Acting

Mieko Harada

Born 1958-12-26 · Toshima, Tokyo, Japan

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.

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Newest first

あにいもうと
as Reiko Haruki
2026
I Don't Know You
2026
Viral Hit
as Miyuki Shimura
2026
Reboot
as Ryoko Hayase
2026
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
as Ichinose Ema
2026
Romantics Anonymous
as [Participant]
2025
Hidden Sun
as Mako
2025
House of the Owl
as Shiori Watanabe
2024
And so I'm at a Loss
2023
A Hundred Flowers
as Yuriko
2022
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022
Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
as Ume Tsuda (late years)
2022
Ashita o he guru
as Narrator (voice)
2021
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
as Mieko Harada
2021
My Story Is Long
as Fusae Kishibe
2019
Junichi
as Ayuko
2019
A Banana? At This Time of Night?
as Hiroko Nohara
2018
Maki
as Mika
2018
Kohaku no yume
2018
An Invisible Cradle
as Mie Sakaki
2018
68-Year-Old New Employee
as Fumiko Niimoto
2018
娘の結婚
2018
Lear on the Shore
as Yukiko
2017
Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo
as Taeko Ishigami
2016
If Cats Disappeared from the World
as Postman's Mother
2016
A Duel Tale
as Tatsu
2015
Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
2015
The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love
as 梨山里衣子
2015
三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-
2015
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
A Samurai Chronicle
as Orie
2014
Hello Life from 55
2014
Devoted Cookbook
2014
Our Family
as Reiko Wakana
2014
Mozart in the Jungle
as Sadako
2014
The Hours of My Life
as Sawako Sawada
2014
Koi
as Fumiko Yano (2013)
2013
Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
as Chikage Matoya
2013
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
2013
Miracle Apples
as Mikami
2013
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
2013
Devoted Cookbook
2012
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
as Midwife
2012
Dearest
as Kumiko Tsukamoto
2012
Helter Skelter
as Wachi Hisako
2012
Rumiko Takahashi's Theatre
as Tamayo Yoshimoto
2012
Innocent
2012
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
2011
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
The Marriage Counselor
as Mitsue Takakura
2011
Milocrorze: A Love Story
as Oryuu
2011
Leonie
as Umeko Tsuda
2010
Shooting Star
as Kazuko Okada
2010
Sunshine Ahead
as Hanae Kinjo
2010
Shinzanmono
as Mineko Mitsui
2010
Clouds Over the Hill
as 正岡八重
2009
Dear My Love
as Chihiro Tachibana
2009
School Days with a Pig
as Principal Takahara
2008
追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎
2008
The Eleventh Hour
as Scared Japanese Prisoner
2008
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
as Oichi
2007
Dororo
as Yuri
2007
Suite Dreams
as Yumi Hotta
2006
Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
2005
The Samurai I Loved
as Tose
2005
Aegis
as Yoshie Miyazu
2005
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
as Sayuri Iwamoto
2005
Aikurushii
as Yumi Mashiba
2005
Hachiro
as Shina
2005
Otakus in Love
Art Designer
2004
RUNAWAY
2004
Half a Confession
as Keiko Kaji
2004
北の国から記憶前編
2003
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
as Kaguya (voice)
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
as Self
2002
Out
as Masako Katori
2002
Mokuyo Kumikyoku
2002
北の国から記憶
2002
Oriume
2002