Mieko Harada
Acting·December 26, 1958 — 67 years old·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.
Known For
Ran
1985·8.0
Dreams
1990·7.8
Mozart in the Jungle
2014·7.5
Helter Skelter
2012·6.7
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
2002·7.7
Dororo
2007·7.1
The Hours of My Life
2014·7.8
After the Rain
2000·7.3
If Cats Disappeared from the World
2016·6.8
Viral Hit
2026·7.9
Suite Dreams
2006·6.2
Romantics Anonymous
2025·8.2
Filmography · 136
2026I Don't Know You2026Viral HitTVMiyuki Shimura2026RebootTVRyoko Hayase2026Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!TVIchinose Ema2025Romantics AnonymousTV2025Hidden SunMako2025My Story Is Long : 2025 SpringTV2024House of the OwlTVShiori Watanabe2023And so I'm at a Loss2022A Hundred FlowersYuriko2022CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ2022Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta RyugakuseiUme Tsuda (late years)2021Ashita o he guruNarrator (voice)2021Hoshi to Lemon no HeyaMieko Harada2019My Story Is LongTVFusae Kishibe2019JunichiTVAyuko2018A Banana? At This Time of Night?Hiroko Nohara2018MakiMika2018Kohaku no yume2018An Invisible CradleTVMie Sakaki201868-Year-Old New EmployeeFumiko Niimoto2018娘の結婚TV2017Lear on the ShoreYukiko2016Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako TodoTVTaeko Ishigami2016If Cats Disappeared from the WorldPostman's Mother2015A Duel Tale2015Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu niTV2015The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love梨山里衣子2015三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-TV2014A Samurai ChronicleOrie2014Hello Life from 55TV2014Devoted Cookbook2014Our FamilyReiko Wakana2014Mozart in the JungleTVSadako2014The Hours of My LifeTVSawako Sawada2013KoiFumiko Yano (2013)2013Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery FileTVChikage Matoya2013Trespassing BergmanSelf2013Miracle ApplesMikami2013Kumokiri NizaemonTV2013Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui DenTV2012Devoted Cookbook2012The Cowards Who Looked to the SkyMidwife2012DearestKumiko Tsukamoto2012Helter SkelterWachi Hisako2012Rumiko Takahashi's TheatreTVTamayo Yoshimoto2012InnocentTV2011Majutsu wa Sasayaku2011Rock: Wanko no Shima2011The Marriage CounselorTVMitsue Takakura2011Milocrorze: A Love StoryOryuu2010LeonieUmeko Tsuda2010Shooting StarTVKazuko Okada2010Sunshine AheadHanae Kinjo2010ShinzanmonoTVMineko Mitsui2009Clouds Over the HillTV正岡八重2009Dear My LoveChihiro Tachibana2008School Days with a PigPrincipal Takahara2008追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎TV2008The Eleventh HourScared Japanese Prisoner2007Chacha: The Princess of HeavenOichi2007DororoYuri2006Suite DreamsYumi Hotta2005Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e2005The Samurai I LovedTose2005AegisYoshie Miyazu2005Hinokio: Inter Galactic LoveSayuri Iwamoto2005AikurushiiTVYumi Mashiba2005HachiroTVShina2004Otakus in LoveArt Designer2004RUNAWAYTV2004Half a ConfessionKeiko Kaji2003北の国から 記憶 前編2002Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking GlassKaguya (voice)2002OutMasako Katori2002Mokuyo Kumikyoku2002北の国から記憶2002Oriume2001影の車(2001年版)TV2000First LoveShizue Aida2000After the RainOkin2000Off-BalanceChiaki's Mother1999Haunted School 41999Rainbow Cape1998Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity1998A Sleeping ForestTV1998Begging for LoveTerue Yamaoka1998Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss1996Village of DreamsMizue Tashima1996SMAP×SMAPTVBistro Guest1995Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni AitaiTV1994Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown1994Uneasy Encounters1993Namiki-ie no HitobitoTV1991My SonsReiko1991Strawberry Road1990Making of 'Dreams'Self1990Shikibu monogatariTerue Otomo1990DreamsThe Snow Fairy1989Free and Easy 21988Tokyo: The Last MegalopolisKeiko Tatsumiya1987Manatsu Girl1987The Half MoonOriginal Story1986The Greatest Man in the WorldYae1986Portrait in Prussian Blue1986House on FireKeiko Yajima1986Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto RyomaOtaki1985RanLady Kaede1984Lone Wolf and CubOsen1984子連れ狼TV1984The Fugitive Samurai1983Modori RiverAyako1982Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword1981Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage1981Somehow, CrystalMakiko1981The Dump Truck RascalYoriko Ozaki1980Mister, Missus, Miss LonelyMie Shimazaki · Producer · Writer1980Dreamy FifteenShizu1980Wings of Icarus' Flight1979Nomugi Pass1979The InfernoAki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata1979Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and HumanityAkiko Negishi1978The Fall of Ako CastleHatsu Hashimoto1978Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro1978Afterglow1977Two Lovers Point1977Flickering Flames1976Love in the North1976The Youth KillerKeiko Tsuneyota1976Permanent Blue1976Lullaby of the EarthRin1976Frozen River1975Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka1975Mizuiro no tokiTV今泉恭子（晋松の娘）1974Love Is in the Green WindYukiko Matsushima1974Tomodachi