
Mieko Harada
Acting
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
2025Hidden Sun
Mako
2023And so I'm at a Loss
2022A Hundred Flowers
Yuriko
2022Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
Ume Tsuda (late years)
2022CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2021Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
Mieko Harada
2021Ashita o he guru
Narrator (voice)
2018Kohaku no yume
2018Maki
Mika
201868-Year-Old New Employee
Fumiko Niimoto
2018A Banana? At This Time of Night?
Hiroko Nohara
2017Lear on the Shore
Yukiko
2016If Cats Disappeared from the World
Postman's Mother
2015A Duel Tale
2014A Samurai Chronicle
2014Devoted Cookbook
2014Our Family
Reiko Wakana
2013Trespassing Bergman
Self
2013Miracle Apples
Mikami
2013Koi
Fumiko Yano (2013)
2012Devoted Cookbook
2012Dearest
Kumiko Tsukamoto
2012Helter Skelter
Wachi Hisako
2012The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
Midwife
