Mieko Harada
Born December 26, 1958 · Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Dreams
Helter Skelter
Leonie
After the Rain
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
Village of Dreams
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Suite Dreams
Dororo
The Youth Killer
House on Fire
If Cats Disappeared from the World
The Fugitive Samurai
Aegis
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
A Banana? At This Time of Night?
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
The Fall of Ako Castle
Miracle Apples
Trespassing Bergman
First Love
The Inferno
Free and Easy 2
A Samurai Chronicle
Love Is in the Green Wind
Nomugi Pass
TV Shows
Mizuiro no toki
Clouds Over the Hill
Shinzanmono
Viral Hit
House of the Owl
Reboot
Romantics Anonymous
Aikurushii
My Story Is Long
The Hours of My Life
A Sleeping Forest
Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo
The Marriage Counselor
RUNAWAY
Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
Shooting Star
Junichi
Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
Brother, Sister
An Invisible Cradle
Innocent
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
娘の結婚
Hello Life from 55
Rumiko Takahashi's Theatre
Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
More Movies
Devoted Cookbook
A Hundred Flowers
Begging for Love
Out
Dearest
School Days with a Pig
Dreamy Fifteen
My Sons
Lullaby of the Earth
Modori River
The Samurai I Loved
Our Family
Flickering Flames
Afterglow
Half a Confession
Uneasy Encounters
Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
Koi
The Eleventh Hour
Making of 'Dreams'
I Don't Know You
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
Rock: Wanko no Shima
Milocrorze: A Love Story
Lear on the Shore
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
A Duel Tale
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Frozen River
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
Love in the North
Tomodachi
Strawberry Road
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Dear My Love
68-Year-Old New Employee
The Dump Truck Rascal
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
Kohaku no yume
Mokuyo Kumikyoku
Maki
The Greatest Man in the World
北の国から 記憶 前編
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
Haunted School 4
Sunshine Ahead
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
北の国から記憶
Lone Wolf and Cub
Somehow, Crystal
Devoted Cookbook
Shikibu monogatari
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
Wings of Icarus' Flight
Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
Rainbow Cape
Off-Balance
Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
Permanent Blue
And so I'm at a Loss
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
Manatsu Girl
Two Lovers Point
Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity
Hidden Sun
Portrait in Prussian Blue
