko no Shima poster

Rock: Wanko no Shima

Movie

2011
Majutsu wa Sasayaku poster

Majutsu wa Sasayaku

Movie

2011
The Marriage Counselor poster

The Marriage Counselor

TV · as Mitsue Takakura · 11 eps

2010
Leonie poster

Leonie

Movie · as Umeko Tsuda

2010
Sunshine Ahead poster

Sunshine Ahead

Movie · as Hanae Kinjo

2010
Shooting Star poster

Shooting Star

TV · as Kazuko Okada · 10 eps

2010
Shinzanmono poster

Shinzanmono

TV · as Mineko Mitsui · 10 eps

2009
Dear My Love poster

Dear My Love

Movie · as Chihiro Tachibana

2009
Clouds Over the Hill poster

Clouds Over the Hill

TV · as 正岡八重 · 9 eps

2008
School Days with a Pig poster

School Days with a Pig

Movie · as Principal Takahara

2008
The Eleventh Hour poster

The Eleventh Hour

Movie · as Scared Japanese Prisoner

2008
追跡~失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎

追跡~失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎

TV · 1 ep

2007
Dororo poster

Dororo

Movie · as Yuri

2007
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven poster

Chacha: The Princess of Heaven

Movie · as Oichi

2006
Suite Dreams poster

Suite Dreams

Movie · as Yumi Hotta

2005
Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e poster

Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e

Movie

2005
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love poster

Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love

Movie · as Sayuri Iwamoto

2005
The Samurai I Loved poster

The Samurai I Loved

Movie · as Tose

2005
Aegis poster

Aegis

Movie · as Yoshie Miyazu

2005
Hachiro

Hachiro

TV · as Shina · 9 eps

2005
Aikurushii poster

Aikurushii

TV · as Yumi Mashiba · 11 eps

2004
Half a Confession poster

Half a Confession

Movie · as Keiko Kaji

2004
RUNAWAY poster

RUNAWAY

TV · 11 eps

2003
北の国から 記憶 前編 poster

北の国から 記憶 前編

Movie

2002
Out poster

Out

Movie · as Masako Katori

2002
Oriume

Oriume

Movie

2002
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass poster

Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

Movie · as Kaguya (voice)

2002
Mokuyo Kumikyoku poster

Mokuyo Kumikyoku

Movie

2002
北の国から記憶 poster

北の国から記憶

Movie

2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran' poster

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

Movie · as Self

2001
影の車(2001年版)

影の車(2001年版)

TV · 1 ep

2000
First Love poster

First Love

Movie · as Shizue Aida

2000
After the Rain poster

After the Rain

Movie · as Okin

2000
Off-Balance poster

Off-Balance

Movie · as Chiaki's Mother

1999
Haunted School 4 poster

Haunted School 4

Movie · as Harumi Kunimi

1999
Rainbow Cape poster

Rainbow Cape

Movie

1998
Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity poster

Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity

Movie

1998
Begging for Love poster

Begging for Love

Movie · as Terue Yamaoka

1998
Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss poster

Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss

Movie

1998
A Sleeping Forest poster

A Sleeping Forest

TV · 12 eps

1996
Village of Dreams poster

Village of Dreams

Movie · as Mizue Tashima

1996
SMAP×SMAP poster

SMAP×SMAP

TV · as Bistro Guest · 1 ep

1995
Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai

Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai

TV · 11 eps

1994
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown poster

Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown

Movie

1994
Uneasy Encounters poster

Uneasy Encounters

Movie

1993
Namiki-ie no Hitobito

Namiki-ie no Hitobito

TV · 11 eps

1991
My Sons poster

My Sons

Movie · as Reiko

1991
Strawberry Road poster

Strawberry Road

Movie

1990
Dreams poster

Dreams

Movie · as The Snow Fairy

1990
Making of 'Dreams' poster

Making of 'Dreams'

Movie · as Self

1990
Shikibu monogatari poster

Shikibu monogatari

Movie · as Terue Otomo

1989
Free and Easy 2 poster

Free and Easy 2

Movie

1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis poster

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

Movie · as Keiko Tatsumiya

1987
Manatsu Girl poster

Manatsu Girl

Movie

1986
House on Fire poster

House on Fire

Movie · as Keiko Yajima

1986
Portrait in Prussian Blue poster

Portrait in Prussian Blue

Movie

1986
The Greatest Man in the World poster

The Greatest Man in the World

Movie · as Yae

1986
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma poster

Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma

Movie · as Otaki

1985
Ran poster

Ran

Movie · as Lady Kaede

1984
The Fugitive Samurai poster

The Fugitive Samurai

Movie

1984
Lone Wolf and Cub poster

Lone Wolf and Cub

Movie · as Osen

1984
子連れ狼

子連れ狼

TV · 1 ep

1983
Modori River poster

Modori River

Movie · as Ayako

1982
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword poster

Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword

Movie

1981
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage poster

Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage

Movie

1981
The Dump Truck Rascal poster

The Dump Truck Rascal

Movie · as Yoriko Ozaki

1981
Somehow, Crystal poster

Somehow, Crystal

Movie · as Makiko

1980
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely poster

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

Movie · as Mie Shimazaki

1980
Wings of Icarus' Flight poster

Wings of Icarus' Flight

Movie

1980
Dreamy Fifteen poster

Dreamy Fifteen

Movie · as Shizu

1979
The Inferno poster

The Inferno

Movie · as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata

1979
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity poster

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Movie · as Akiko Negishi

1979
Nomugi Pass poster

Nomugi Pass

Movie

1978
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro poster

Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro

Movie

1978
The Fall of Ako Castle poster

The Fall of Ako Castle

Movie · as Hatsu Hashimoto

1978
Afterglow poster

Afterglow

Movie

1977
Flickering Flames poster

Flickering Flames

Movie

1977
Two Lovers Point poster

Two Lovers Point

Movie

1976
The Youth Killer poster

The Youth Killer

Movie · as Keiko Tsuneyota

1976
Frozen River poster

Frozen River

Movie

1976
Lullaby of the Earth poster

Lullaby of the Earth

Movie · as Rin

1976
Love in the North poster

Love in the North

Movie

1976
Permanent Blue poster

Permanent Blue

Movie

1975
Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka poster

Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka

Movie

1975
Mizuiro no toki poster

Mizuiro no toki

TV · as 今泉恭子(晋松の娘) · 156 eps

1974
Love Is in the Green Wind poster

Love Is in the Green Wind

Movie · as Yukiko Matsushima

1974
Tomodachi poster

Tomodachi

Movie