Name
Mieko Harada
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1958-12-26 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
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
Helter Skelter
(178 Votes)
6.7
Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experie...
Relase Date : 14 Jul, 2012
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The Youth Killer
(19 Votes)
6.5
Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their l...
Relase Date : 23 Oct, 1976
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After the Rain
(105 Votes)
7.3
A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy...
Relase Date : 22 Jan, 2000
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Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
(21 Votes)
6.5
Satoru, a wheelchair-bound elementary student, locks himself away from the outside world a...
Relase Date : 9 Jul, 2005
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Village of Dreams
(12 Votes)
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Tells of the childhood of two nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World ...
Relase Date : 13 Jul, 1996
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Our Family
(11 Votes)
7.2
The emotional journey of a four-member family that fails to recognize that it is rapidly g...
Relase Date : 24 May, 2014
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 2005 Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
- 2012 Devoted Cookbook
- 1990 Dreams as The Snow Fairy
- 1996 Village of Dreams as Mizue Tashima
- 2021 Hoshi to Lemon no Heya as Mieko Harada
- 2005 Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love as Sayuri Iwamoto
- 2007 Dororo as Yuri
- 2000 First Love as Shizue Aida
- 1988 Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Keiko Tatsumiya
- 2022 A Hundred Flowers as Yuriko
- 2005 The Samurai I Loved as Tose
- 1990 Making of 'Dreams' as Self
- 1976 The Youth Killer as Keiko Tsuneyota
- 2013 Trespassing Bergman as Self
- 2022 Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei as Ume Tsuda (late years)
- 2011 Milocrorze: A Love Story as Oryuu
- 1976 Frozen River
- 2012 Dearest as Kumiko Tsukamoto
- 2005 Aegis as Yoshie Miyazu
- 2014 A Samurai Chronicle
- 2010 Leonie as Umeko Tsuda
- 1980 Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely as Mie Shimazaki
- 2008 School Days with a Pig as Principal Takahara
- 1974 Love Is in the Green Wind as Yukiko Matsushima
- 1979 The Inferno as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
- 1980 Wings of Icarus' Flight
- 1998 Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity
- 2014 Devoted Cookbook
- 2000 After the Rain as Okin
- 2014 Our Family as Reiko Wakana
- 2011 Rock: Wanko no Shima
- 2023 And so I'm at a Loss
- 2004 Half a Confession as Keiko Kaji
- 2014 A Samurai Chronicle as Orie
- 1981 Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
- 2010 Sunshine Ahead as Hanae Kinjo
- 1980 Dreamy Fifteen as Shizu
- 1982 Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
- 2002 Out as Masako Katori
- 2021 Ashita o he guru as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 Begging for Love as Terue Yamaoka
- 1976 Lullaby of the Earth as Rin
- 2003 北の国から 記憶 前編
- 1985 Ran as Lady Kaede
- 1991 My Sons as Reiko
- 1986 House on Fire as Keiko Yajima
- 2012 Helter Skelter as Wachi Hisako
- 2015 The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love as 梨山里衣子
- 2002 Oriume
- 2006 Suite Dreams as Yumi Hotta
- 2016 If Cats Disappeared from the World as Postman's Mother
- 1977 Flickering Flames
- 2012 The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky as Midwife
- 1984 The Fugitive Samurai
- 1987 Manatsu Girl
