Acting
Mieko Harada
Born 1958-12-26
Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Mieko Harada
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Ran
1985
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Dreams
1990
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SMAP×SMAP
1996
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Mozart in the Jungle
2014
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Helter Skelter
2012
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Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
2002
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Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
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Dororo
2007
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The Hours of My Life
2014
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Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
2015
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (140 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | あにいもうと | Reiko Haruki | TV Series | 2026 |
 | I Don't Know You | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 |
 | Viral Hit | Miyuki Shimura | TV Series | 2026 |
 | Reboot | Ryoko Hayase | TV Series | 2026 |
 | Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open! | Ichinose Ema | TV Series | 2026 |
 | Romantics Anonymous | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Hidden Sun | Mako | Movie | 2025 |
 | House of the Owl | Shiori Watanabe | TV Series | 2024 |
 | And so I'm at a Loss | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2023 |
 | A Hundred Flowers | Yuriko | Movie | 2022 |
 | CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2022 |
 | Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei | Ume Tsuda (late years) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Ashita o he guru | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2021 |
 | Hoshi to Lemon no Heya | Mieko Harada | Movie | 2021 |
 | My Story Is Long | Fusae Kishibe | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Junichi | Ayuko | TV Series | 2019 |
 | A Banana? At This Time of Night? | Hiroko Nohara | Movie | 2018 |
 | Maki | Mika | Movie | 2018 |
 | Kohaku no yume | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2018 |
 | An Invisible Cradle | Mie Sakaki | TV Series | 2018 |
 | 68-Year-Old New Employee | Fumiko Niimoto | Movie | 2018 |
 | 娘の結婚 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Lear on the Shore | Yukiko | Movie | 2017 |
 | Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo | Taeko Ishigami | TV Series | 2016 |
 | If Cats Disappeared from the World | Postman's Mother | Movie | 2016 |
 | A Duel Tale | Tatsu | Movie | 2015 |
 | Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2015 |
| The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love | 梨山里衣子 | Movie | 2015 | |
| 三面記事の女たち-愛の巣- | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2015 | |
 | A Samurai Chronicle | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2014 |
| A Samurai Chronicle | Orie | Movie | 2014 |
 | Hello Life from 55 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Devoted Cookbook | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2014 |
 | Our Family | Reiko Wakana | Movie | 2014 |
 | Mozart in the Jungle | Sadako | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Hours of My Life | Sawako Sawada | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Koi | Fumiko Yano (2013) | Movie | 2013 |
 | Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File | Chikage Matoya | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Trespassing Bergman | Self | Movie | 2013 |
 | Miracle Apples | Mikami | Movie | 2013 |
 | Kumokiri Nizaemon | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Devoted Cookbook | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky | Midwife | Movie | 2012 |
 | Dearest | Kumiko Tsukamoto | Movie | 2012 |
 | Helter Skelter | Wachi Hisako | Movie | 2012 |
 | Rumiko Takahashi's Theatre | Tamayo Yoshimoto | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Innocent | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Majutsu wa Sasayaku | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2011 |
 | Rock: Wanko no Shima | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Marriage Counselor | Mitsue Takakura | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Milocrorze: A Love Story | Oryuu | Movie | 2011 |
 | Leonie | Umeko Tsuda | Movie | 2010 |
 | Shooting Star | Kazuko Okada | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Sunshine Ahead | Hanae Kinjo | Movie | 2010 |
 | Shinzanmono | Mineko Mitsui | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Clouds Over the Hill | 正岡八重 | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Dear My Love | Chihiro Tachibana | Movie | 2009 |
 | School Days with a Pig | Principal Takahara | Movie | 2008 |
| 追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2008 | |
 | The Eleventh Hour | Scared Japanese Prisoner | Movie | 2008 |
