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Mieko Harada

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Mieko Harada

Born December 26, 1958 in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan95 films

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.

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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.

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Ran posterFirst watchRan19858.0as Lady KaedeShakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.View film

Essential films

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Dreams poster7.7Dreams1990Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass poster7.7Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass2002Dororo poster7.0Dororo2007Helter Skelter poster6.7Helter Skelter2012After the Rain poster7.3After the Rain2000If Cats Disappeared from the World poster6.8If Cats Disappeared from the World2016

Filmography

95 films as actor
  1. 2026I Don't Know You
  2. 2025Hidden SunMako
  3. 2023And so I'm at a Loss
  4. 2022A Hundred FlowersYuriko
  5. 2022CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
  6. 2022Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta RyugakuseiUme Tsuda (late years)
  7. 2021Hoshi to Lemon no HeyaMieko Harada
  8. 2018A Banana? At This Time of Night?Hiroko Nohara
  9. 2018MakiMika
  10. 2018Kohaku no yume
  11. 201868-Year-Old New EmployeeFumiko Niimoto
  12. 2017Lear on the ShoreYukiko
  13. 2016If Cats Disappeared from the WorldPostman's Mother
  14. 2015A Duel TaleTatsu
  15. 2015The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love梨山里衣子
  16. 2014A Samurai Chronicle
  17. 2014Devoted Cookbook
  18. 2014Our FamilyReiko Wakana
  19. 2013KoiFumiko Yano (2013)
  20. 2013Miracle ApplesMikami
  21. 2012Devoted Cookbook
  22. 2012The Cowards Who Looked to the SkyMidwife
  23. 2012DearestKumiko Tsukamoto
  24. 2012Helter SkelterWachi Hisako
  25. 2011Majutsu wa Sasayaku
  26. 2011Rock: Wanko no Shima
  27. 2011Milocrorze: A Love StoryOryuu
  28. 2010LeonieUmeko Tsuda
  29. 2010Sunshine AheadHanae Kinjo
  30. 2009Dear My LoveChihiro Tachibana
  31. 2008School Days with a PigPrincipal Takahara
  32. 2008The Eleventh HourScared Japanese Prisoner
  33. 2007Chacha: The Princess of HeavenOichi
  34. 2007DororoYuri
  35. 2006Suite DreamsYumi Hotta
  36. 2005Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
  37. 2005The Samurai I LovedTose
  38. 2005AegisYoshie Miyazu
  39. 2005Hinokio: Inter Galactic LoveSayuri Iwamoto
  40. 2004Half a ConfessionKeiko Kaji
  41. 2003北の国から 記憶 前編
  42. 2002Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking GlassKaguya (voice)
  43. 2002OutMasako Katori
  44. 2002Mokuyo Kumikyoku
  45. 2002北の国から記憶
  46. 2002Oriume
  47. 2000First LoveShizue Aida
  48. 2000After the RainOkin
  49. 2000Off-BalanceChiaki's Mother
  50. 1999Haunted School 4
  51. 1999Rainbow Cape
  52. 1998Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity
  53. 1998Begging for LoveTerue Yamaoka
  54. 1998Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
  55. 1996Village of DreamsMizue Tashima
  56. 1994Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
  57. 1994Uneasy Encounters
  58. 1991My SonsReiko
  59. 1991Strawberry Road
  60. 1990Shikibu monogatariTerue Otomo
  61. 1990DreamsThe Snow Fairy
  62. 1989Free and Easy 2
  63. 1988Tokyo: The Last MegalopolisKeiko Tatsumiya
  64. 1987Manatsu Girl
  65. 1986The Greatest Man in the WorldYae
  66. 1986Portrait in Prussian Blue
  67. 1986House on FireKeiko Yajima
  68. 1986Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto RyomaOtaki
  69. 1985RanLady Kaede
  70. 1984Lone Wolf and CubOsen
  71. 1984The Fugitive Samurai
  72. 1983Modori RiverAyako
  73. 1982Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
  74. 1981Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
  75. 1981Somehow, CrystalMakiko
  76. 1981The Dump Truck RascalYoriko Ozaki
  77. 1980Mister, Missus, Miss LonelyMie Shimazaki
  78. 1980Dreamy FifteenShizu
  79. 1980Wings of Icarus' Flight
  80. 1979Nomugi Pass
  81. 1979The InfernoAki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
  82. 1979Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and HumanityAkiko Negishi
  83. 1978The Fall of Ako CastleHatsu Hashimoto
  84. 1978Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
  85. 1978Afterglow
  86. 1977Two Lovers Point
  87. 1977Flickering Flames
  88. 1976Love in the North
  89. 1976The Youth KillerKeiko Tsuneyota
  90. 1976Permanent Blue
  91. 1976Lullaby of the EarthRin
  92. 1976Frozen River
  93. 1975Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
  94. 1974Love Is in the Green WindYukiko Matsushima
  95. 1974Tomodachi