Acting · Toshima, Tokyo, Japan · Born December 26, 1958
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.
MovieI Don't Know You
2026
TVViral Hit
2026
as Miyuki Shimura
TVReboot
2026
as Ryoko Hayase
TVHey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
2026
as Ichinose Ema
TVRomantics Anonymous
2025
MovieHidden Sun
2025
as Mako
TVMy Story Is Long : 2025 Spring
2025
TVHouse of the Owl
2024
as Shiori Watanabe
MovieAnd so I'm at a Loss
2023
MovieA Hundred Flowers
2022
as Yuriko
MovieCLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022
MovieTsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
2022
as Ume Tsuda (late years)
MovieAshita o he guru
2021
as Narrator (voice)
MovieHoshi to Lemon no Heya
2021
as Mieko Harada
TVMy Story Is Long
2019
as Fusae Kishibe
TVJunichi
2019
as Ayuko
MovieA Banana? At This Time of Night?
2018
as Hiroko Nohara
MovieMaki
2018
as Mika
MovieKohaku no yume
2018
TVAn Invisible Cradle
2018
as Mie Sakaki
Movie68-Year-Old New Employee
2018
as Fumiko Niimoto
TV娘の結婚
2018
MovieLear on the Shore
2017
as Yukiko
TVAtypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo
2016
as Taeko Ishigami
MovieIf Cats Disappeared from the World
2016
as Postman's Mother
MovieA Duel Tale
2015
TVKekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
2015
The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love
2015
as 梨山里衣子
三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-
2015
MovieA Samurai Chronicle
2014
TVHello Life from 55
2014
MovieDevoted Cookbook
2014
MovieOur Family
2014
as Reiko Wakana
TVMozart in the Jungle
2014
as Sadako
TVThe Hours of My Life
2014
as Sawako Sawada
MovieKoi
2013
as Fumiko Yano (2013)
TVKaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
2013
as Chikage Matoya
MovieTrespassing Bergman
2013
as Self
MovieMiracle Apples
2013
as Mikami
TVKumokiri Nizaemon
2013
TVKa'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
2013
MovieDevoted Cookbook
2012
MovieThe Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
2012
as Midwife
MovieDearest
2012
as Kumiko Tsukamoto
MovieHelter Skelter
2012
as Wachi Hisako
TVRumiko Takahashi's Theatre
2012
as Tamayo Yoshimoto
TVInnocent
2012
MovieMajutsu wa Sasayaku
2011
MovieRock: Wanko no Shima
2011
TVThe Marriage Counselor
2011
as Mitsue Takakura
MovieMilocrorze: A Love Story
2011
as Oryuu
MovieLeonie
2010
as Umeko Tsuda
TVShooting Star
2010
as Kazuko Okada
MovieSunshine Ahead
2010
as Hanae Kinjo
TVShinzanmono
2010
as Mineko Mitsui
TVClouds Over the Hill
2009
as 正岡八重
MovieDear My Love
2009
as Chihiro Tachibana
MovieSchool Days with a Pig
2008
as Principal Takahara
追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎
2008
MovieThe Eleventh Hour
2008
as Scared Japanese Prisoner
MovieChacha: The Princess of Heaven
2007
as Oichi
MovieDororo
2007
as Yuri
MovieSuite Dreams
2006
as Yumi Hotta
MovieAsuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
2005
MovieThe Samurai I Loved
2005
as Tose
MovieAegis
2005
as Yoshie Miyazu
MovieHinokio: Inter Galactic Love
2005
as Sayuri Iwamoto
TVAikurushii
2005
as Yumi Mashiba
Hachiro
2005
as Shina
TVRUNAWAY
2004
MovieHalf a Confession
2004
as Keiko Kaji
Movie北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
MovieInuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
2002
as Kaguya (voice)
MovieAkira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
2002
as Self
MovieOut
2002
as Masako Katori
MovieMokuyo Kumikyoku
2002
Movie北の国から記憶
2002
Oriume
2002
影の車(2001年版)
2001
MovieFirst Love
2000
as Shizue Aida
MovieAfter the Rain
2000
as Okin
MovieOff-Balance
2000
as Chiaki's Mother
MovieHaunted School 4
1999
MovieRainbow Cape
1999
MovieFemale Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity
1998
TVA Sleeping Forest
1998
MovieBegging for Love
1998
as Terue Yamaoka
MovieFemale Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
1998
MovieVillage of Dreams
1996
as Mizue Tashima
TVSMAP×SMAP
1996
as Bistro Guest
Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai
1995
MoviePsychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994
MovieUneasy Encounters
1994
Namiki-ie no Hitobito
1993
MovieMy Sons
1991
as Reiko
MovieStrawberry Road
1991
MovieMaking of 'Dreams'
1990
as Self
MovieShikibu monogatari
1990
as Terue Otomo
MovieDreams
1990
as The Snow Fairy
MovieFree and Easy 2
1989
MovieTokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
as Keiko Tatsumiya
MovieManatsu Girl
1987
MovieThe Greatest Man in the World
1986
as Yae
MoviePortrait in Prussian Blue
1986
MovieHouse on Fire
1986
as Keiko Yajima
MovieBakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
1986
as Otaki
MovieRan
1985
as Lady Kaede
MovieLone Wolf and Cub
1984
as Osen
子連れ狼
1984
MovieThe Fugitive Samurai
1984
MovieModori River
1983
as Ayako
MovieKasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982
MovieKasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
1981
MovieSomehow, Crystal
1981
as Makiko
MovieThe Dump Truck Rascal
1981
as Yoriko Ozaki
MovieMister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980
as Mie Shimazaki
MovieDreamy Fifteen
1980
as Shizu
MovieWings of Icarus' Flight
1980
MovieNomugi Pass
1979
MovieThe Inferno
1979
as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
MovieAftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979
as Akiko Negishi
MovieThe Fall of Ako Castle
1978
as Hatsu Hashimoto
MovieTruck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
MovieAfterglow
1978
MovieTwo Lovers Point
1977
MovieFlickering Flames
1977
MovieLove in the North
1976
MovieThe Youth Killer
1976
as Keiko Tsuneyota
MoviePermanent Blue
1976
MovieLullaby of the Earth
1976
as Rin
MovieFrozen River
1976
MovieMinato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
1975
TVMizuiro no toki
1975
as 今泉恭子（晋松の娘）
MovieLove Is in the Green Wind
1974
as Yukiko Matsushima
MovieTomodachi
1974