 | Chacha: The Princess of Heaven | Oichi | Movie | 2007 |
 | Dororo | Yuri | Movie | 2007 |
 | Suite Dreams | Yumi Hotta | Movie | 2006 |
 | Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Samurai I Loved | Tose | Movie | 2005 |
 | Aegis | Yoshie Miyazu | Movie | 2005 |
 | Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love | Sayuri Iwamoto | Movie | 2005 |
 | Aikurushii | Yumi Mashiba | TV Series | 2005 |
| Hachiro | Shina | TV Series | 2005 | |
 | Otakus in Love | Art Designer | Movie | 2004 |
 | RUNAWAY | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Half a Confession | Keiko Kaji | Movie | 2004 |
 | 北の国から 記憶 前編 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2003 |
 | Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass | Kaguya (voice) | Movie | 2002 |
 | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran' | Self | Movie | 2002 |
 | Out | Masako Katori | Movie | 2002 |
 | Mokuyo Kumikyoku | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2002 |
 | 北の国から記憶 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2002 |
| Oriume | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2002 | |
| 影の車(2001年版) | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2001 | |
 | First Love | Shizue Aida | Movie | 2000 |
 | After the Rain | Okin | Movie | 2000 |
 | Off-Balance | Chiaki's Mother | Movie | 2000 |
 | Haunted School 4 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1999 |
 | Rainbow Cape | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1999 |
 | Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1998 |
 | A Sleeping Forest | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Begging for Love | Terue Yamaoka | Movie | 1998 |
 | Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1998 |
 | Village of Dreams | Mizue Tashima | Movie | 1996 |
 | SMAP×SMAP | Bistro Guest | TV Series | 1996 |
| Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1995 | |
 | Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1994 |
 | Uneasy Encounters | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1994 |
| Namiki-ie no Hitobito | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1993 | |
 | My Sons | Reiko | Movie | 1991 |
 | Strawberry Road | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1991 |
 | Making of 'Dreams' | Self | Movie | 1990 |
 | Shikibu monogatari | Terue Otomo | Movie | 1990 |
 | Dreams | The Snow Fairy | Movie | 1990 |
 | Free and Easy 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1989 |
 | Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis | Keiko Tatsumiya | Movie | 1988 |
 | Manatsu Girl | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | The Half Moon | Original Story | Movie | 1987 |
 | The Greatest Man in the World | Yae | Movie | 1986 |
 | Portrait in Prussian Blue | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1986 |
 | House on Fire | Keiko Yajima | Movie | 1986 |
 | Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma | Otaki | Movie | 1986 |
 | Ran | Lady Kaede | Movie | 1985 |
 | Lone Wolf and Cub | Osen | Movie | 1984 |
| 子連れ狼 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1984 | |
 | The Fugitive Samurai | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1984 |
 | Modori River | Ayako | Movie | 1983 |
 | Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1982 |
 | Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1981 |
 | Somehow, Crystal | Makiko | Movie | 1981 |
 | The Dump Truck Rascal | Yoriko Ozaki | Movie | 1981 |
 | Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely | Mie Shimazaki | Movie | 1980 |
| Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely | Writer | Movie | 1980 |
| Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely | Producer | Movie | 1980 |
 | Dreamy Fifteen | Shizu | Movie | 1980 |
 | Wings of Icarus' Flight | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1980 |
 | Nomugi Pass | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Inferno | Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata | Movie | 1979 |
 | Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity | Akiko Negishi | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Fall of Ako Castle | Hatsu Hashimoto | Movie | 1978 |
 | Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1978 |
 | Afterglow | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1978 |
 | Two Lovers Point | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
 | Flickering Flames | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
 | Love in the North | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Youth Killer | Keiko Tsuneyota | Movie | 1976 |
 | Permanent Blue | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | Lullaby of the Earth | Rin | Movie | 1976 |
 | Frozen River | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | Mizuiro no toki | 今泉恭子（晋松の娘） | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Love Is in the Green Wind | Yukiko Matsushima | Movie | 1974 |
 | Tomodachi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |