Mieko Harada
Acting
Born: 1958-12-26 in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
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 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.
Known For
Ran
Lady Kaede
Dreams
The Snow Fairy
Mozart in the Jungle
Sadako
Helter Skelter
Wachi Hisako
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
Kaguya (voice)
Dororo
Yuri
The Hours of My Life
Sawako Sawada
After the Rain
Okin
If Cats Disappeared from the World
Postman's Mother
Viral Hit
Miyuki Shimura
Suite Dreams
Yumi Hotta
Romantics Anonymous
[Participant]
Trespassing Bergman
Self
The Fall of Ako Castle
Hatsu Hashimoto
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Keiko Tatsumiya
Love Is in the Green Wind
Yukiko Matsushima
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
Sayuri Iwamoto
The Eleventh Hour
Scared Japanese Prisoner
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
Midwife
Shinzanmono
Mineko Mitsui
The Youth Killer
Keiko Tsuneyota
Leonie
Umeko Tsuda
The Samurai I Loved
Tose
My Story Is Long
Fusae Kishibe
Dearest
Kumiko Tsukamoto
Lullaby of the Earth
Rin
A Hundred Flowers
Yuriko
Clouds Over the Hill
正岡八重
Village of Dreams
Mizue Tashima
School Days with a Pig
Principal Takahara
The Inferno
Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
My Sons
Reiko
Our Family
Reiko Wakana
Half a Confession
Keiko Kaji
Dreamy Fifteen
Shizu
House on Fire
Keiko Yajima
Lear on the Shore
Yukiko
A Sleeping Forest
A Samurai Chronicle
A Samurai Chronicle
Orie