Mieko Harada
98 movies · 36 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 26, 1958 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- 原田 美枝子 · میکو هارادا
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.
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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.
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Known for
Mieko Harada: movies and TV shows
Acting (132)
- Upcoming
- 2026
- 2026
- 2026
- 2026
- 2025
- 2025 Hidden Sun
as Mako
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022 A Hundred Flowers
as Yuriko
- 2022
- 2022 Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
as Ume Tsuda (late years)
- 2021 Ashita o he guru
as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
as Mieko Harada
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018 A Banana? At This Time of Night?
as Hiroko Nohara
- 2018 Maki
as Mika
- 2018
- 2018
- 2018 68-Year-Old New Employee
as Fumiko Niimoto
- 2018
- 2017 Lear on the Shore
as Yukiko
- 2016
- 2016 If Cats Disappeared from the World
as Postman's Mother
- 2015 A Duel Tale
as Tatsu
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014 A Samurai Chronicle
as Orie
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Our Family
as Reiko Wakana
- 2014
- 2014
- 2013 Koi
as Fumiko Yano (2013)
- 2013
- 2013 Miracle Apples
as Mikami
- 2013
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012 The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
as Midwife
- 2012 Dearest
as Kumiko Tsukamoto
- 2012 Helter Skelter
as Wachi Hisako
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011 Milocrorze: A Love Story
as Oryuu
- 2010 Leonie
as Umeko Tsuda
- 2010
- 2010 Sunshine Ahead
as Hanae Kinjo
- 2010
- 2009
- 2009 Dear My Love
as Chihiro Tachibana
- 2008 School Days with a Pig
as Principal Takahara
- 2008
- 2008 The Eleventh Hour
as Scared Japanese Prisoner
- 2007 Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
as Oichi
- 2007 Dororo
as Yuri
- 2006 Suite Dreams
as Yumi Hotta
- 2005
- 2005 The Samurai I Loved
as Tose
- 2005 Aegis
as Yoshie Miyazu
- 2005 Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
as Sayuri Iwamoto
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 Half a Confession
as Keiko Kaji
- 2003
- 2002 Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
as Kaguya (voice)
- 2002 Out
as Masako Katori
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000 First Love
as Shizue Aida
- 2000 After the Rain
as Okin
- 2000 Off-Balance
as Chiaki's Mother
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998 Begging for Love
as Terue Yamaoka
- 1998
- 1996 Village of Dreams
as Mizue Tashima
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994
- 1993
- 1991 My Sons
as Reiko
- 1991
- 1990 Shikibu monogatari
as Terue Otomo
- 1990 Dreams
as The Snow Fairy
- 1989
- 1988 Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Keiko Tatsumiya
- 1987
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986 House on Fire
as Keiko Yajima
- 1986
- 1985 Ran
as Lady Kaede
- 1984 Lone Wolf and Cub
as Osen
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983 Modori River
as Ayako
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981 Somehow, Crystal
as Makiko
- 1981 The Dump Truck Rascal
as Yoriko Ozaki
- 1980 Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
as Mie Shimazaki
- 1980 Dreamy Fifteen
as Shizu
- 1980
- 1979
- 1979 The Inferno
as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
- 1979 Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Akiko Negishi
- 1978 The Fall of Ako Castle
as Hatsu Hashimoto
- 1978
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976 The Youth Killer
as Keiko Tsuneyota
- 1976
- 1976 Lullaby of the Earth
as Rin
- 1976
- 1975
- 1975
- 1974 Love Is in the Green Wind
as Yukiko Matsushima
- 1974
Behind the camera (3)
- 2004 Otakus in Love
Art Designer
- 1987 The Half Moon
Original Story
- 1980 Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Writer, Producer
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2013
- 2002
- 1990