Mieko Harada

ActorArtWriterProducer Dec 26 (age 67) Toshima, Tokyo, Japan 1974–2026 (52 year career)

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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

Film

Ran

Lady Kaede

Film

Dreams

The Snow Fairy

Film

Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

Kaguya (voice)

Film

The Hours of My Life

Sawako Sawada

Film

Dororo

Yuri

Film

Helter Skelter

Wachi Hisako

Film

After the Rain

Okin

Film

If Cats Disappeared from the World

Postman's Mother

Filmography

Acting (131)

Movies (95)

Hidden Sun

2025

as Mako

And so I'm at a Loss

2023

7.2

Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei

2022

as Ume Tsuda (late years)

7.0

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

A Hundred Flowers

as Yuriko

Ashita o he guru

as Narrator (voice)

Hoshi to Lemon no Heya

2021

as Mieko Harada

A Banana? At This Time of Night?

2018

as Hiroko Nohara

7.5

Kohaku no yume

2018

68-Year-Old New Employee

as Fumiko Niimoto

Maki

as Mika

Lear on the Shore

as Yukiko

If Cats Disappeared from the World

as Postman's Mother

A Duel Tale

The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love

as 梨山里衣子

A Samurai Chronicle

as Orie

Devoted Cookbook

Our Family

as Reiko Wakana

Miracle Apples

as Mikami

Koi

as Fumiko Yano (2013)

Trespassing Bergman

as Self

Helter Skelter

as Wachi Hisako

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky

as Midwife

Dearest

as Kumiko Tsukamoto

Devoted Cookbook

Milocrorze: A Love Story

as Oryuu

Majutsu wa Sasayaku

Rock: Wanko no Shima

Sunshine Ahead

as Hanae Kinjo

Leonie

2010

as Umeko Tsuda

5.9

Dear My Love

2009

as Chihiro Tachibana

School Days with a Pig

2008

as Principal Takahara

7.3

The Eleventh Hour

2008

as Scared Japanese Prisoner

4.7

Dororo

2007

as Yuri

7.0

Chacha: The Princess of Heaven

as Oichi

Suite Dreams

as Yumi Hotta

The Samurai I Loved

as Tose

Aegis

as Yoshie Miyazu

Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love

2005

as Sayuri Iwamoto

6.5

Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e

Half a Confession

as Keiko Kaji

北の国から記憶前編

北の国から記憶

Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

as Kaguya (voice)

Out

as Masako Katori

Oriume

Mokuyo Kumikyoku

After the Rain

as Okin

Off-Balance

as Chiaki's Mother

First Love

as Shizue Aida

Haunted School 4

Begging for Love

as Terue Yamaoka

Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss

1998

Female Detective Riko: Goddess Eternity

1998

Village of Dreams

1996

as Mizue Tashima

5.9

Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown

Uneasy Encounters

My Sons

as Reiko

Strawberry Road

Dreams

as The Snow Fairy

Making of 'Dreams'

as Self

Shikibu monogatari

as Terue Otomo

Free and Easy 2

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

as Keiko Tatsumiya

Manatsu Girl

House on Fire

as Keiko Yajima

The Greatest Man in the World

1986

as Yae

Portrait in Prussian Blue

1986

Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma

1986

as Otaki

Ran

as Lady Kaede

The Fugitive Samurai

Lone Wolf and Cub

as Osen

Modori River

1983

3.5

Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword

1982

Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage

1981

Somehow, Crystal

1981

as Makiko

The Dump Truck Rascal

as Yoriko Ozaki

Dreamy Fifteen

as Shizu

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

1980

as Mie Shimazaki

6.0

Wings of Icarus' Flight

1980

The Inferno

1979

as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata

6.6

Nomugi Pass

1979

6.3

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1979

as Akiko Negishi

7.0

The Fall of Ako Castle

1978

as Hatsu Hashimoto

6.6

Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro

Flickering Flames

Two Lovers Point

Frozen River

Lullaby of the Earth

as Rin

Love in the North

Permanent Blue

The Youth Killer

as Keiko Tsuneyota

Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka

1975

Love Is in the Green Wind

1974

as Yukiko Matsushima

6.9

Tomodachi

1974

Television (36)

Reboot

2026

as Hayase Ryōko

8.0

Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!

2026

as Ichinose Ema

8.0

Viral Hit

2026 Upcoming

May 28

Romantics Anonymous

2025

8.4

My Story Is Long : 2025 Spring

House of the Owl

as Shiori Watanabe

My Story Is Long

as 岸边房枝

Junichi

as Ayuko

An Invisible Cradle

as Mie Sakaki

娘の結婚

Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo

2016

as Taeko Ishigami

7.0

Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni

三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-

Mozart in the Jungle

as Sadako

The Hours of My Life

as Sawako Sawada

Hello Life from 55

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File

2013

as Chikage Matoya

6.0

Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den

2013

Innocent

2012

高橋留美子劇場

2012

as 요시모토 타마요

The Marriage Counselor

as Mitsue Takakura

Shinzanmono

as Mineko Mitsui

Shooting Star

as Kazuko Okada

Clouds Over the Hill

as 正岡八重

追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎

Aikurushii

as Yumi Mashiba

Hachiro

2005

as Shina

RUNAWAY

影の車(2001年版)

A Sleeping Forest

SMAP×SMAP

as Bistro Guest

Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai

1995

Namiki-ie no Hitobito

1993

子連れ狼

1984

Mizuiro no toki

1975

as 今泉恭子（晋松の娘）

Crew (4)

Movies (4)

Otakus in Love

Art Designer

The Half Moon

Original Story

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

1980

Producer

6.0

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

1980

Writer

6.0