- 1986 Portrait in Prussian Blue
- 2022 CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
- 1989 Free and Easy 2
- 2017 Lear on the Shore as Yukiko
- 1976 Love in the North
- 1981 The Dump Truck Rascal as Yoriko Ozaki
- 1994 Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
- 2013 Miracle Apples as Mikami
- 1978 Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
- 1978 The Fall of Ako Castle as Hatsu Hashimoto
- 2013 Koi as Fumiko Yano (2013)
- 1976 Permanent Blue
- 1998 Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
- 1983 Modori River as Ayako
- 2011 Majutsu wa Sasayaku
- 2015 A Duel Tale as Tatsu
- 2000 Off-Balance as Chiaki's Mother
- 1979 Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Akiko Negishi
- 2007 Chacha: The Princess of Heaven as Oichi
- 2018 Kohaku no yume
- 1979 Nomugi Pass
- 2009 Dear My Love as Chihiro Tachibana
- 1986 The Greatest Man in the World as Yae
- 2018 Maki as Mika
- 1990 Shikibu monogatari as Terue Otomo
- 2018 68-Year-Old New Employee as Fumiko Niimoto
- 2002 Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass as Kaguya (voice)
- 1999 Haunted School 4
- 1986 Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma as Otaki
- 2002 Mokuyo Kumikyoku
- 1994 Uneasy Encounters
- 1974 Tomodachi
- 2018 A Banana? At This Time of Night? as Hiroko Nohara
- 1981 Somehow, Crystal as Makiko
- 1991 Strawberry Road
- 2002 北の国から記憶
- 1975 Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
- 2025 Hidden Sun as Mako
- 1977 Two Lovers Point
- 1984 Lone Wolf and Cub as Osen
- 2008 The Eleventh Hour as Scared Japanese Prisoner
- 1999 Rainbow Cape
- 1978 Afterglow
- 2026 I Don't Know You
- 2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran' as Self
- 1998 A Sleeping Forest ( 12 episodes )
- 2013 Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den ( 4 episodes )
- 2014 Hello Life from 55 ( 5 episodes )
- 1995 Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai ( 11 episodes )
- 2004 RUNAWAY ( 11 episodes )
- 2005 Hachiro ( 9 episodes ) as Shina
- 1993 Namiki-ie no Hitobito ( 11 episodes )
- 2010 Shooting Star ( 10 episodes ) as Kazuko Okada
- 2001 影の車(2001年版) ( 1 episode )
- 2013 Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File ( 4 episodes ) as Chikage Matoya
- 2011 The Marriage Counselor ( 11 episodes ) as Mitsue Takakura
- 2005 Aikurushii ( 11 episodes ) as Yumi Mashiba
- 2008 追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎 ( 1 episode )
- 2010 Shinzanmono ( 10 episodes ) as Mineko Mitsui
- 2016 Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo ( 9 episodes ) as Taeko Ishigami
- 2015 Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni ( 10 episodes )
- 2013 Kumokiri Nizaemon ( 8 episodes )
- 1996 SMAP×SMAP ( 1 episode ) as Bistro Guest
- 2015 三面記事の女たち-愛の巣- ( 1 episode )
- 2018 An Invisible Cradle ( 10 episodes ) as Mie Sakaki
- 2019 Junichi ( 1 episode ) as Ayuko
- 2014 The Hours of My Life ( 11 episodes ) as Sawako Sawada
- 1975 Mizuiro no toki ( 156 episodes ) as 今泉恭子（晋松の娘）
- 2024 House of the Owl ( 10 episodes ) as Shiori Watanabe
- 2019 My Story Is Long ( 10 episodes ) as Fusae Kishibe
- 2012 Innocent ( 1 episode )
- 2014 Mozart in the Jungle ( 2 episodes ) as Sadako
- 2018 娘の結婚 ( 1 episode )
- 2012 Rumiko Takahashi's Theatre ( 2 episodes ) as Tamayo Yoshimoto
- 1984 子連れ狼 ( 1 episode )
- 2009 Clouds Over the Hill ( 9 episodes ) as 正岡八重
- 2025 Romantics Anonymous ( 8 episodes ) as [Participant]
- 2026 Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open! ( 8 episodes ) as Ichinose Ema
- 2026 Reboot ( 10 episodes ) as Ryoko Hayase
- 2026 Viral Hit ( 6 episodes ) as Miyuki Shimura
- 2026 Brother, Sister ( 2 episodes ) as Reiko Haruki
