Mieko Harada
ActingAlso Known As
原田 美枝子 , میکو هارادا
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.
Movies
(96 total)
Ran
as Lady Kaede
Dreams
as The Snow Fairy
Helter Skelter
as Wachi Hisako
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
as Kaguya (voice)
Dororo
as Yuri
After the Rain
as Okin
If Cats Disappeared from the World
as Postman's Mother
Suite Dreams
as Yumi Hotta
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
The Fall of Ako Castle
as Hatsu Hashimoto
Love Is in the Green Wind
as Yukiko Matsushima
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Keiko Tatsumiya
The Eleventh Hour
as Scared Japanese Prisoner
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
as Midwife
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
as Sayuri Iwamoto
The Youth Killer
as Keiko Tsuneyota
Leonie
as Umeko Tsuda
The Samurai I Loved
as Tose
A Hundred Flowers
as Yuriko
TV Shows
(36 total)
Mozart in the Jungle
as Sadako
The Hours of My Life
as Sawako Sawada
Shinzanmono
as Mineko Mitsui
My Story Is Long
as 岸边房枝
Clouds Over the Hill
as 正岡八重
House of the Owl
as Shiori Watanabe
The Marriage Counselor
as Mitsue Takakura
Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo
as Taeko Ishigami
Junichi
as Ayuko
SMAP×SMAP
as Bistro Guest
Shooting Star
as Kazuko Okada
Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
as Chikage Matoya
An Invisible Cradle
as Mie Sakaki