Acting
Mieko Harada
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.
Movies with Mieko Harada
Ran
1985
Love Is in the Green Wind
1974
Helter Skelter
2012
Dreams
1990
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
2002
Leonie
2010
House on Fire
1986
Village of Dreams
1996
Aegis
2005
Modori River
1983
The Inferno
1979
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
Dororo
2007
After the Rain
2000
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
Half a Confession
2004
I Don't Know You
2026
Begging for Love
1998
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
Trespassing Bergman
2013
Out
2002
If Cats Disappeared from the World
2016
Dearest
2012
Lullaby of the Earth
1976
The Youth Killer
1976
A Banana? At This Time of Night?
2018
Devoted Cookbook
2012
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
2005
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
School Days with a Pig
2008
Dreamy Fifteen
1980
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
2012
A Hundred Flowers
2022
Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
2022
My Sons
1991
A Duel Tale
2015
First Love
2000
Suite Dreams
2006
Miracle Apples
2013
Nomugi Pass
1979
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
Uneasy Encounters
1994
Our Family
2014
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982
The Samurai I Loved
2005
Kohaku no yume
2018
Dear My Love
2009
Lear on the Shore
2017
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980
Milocrorze: A Love Story
2011
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
2011
Koi
2013
And so I'm at a Loss
2023
Devoted Cookbook
2014
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
2007
Frozen River
1976
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994
Tomodachi
1974
Free and Easy 2
1989
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
Oriume
2002
Permanent Blue
1976
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
1986
Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
2005
Off-Balance
2000
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
1981
The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love
2015
Sunshine Ahead
2010
Lone Wolf and Cub
1984
Love in the North
1976
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Haunted School 4
1999
68-Year-Old New Employee
2018
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
The Dump Truck Rascal
1981
北の国から記憶
2002
Strawberry Road
1991
Flickering Flames
1977
Shikibu monogatari
1990
The Greatest Man in the World
1986
Portrait in Prussian Blue
1986
The Eleventh Hour
2008
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
2021
Manatsu Girl
1987
Mokuyo Kumikyoku
2002
Somehow, Crystal
1981
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022
Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
1998
Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
1975
Two Lovers Point
1977
Hidden Sun
2025
Afterglow
1978
Rainbow Cape
1999
Maki
2018
Ashita o he guru
2021
Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity
1998
TV Shows with Mieko Harada
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
SMAP×SMAP
1996
Viral Hit
2026
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Clouds Over the Hill
2009
Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
2015
My Story Is Long : 2025 Spring
2025
Reboot
2026
Mizuiro no toki
1975
Romantics Anonymous
2025
House of the Owl
2024
My Story Is Long
2019
Innocent
2012
The Hours of My Life
2014
Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
2013
Junichi
2019
A Sleeping Forest
1998
Shinzanmono
2010
Shooting Star
2010
Aikurushii
2005
An Invisible Cradle
2018
Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo
2016
RUNAWAY
2004
The Marriage Counselor
2011
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
2026
娘の結婚
2018
子連れ狼
1984
Namiki-ie no Hitobito
1993
Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
2013
Hello Life from 55
2014
高橋留美子劇場
2012
Hachiro
2005
影の車(2001年版)
2001
三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-
2015
Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai
1995
追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎
2008