
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
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Filmography

I Don't Know You
Movie
The Empty Vessel
Movie · as Fumiko

Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
TV · as Ichinose Ema · 8 eps

Reboot
TV · as Ryoko Hayase · 10 eps

Viral Hit
TV · as Miyuki Shimura · 6 eps

Brother, Sister
TV · as Reiko Haruki · 5 eps

Hidden Sun
Movie · as Mako

Romantics Anonymous
TV · as [Participant] · 8 eps

House of the Owl
TV · as Shiori Watanabe · 10 eps

And so I'm at a Loss
Movie

A Hundred Flowers
Movie · as Yuriko

Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
Movie · as Ume Tsuda (late years)

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

Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
Movie · as Mieko Harada

Ashita o he guru
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Junichi
TV · as Ayuko · 1 ep

My Story Is Long
TV · as Fusae Kishibe · 10 eps

Kohaku no yume
Movie

Maki
Movie · as Mika

68-Year-Old New Employee
Movie · as Fumiko Niimoto

A Banana? At This Time of Night?
Movie · as Hiroko Nohara

An Invisible Cradle
TV · as Mie Sakaki · 10 eps

娘の結婚
TV · 1 ep

Lear on the Shore
Movie · as Yukiko

If Cats Disappeared from the World
Movie · as Postman's Mother

Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo
TV · as Taeko Ishigami · 9 eps
The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love
Movie · as 梨山里衣子

A Duel Tale
Movie · as Tatsu

Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
TV · 10 eps
三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-
TV · 1 ep

A Samurai Chronicle
Movie · as Orie

Devoted Cookbook
Movie

Our Family
Movie · as Reiko Wakana

Hello Life from 55
TV · 5 eps

The Hours of My Life
TV · as Sawako Sawada · 11 eps

Mozart in the Jungle
TV · as Sadako · 2 eps

Trespassing Bergman
Movie · as Self

Miracle Apples
Movie · as Mikami

Koi
Movie · as Fumiko Yano (2013)

Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
TV · 4 eps

Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
TV · as Chikage Matoya · 4 eps

Kumokiri Nizaemon
TV · 8 eps

Devoted Cookbook
Movie

Dearest
Movie · as Kumiko Tsukamoto

Helter Skelter
Movie · as Wachi Hisako

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
Movie · as Midwife

Innocent
TV · 1 ep

Rumiko Takahashi's Theatre
TV · as Tamayo Yoshimoto · 2 eps

Milocrorze: A Love Story
Movie · as Oryuu

Rock: Wanko no Shima
Movie

Majutsu wa Sasayaku
Movie

The Marriage Counselor
TV · as Mitsue Takakura · 11 eps

Leonie
Movie · as Umeko Tsuda

Sunshine Ahead
Movie · as Hanae Kinjo

Shooting Star
TV · as Kazuko Okada · 10 eps

Shinzanmono
TV · as Mineko Mitsui · 10 eps

Dear My Love
Movie · as Chihiro Tachibana

Clouds Over the Hill
TV · as 正岡八重 · 9 eps

School Days with a Pig
Movie · as Principal Takahara

The Eleventh Hour
Movie · as Scared Japanese Prisoner
追跡~失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎
TV · 1 ep

Dororo
Movie · as Yuri

Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Movie · as Oichi

Suite Dreams
Movie · as Yumi Hotta

Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
Movie

Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
Movie · as Sayuri Iwamoto

The Samurai I Loved
Movie · as Tose

Aegis
Movie · as Yoshie Miyazu
Hachiro
TV · as Shina · 9 eps

Aikurushii
TV · as Yumi Mashiba · 11 eps

Half a Confession
Movie · as Keiko Kaji

RUNAWAY
TV · 11 eps

北の国から 記憶 前編
Movie

Out
Movie · as Masako Katori
Oriume
Movie

Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
Movie · as Kaguya (voice)

Mokuyo Kumikyoku
Movie

北の国から記憶
Movie

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
Movie · as Self
影の車(2001年版)
TV · 1 ep

First Love
Movie · as Shizue Aida

After the Rain
Movie · as Okin

Off-Balance
Movie · as Chiaki's Mother

Haunted School 4
Movie · as Harumi Kunimi

Rainbow Cape
Movie

Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity
Movie

Begging for Love
Movie · as Terue Yamaoka

Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
Movie

A Sleeping Forest
TV · 12 eps

Village of Dreams
Movie · as Mizue Tashima

SMAP×SMAP
TV · as Bistro Guest · 1 ep
Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai
TV · 11 eps

Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
Movie

Uneasy Encounters
Movie
Namiki-ie no Hitobito
TV · 11 eps

My Sons
Movie · as Reiko

Strawberry Road
Movie

Dreams
Movie · as The Snow Fairy

Making of 'Dreams'
Movie · as Self

Shikibu monogatari
Movie · as Terue Otomo

Free and Easy 2
Movie

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Movie · as Keiko Tatsumiya

Manatsu Girl
Movie

House on Fire
Movie · as Keiko Yajima

Portrait in Prussian Blue
Movie

The Greatest Man in the World
Movie · as Yae

Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
Movie · as Otaki

Ran
Movie · as Lady Kaede

The Fugitive Samurai
Movie

Lone Wolf and Cub
Movie · as Osen
子連れ狼
TV · 1 ep

Modori River
Movie · as Ayako

Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
Movie

Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
Movie

The Dump Truck Rascal
Movie · as Yoriko Ozaki

Somehow, Crystal
Movie · as Makiko

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Movie · as Mie Shimazaki

Wings of Icarus' Flight
Movie

Dreamy Fifteen
Movie · as Shizu

The Inferno
Movie · as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Movie · as Akiko Negishi

Nomugi Pass
Movie

Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
Movie

The Fall of Ako Castle
Movie · as Hatsu Hashimoto

Afterglow
Movie

Flickering Flames
Movie

Two Lovers Point
Movie

The Youth Killer
Movie · as Keiko Tsuneyota

Frozen River
Movie

Lullaby of the Earth
Movie · as Rin

Love in the North
Movie

Permanent Blue
Movie

Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
Movie

Mizuiro no toki
TV · as 今泉恭子(晋松の娘) · 156 eps

Love Is in the Green Wind
Movie · as Yukiko Matsushima

Tomodachi
Movie





