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.

Cast

Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e

Devoted Cookbook

Dreams

(The Snow Fairy)

Village of Dreams

(Mizue Tashima)

Hoshi to Lemon no Heya

(Mieko Harada)

Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love

(Sayuri Iwamoto)

Dororo

(Yuri)

First Love

(Shizue Aida)

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

(Keiko Tatsumiya)

A Hundred Flowers

(Yuriko)

The Samurai I Loved

(Tose)

Making of 'Dreams'

(Self)

The Youth Killer

(Keiko Tsuneyota)

Trespassing Bergman

(Self)

Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei

(Ume Tsuda (late years))

Milocrorze: A Love Story

(Oryuu)

Frozen River

Dearest

(Kumiko Tsukamoto)

Aegis

(Yoshie Miyazu)

A Samurai Chronicle

Leonie

(Umeko Tsuda)

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

(Mie Shimazaki)

School Days with a Pig

(Principal Takahara)

Love Is in the Green Wind

(Yukiko Matsushima)

The Inferno

(Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata)

Wings of Icarus' Flight

Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity

Devoted Cookbook

After the Rain

(Okin)

Our Family

(Reiko Wakana)

Rock: Wanko no Shima

And so I'm at a Loss

Half a Confession

(Keiko Kaji)

A Samurai Chronicle

(Orie)

Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage

Sunshine Ahead

(Hanae Kinjo)

Dreamy Fifteen

(Shizu)

Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword

Out

(Masako Katori)

Ashita o he guru

(Narrator (voice))

Begging for Love

(Terue Yamaoka)

Lullaby of the Earth

(Rin)

北の国から 記憶 前編

Ran

(Lady Kaede)

My Sons

(Reiko)

House on Fire

(Keiko Yajima)

Helter Skelter

(Wachi Hisako)

The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love

(梨山里衣子)

Oriume

Suite Dreams

(Yumi Hotta)

If Cats Disappeared from the World

(Postman's Mother)

Flickering Flames

Junichi

(Ayuko)

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky

(Midwife / Takumi's mother)

The Fugitive Samurai

Manatsu Girl

Portrait in Prussian Blue

CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ

Free and Easy 2

Lear on the Shore

(Yukiko)

Love in the North

The Dump Truck Rascal

(Yoriko Ozaki)

Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown

Miracle Apples

(Mikami)

Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro

The Fall of Ako Castle

(Hatsu Hashimoto)

Koi

(Fumiko Yano (2013))

Permanent Blue

Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss

Modori River

Majutsu wa Sasayaku

A Duel Tale

Off-Balance

(Chiaki's Mother)

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity

(Akiko Negishi)

Chacha: The Princess of Heaven

(Oichi)

Kohaku no yume

Nomugi Pass

Dear My Love

(Chihiro Tachibana)

The Greatest Man in the World

(Yae)

Maki

(Mika)

Shikibu monogatari

(Terue Otomo)

68-Year-Old New Employee

(Fumiko Niimoto)

Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

(Kaguya (voice))

Haunted School 4

Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma

(Otaki)

Mokuyo Kumikyoku

Uneasy Encounters

Tomodachi

A Banana? At This Time of Night?

(Hiroko Nohara)

Somehow, Crystal

(Makiko)

A Sleeping Forest

火怨·北の英雄アテルイ伝

Hello life from 55

Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai

Toubousha

Hachiro

(Shina)

Namiki-ie no Hitobito

Shooting Star

(Kazuko Okada)

影の車(2001年版)

Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File

(Chikage Matoya)

The Marriage Counselor

(Mitsue Takakura)

Aikurushii

(Yumi Mashiba)

追跡~失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎

Shinzanmono

(Mineko Mitsui)

Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo

(Taeko Ishigami)

Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni

Kumokiri Nizaemon

SMAP×SMAP

(Bistro Guest)

三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-

An Invisible Cradle

(Mie Sakaki)

Junichi

(Ayuko)

The Hours of My Life

(Sawako Sawada)

Mizuiro no toki

(今泉恭子(晋松の娘))

House of the Owl

(Shiori Watanabe)

My Story Is Long

(岸边房枝)

Innocent

Mozart in the Jungle

(Sadako)

娘の結婚

高橋留美子劇場

(요시모토 타마요)

子連れ狼