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Mieko Harada

Actor, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn December 26, 1958 (66 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Helter Skelter
  • The Eleventh Hour
  • Swords Of Vengeance
  • Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman

Known For

  • Ran
  • Dreams
  • After the Rain
  • Dororo
  • Village of Dreams
  • If Cats Disappeared from the World
  • The Family (2007)
  • Hell
  • The Youth Killer
  • A Hundred Flowers
  • Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
  • Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
  • Begging for Love
  • Leonie
  • Our Family
  • My Sons
  • Shinzanmono
  • The Hours of My Life
  • The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
  • Half a Confession
  • House on Fire
  • School Days with a Pig
  • Hinokio
  • The Samurai I Loved

Filmography

2024
House of the Owl (TV Series) · as Shiori Watanabe
2024
Mars - Zero's Revolution (TV Series) · as Miyoko Saijo
2023
2023
2022
2022
A Hundred Flowers · as Yuriko
2019
If Talking Paid (TV Series) · as 岸边房枝
2019
Junichi (TV Series) · as Ayuko
2018
2018
Maki · as Mika
2018
An Invisible Cradle (TV Series) · as Mie Sakaki
2017
Lear on the Shore · as Yukiko
2016
On: Special Agent Todo Hinako (TV Series) · as Taeko Ishigami
2016
If Cats Disappeared from the World · as Postman's Mother
2016
A Fleeing Woman (TV Series) · as Ayano Kamura
2014
2014
Our Family · as Reiko Wakana
2014
Mozart in the Jungle (TV Series) · as Sadako
2014
The Hours of My Life (TV Series) · as Sawako Sawada
2013
Koi · as Fumiko Yano (2013)
2013
Kumokiri Nizaemon (TV Series)
2013
Miracle Apples · as Mikami
2013
My Wife is Ninja (TV Series) · as Narration
2012
2012
Dearest · as Kumiko Tsukamoto
2012
Helter Skelter · as Wachi Hisako
2011
2011
2011
Shiawase ni Narou yo (TV Series) · as Mitsue Takakura
2011
2010
Leonie · as Umeko Tsuda
2010
Nagareboshi (TV Series) · as Kazuko Okada
2010
Sunshine Ahead · as Hanae Kinjo
2010
Shinzanmono (TV Series) · as Mineko Mitsui
2009
Clouds Over the Hill (TV Series) · as 正岡八重
2009
Dear My Love · as Chihiro Tachibana
2008
School Days with a Pig · as Principal Takahara
2008
The Eleventh Hour · as Scared Japanese Prisoner
2007
2007
The Bandage Club · as Wara's Mother
2007
Dororo · as Yuri
2007
The Family (2007) (TV Series) · as Yasuko Manpyo
2006
Suite Dreams · as Yumi Hotta
2005
2005
Aegis · as Yoshie Miyazu
2005
Hinokio · as Sayuri Iwamoto
2005
Aikurushii (TV Series) · as Yumi Mashiba
2004
Toubousha (TV Series)
2004
Half a Confession · as Keiko Kaji
2002
2002
Koinu Dan no monogatari · as Wakako Morishita
2002
Out · as Masako Katori
2002
2002
2001
Hojo Tokimune (TV Series) · as Kikyo
2000
First Love · as Shizue Aida
2000
Off-Balance · as Chiaki's Mother
1999
After the Rain · as Okin
1999
1998
A Sleeping Forest (TV Series)
1998
Begging for Love · as Terue Yamaoka
1996
Village of Dreams · as Mizue Tashima
1991
My Sons · as Reiko
1991
1990
Dreams · as The Snow Fairy
1989
1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis · as Keiko Tatsumiya
1986
Kokushi muso · as Yae
1986
House on Fire · as Keiko Yajima
1985
Ran · as Lady Kaede
1984
1983
1982
1981
From the Northern Country (TV Series) · as Ryoko Kitani
1981
1980
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely · as Mie Shimazaki
1980
1979
Detective Story (TV Series) · as Cast
1979
1979
Hell · as Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
1979
1978
Swords Of Vengeance · as Hatsu Hashimoto
1978
1976
The Youth Killer · as Keiko Tsuneyota
1976
1974
Love Is in the Green Wind · as Yukiko Matsushima
1974
1974

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