
Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
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.
as Sadako

2015

as Bistro Guest
1996

as Sadako
2014

2013

2025

as 正岡八重
2009

as Lady Kaede
1985

as 今泉恭子(晋松の娘)
1975

as Yukiko Matsushima
1974

as Wachi Hisako
2012

as Mizue Tashima
1996

2025
as Yuriko
2022

as Mako
2025

2023

as Yuriko
2022

2022

as Ume Tsuda (late years)
2022

as Narrator (voice)
2021

as Mieko Harada
2021

as Hiroko Nohara
2018

as Mika
2018

2018

as Fumiko Niimoto
2018

as Yukiko
2017

as Postman's Mother
2016

2015
as 梨山里衣子
2015

2014

2014

as Reiko Wakana
2014

as Fumiko Yano (2013)
2013

as Self
2013

as Mikami
2013

2012

as Midwife
2012

as Kumiko Tsukamoto
2012
as Sadako
2 ep.

10 episodes

as Bistro Guest
1 episodes

as Sadako
2 episodes

8 episodes

2 episodes

as 正岡八重
9 episodes

as 今泉恭子(晋松の娘)
156 episodes

8 episodes

as Shiori Watanabe
10 episodes

as Fusae Kishibe
10 episodes

as Ryoko Hayase
10 episodes

1 episodes

as Sawako Sawada
11 episodes

as Mineko Mitsui
10 episodes

12 episodes

as Chikage Matoya
4 episodes

1 episodes

as Yumi Mashiba
11 episodes

11 episodes

as Kazuko Okada
10 episodes

as Mitsue Takakura
11 episodes

as Taeko Ishigami
9 episodes

as Ayuko
1 episodes

as Mie Sakaki
10 episodes
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