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.

Known For

Viral Hit

SMAP×SMAP

My Story Is Long : 2025 Spring

Mozart in the Jungle

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni

Clouds Over the Hill

Love Is in the Green Wind

All Movies (99)

• I Don't Know You2026
• Hidden Sun2025 · as Mako
• And so I'm at a Loss2023
• A Hundred Flowers2022 · 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 Ryugakusei2022 · as Ume Tsuda (late years)
• Ashita o he guru2021 · as Narrator (voice)
• Hoshi to Lemon no Heya2021 · as Mieko Harada
• A Banana? At This Time of Night?2018 · as Hiroko Nohara
• Maki2018 · as Mika
• Kohaku no yume2018
• 68-Year-Old New Employee2018 · as Fumiko Niimoto
• Lear on the Shore2017 · as Yukiko
• If Cats Disappeared from the World2016 · as Postman's Mother
• A Duel Tale2015
• The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love2015 · as 梨山里衣子
• A Samurai Chronicle2014
• A Samurai Chronicle2014 · as Orie
• Devoted Cookbook2014
• Our Family2014 · as Reiko Wakana
• Koi2013 · as Fumiko Yano (2013)
• Trespassing Bergman2013 · as Self
• Miracle Apples2013 · as Mikami
• Devoted Cookbook2012
• The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky2012 · as Midwife
• Dearest2012 · as Kumiko Tsukamoto
• Helter Skelter2012 · as Wachi Hisako
• Majutsu wa Sasayaku2011
• Rock: Wanko no Shima2011
• Milocrorze: A Love Story2011 · as Oryuu
• Leonie2010 · as Umeko Tsuda
• Sunshine Ahead2010 · as Hanae Kinjo
• Dear My Love2009 · as Chihiro Tachibana
• School Days with a Pig2008 · as Principal Takahara
• The Eleventh Hour2008 · as Scared Japanese Prisoner
• Chacha: The Princess of Heaven2007 · as Oichi
• Dororo2007 · as Yuri
• Suite Dreams2006 · as Yumi Hotta
• Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e2005
• The Samurai I Loved2005 · as Tose
• Aegis2005 · as Yoshie Miyazu
• Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love2005 · as Sayuri Iwamoto
• Half a Confession2004 · as Keiko Kaji
• 北の国から 記憶 前編2003
• Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass2002 · as Kaguya (voice)
• Out2002 · as Masako Katori
• Mokuyo Kumikyoku2002
• 北の国から記憶2002
• Oriume2002
• First Love2000 · as Shizue Aida
• After the Rain2000 · as Okin
• Off-Balance2000 · as Chiaki's Mother
• Haunted School 41999
• Rainbow Cape1999
• Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity1998
• Begging for Love1998 · as Terue Yamaoka
• Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss1998
• Village of Dreams1996 · as Mizue Tashima
• Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown1994
• Uneasy Encounters1994
• My Sons1991 · as Reiko
• Strawberry Road1991
• Making of 'Dreams'1990 · as Self
• Shikibu monogatari1990 · as Terue Otomo
• Dreams1990 · as The Snow Fairy
• Free and Easy 21989
• Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis1988 · as Keiko Tatsumiya
• Manatsu Girl1987
• The Greatest Man in the World1986 · as Yae
• Portrait in Prussian Blue1986
• House on Fire1986 · as Keiko Yajima
• Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma1986 · as Otaki
• Ran1985 · as Lady Kaede
• Lone Wolf and Cub1984 · as Osen
• The Fugitive Samurai1984
• Modori River1983
• Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword1982
• Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage1981
• Somehow, Crystal1981 · as Makiko
• The Dump Truck Rascal1981 · as Yoriko Ozaki
• Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely1980 · as Mie Shimazaki
• Dreamy Fifteen1980 · as Shizu
• Wings of Icarus' Flight1980
• Nomugi Pass1979
• The Inferno1979 · as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
• Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity1979 · as Akiko Negishi
• The Fall of Ako Castle1978 · as Hatsu Hashimoto
• Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro1978
• Afterglow1978
• Two Lovers Point1977
• Flickering Flames1977
• Love in the North1976
• The Youth Killer1976 · as Keiko Tsuneyota
• Permanent Blue1976
• Lullaby of the Earth1976 · as Rin
• Frozen River1976
• Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka1975
• Love Is in the Green Wind1974 · as Yukiko Matsushima
• Tomodachi1974

All TV Shows (36)

• Viral Hit2026 · as Miyuki Shimura
• Reboot2026 · as Ryoko Hayase
• Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!2026 · as Ichinose Ema
• Romantics Anonymous2025
• My Story Is Long : 2025 Spring2025
• House of the Owl2024 · as Shiori Watanabe
• My Story Is Long2019 · as Fusae Kishibe
• Junichi2019 · as Ayuko
• An Invisible Cradle2018 · as Mie Sakaki
• 娘の結婚2018
• Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo2016 · as Taeko Ishigami
• Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni2015
• 三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-2015
• Hello Life from 552014
• Mozart in the Jungle2014 · as Sadako
• The Hours of My Life2014 · as Sawako Sawada
• Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File2013 · as Chikage Matoya
• Kumokiri Nizaemon2013
• Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den2013
• 高橋留美子劇場2012 · as 요시모토 타마요
• Innocent2012
• The Marriage Counselor2011 · as Mitsue Takakura
• Shooting Star2010 · as Kazuko Okada
• Shinzanmono2010 · as Mineko Mitsui
• Clouds Over the Hill2009 · as 正岡八重
• 追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎2008
• Aikurushii2005 · as Yumi Mashiba
• Hachiro2005 · as Shina
• RUNAWAY2004
• 影の車(2001年版)2001
• A Sleeping Forest1998
• SMAP×SMAP1996 · as Bistro Guest
• Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai1995
• Namiki-ie no Hitobito1993
• 子連れ狼1984
• Mizuiro no toki1975 · as 今泉恭子（晋松の娘）