Mieko Harada
Acting
136
Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
I Don't Know You
2026
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
2026
as Ichinose Ema
Reboot
2026
as Ryoko Hayase
Viral Hit
2026
as Miyuki Shimura
あにいもうと
2026
as Reiko Haruki
Hidden Sun
2025
as Mako
Romantics Anonymous
2025
House of the Owl
2024
as Shiori Watanabe
And so I'm at a Loss
2023
A Hundred Flowers
2022
as Yuriko
Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
2022
as Ume Tsuda (late years)
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
2021
as Mieko Harada
Ashita o he guru
2021
as Narrator (voice)
Junichi
2019
as Ayuko
My Story Is Long
2019
as Fusae Kishibe
Kohaku no yume
2018
Maki
2018
as Mika
68-Year-Old New Employee
2018
as Fumiko Niimoto
A Banana? At This Time of Night?
2018
as Hiroko Nohara
An Invisible Cradle
2018
as Mie Sakaki
娘の結婚
2018
Lear on the Shore
2017
as Yukiko
If Cats Disappeared from the World
2016
as Postman's Mother
Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo
2016
as Taeko Ishigami
The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love
2015
as 梨山里衣子
A Duel Tale
2015
as Tatsu
Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
2015
三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-
2015
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
Devoted Cookbook
2014
Our Family
2014
as Reiko Wakana
A Samurai Chronicle
2014
as Orie
Hello Life from 55
2014
The Hours of My Life
2014
as Sawako Sawada
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
as Sadako
Trespassing Bergman
2013
as Self
Miracle Apples
2013
as Mikami
Koi
2013
as Fumiko Yano (2013)
Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
2013
Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
2013
as Chikage Matoya
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Devoted Cookbook
2012
Dearest
2012
as Kumiko Tsukamoto
Helter Skelter
2012
as Wachi Hisako
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
2012
as Midwife
Innocent
2012
Rumiko Takahashi's Theatre
2012
as Tamayo Yoshimoto
Milocrorze: A Love Story
2011
as Oryuu
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
2011
The Marriage Counselor
2011
as Mitsue Takakura
Leonie
2010
as Umeko Tsuda
Sunshine Ahead
2010
as Hanae Kinjo
Shooting Star
2010
as Kazuko Okada
Shinzanmono
2010
as Mineko Mitsui
Dear My Love
2009
as Chihiro Tachibana
Clouds Over the Hill
2009
as 正岡八重
School Days with a Pig
2008
as Principal Takahara
The Eleventh Hour
2008
as Scared Japanese Prisoner
追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎
2008
Dororo
2007
as Yuri
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
2007
as Oichi
Suite Dreams
2006
as Yumi Hotta
Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
2005
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
2005
as Sayuri Iwamoto
The Samurai I Loved
2005
as Tose
Aegis
2005
as Yoshie Miyazu
Hachiro
2005
as Shina
Aikurushii
2005
as Yumi Mashiba
Half a Confession
2004
as Keiko Kaji
RUNAWAY
2004
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Out
2002
as Masako Katori
Oriume
2002
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
2002
as Kaguya (voice)
Mokuyo Kumikyoku
2002
北の国から記憶
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
2002
as Self
影の車(2001年版)
2001
First Love
2000
as Shizue Aida
After the Rain
2000
as Okin
Off-Balance
2000
as Chiaki's Mother
Haunted School 4
1999
Rainbow Cape
1999
Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity
1998
Begging for Love
1998
as Terue Yamaoka
Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
1998
A Sleeping Forest
1998
Village of Dreams
1996
as Mizue Tashima
SMAP×SMAP
1996
as Bistro Guest
Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai
1995
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994
Uneasy Encounters
1994
Namiki-ie no Hitobito
1993
My Sons
1991
as Reiko
Strawberry Road
1991
Dreams
1990
as The Snow Fairy
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
as Self
Shikibu monogatari
1990
as Terue Otomo
Free and Easy 2
1989
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988
as Keiko Tatsumiya
Manatsu Girl
1987
House on Fire
1986
as Keiko Yajima
Portrait in Prussian Blue
1986
The Greatest Man in the World
1986
as Yae
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
1986
as Otaki
Ran
1985
as Lady Kaede
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
Lone Wolf and Cub
1984
as Osen
子連れ狼
1984
Modori River
1983
as Ayako
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
1981
The Dump Truck Rascal
1981
as Yoriko Ozaki
Somehow, Crystal
1981
as Makiko
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980
as Mie Shimazaki
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
Dreamy Fifteen
1980
as Shizu
The Inferno
1979
as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1979
as Akiko Negishi
Nomugi Pass
1979
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
as Hatsu Hashimoto
Afterglow
1978
Flickering Flames
1977
Two Lovers Point
1977
The Youth Killer
1976
as Keiko Tsuneyota
Frozen River
1976
Lullaby of the Earth
1976
as Rin
Love in the North
1976
Permanent Blue
1976
Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
1975
Mizuiro no toki
1975
as 今泉恭子（晋松の娘）
Love Is in the Green Wind
1974
as Yukiko Matsushima
Tomodachi
1974