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.
Filmography
I Don't Know You
2026
Hidden Sun
2025
as Mako
And so I'm at a Loss
2023
A Hundred Flowers
2022
as Yuriko
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
2022
as Ume Tsuda (late years)
Ashita o he guru
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
2021
as Mieko Harada
A Banana? At This Time of Night?
2018
as Hiroko Nohara
Maki
2018
as Mika
Kohaku no yume
2018
68-Year-Old New Employee
2018
as Fumiko Niimoto
Lear on the Shore
2017
as Yukiko
If Cats Disappeared from the World
2016
as Postman's Mother
A Duel Tale
2015
as Tatsu
- No poster
The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love
2015
as 梨山里衣子
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
as Orie
Devoted Cookbook
2014
Our Family
2014
as Reiko Wakana
Koi
2013
as Fumiko Yano (2013)
Trespassing Bergman
2013
as Self
Miracle Apples
2013
as Mikami
Devoted Cookbook
2012