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1958-12-26 · 日本・東京都豊島区 · Female

13 series in the catalog

Mieko Harada (原田 美枝子, Harada Mieko; born December 26, 1958) is a Japanese actress. She has played various roles in many films and Japanese television drama series since 1974.

Career

Harada most notably portrayed Lady Kaede in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 film Ran, and further collaborated with him in his 1990 film Dreams. Harada also provided the voice for Kaguya in the 2002 anime film InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass.

Harada 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.

Personal life

Harada has been married to actor and singer Ryo Ishibashi since 1987 and has three children (two daughters and one son).

Film

Lullaby of the Earth (1976)

The Youth Killer (1976)

Torakku Yarō: Totsugeki ichibanboshi (1978)

The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

Ah! Nomugi Toge (1979)

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979)

Jigoku (1979)

Ran (1985) – Lady Kaede

Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryōma (1986) – Oryō

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)

Tsuribaka Nisshi 2 (1989)

Dreams (1990)

Shikibu Monogatari (1990)

My Sons (1991)

Strawberry Road (1991)

Village of Dreams (1996)

Begging for Love (1998)

After the Rain (1999)

First Love (2000)

Off-Balance (2001)

Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002) – Kaguya (voice)

Out (2002)

Half a Confession (2004)

Hinokio (2005)

The Samurai I Loved (2005)

The Uchōten Hotel (2006)

Dororo (2007)

Hōtai Club (2007)

School Days with a Pig (2008)

Leonie (2010)

Isoroku (2011)

Dearest (2012)

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky (2012)

Helter Skelter (2012)

A Samurai Chronicle (2014) – Orie Toda

Our Family (2014) – Reiko Wakaba

If Cats Disappeared From the World (2016)

Lear on the Shore (2017)

Maki (2018)

A Banana? At This Time of Night? (2018)

A Hundred Flowers (2022) – Yuriko Kasai

And So I'm at a Loss (2023)

I Don't Know You(2026), Michiyo

Television

Naruto Hichō (1977–78)

Kita no Kuni kara (1981–2002) – Ryoko

Taiheiki (1991) – Ano Renshi

Nemureru Mori (1998) – Makiko Hamazaki

Hojo Tokimune (2001) - Kikyo

The Family (2007) – Yasuko Manpyō

Clouds Over the Hill (2009–11) – Yae Masaoka

Nagareboshi (2010) – Kazuko Okada

On (2016) – Taeko Ishigami

Mozart in the Jungle (2018) – Sadako

Chimudondon (2022) – Fusako Ōshiro

Umeko: The Face of Female Education (2022) – old Tsuda Umeko / narrator

House of the Owl (2024) – Prime Minister Shiori Watanabe

Reboot (2026) – Ryoko Hayase

Viral Hit (2026)