Mieko Harada
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.
Acting
Movie
Ran
as Lady Kaede
1985
Movie
Dreams
as The Snow Fairy
1990
TV
Mozart in the Jungle
as Sadako
2014
Movie
Helter Skelter
as Wachi Hisako
2012
Movie
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
as Kaguya (voice)
2002
Movie
Dororo
as Yuri
2007
TV
The Hours of My Life
as Sawako Sawada
2014
Movie
After the Rain
as Okin
2000
Movie
If Cats Disappeared from the World
as Postman's Mother
2016
Movie
Suite Dreams
as Yumi Hotta
2006
TV
Romantics Anonymous
2025
Movie
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
2013
Movie
The Fall of Ako Castle
as Hatsu Hashimoto
1978
Movie
Love Is in the Green Wind
as Yukiko Matsushima
1974
Movie
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Keiko Tatsumiya
1988
Movie
The Eleventh Hour
as Scared Japanese Prisoner
2008
Movie
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
as Sayuri Iwamoto
2005
Movie
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
as Midwife
2012
TV
Shinzanmono
as Mineko Mitsui
2010
Movie
The Youth Killer
as Keiko Tsuneyota
1976
Movie
Leonie
as Umeko Tsuda
2010
Movie
The Samurai I Loved
as Tose
2005
TV
My Story Is Long
as Fusae Kishibe
2019
Movie
Lullaby of the Earth
as Rin
1976
