Cast & creator
Mieko Harada
Best known for SMAP×SMAP, Mozart in the Jungle, Ran
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.
Also known as: 原田 美枝子 , میکو هارادا
104
film credits
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television credits
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1974–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (140)
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SMAP×SMAP
Bistro Guest
1996
Mozart in the Jungle
Sadako
2014
Ran
Lady Kaede
1985
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
Mizuiro no toki
今泉恭子（晋松の娘）
1975
Clouds Over the Hill
正岡八重
2009
Dreams
The Snow Fairy
1990
Viral Hit
Miyuki Shimura
2026
Romantics Anonymous
2025
The Hours of My Life
Sawako Sawada
2014
House of the Owl
Shiori Watanabe
2024
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
Ichinose Ema
2026
Reboot
Ryoko Hayase
2026
Helter Skelter
Wachi Hisako
2012
My Story Is Long
Fusae Kishibe
2019
Kekkonshiki no Zenjitsu ni
2015
Shinzanmono
Mineko Mitsui
2010
Love Is in the Green Wind
Yukiko Matsushima
1974
A Sleeping Forest
1998
Modori River
Ayako
1983
The Marriage Counselor
Mitsue Takakura
2011
Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
Chikage Matoya
2013
Aikurushii
Yumi Mashiba
2005
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
Kaguya (voice)
2002
Village of Dreams
Mizue Tashima
1996
Suite Dreams
Yumi Hotta
2006
After the Rain
Okin
2000
An Invisible Cradle
Mie Sakaki
2018
Shooting Star
Kazuko Okada
2010
Free and Easy 2
1989
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Mie Shimazaki
1980Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Writer
1980Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Producer
1980
Atypical Crime Investigator, Hinako Todo
Taeko Ishigami
2016
Junichi
Ayuko
2019Namiki-ie no Hitobito
1993
Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
Sayuri Iwamoto
2005
The Inferno
Aki Mizunuma / Miho Ikegata
1979
RUNAWAY
2004
あにいもうと
Reiko Haruki
2026
Innocent
2012
Trespassing Bergman
Self
2013
Dororo
Yuri
2007Hachiro
Shina
2005
House on Fire
Keiko Yajima
1986
Leonie
Umeko Tsuda
2010
Out
Masako Katori
2002
Dear My Love
Chihiro Tachibana
2009
The Fall of Ako Castle
Hatsu Hashimoto
1978
A Hundred Flowers
Yuriko
2022
Hello Life from 55
2014
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Keiko Tatsumiya
1988
娘の結婚
2018
The Youth Killer
Keiko Tsuneyota
1976
Ka'en Kita no Eiyū Aterui Den
2013
Aegis
Yoshie Miyazu
2005
Nomugi Pass
1979
If Cats Disappeared from the World
Postman's Mother
2016
Rumiko Takahashi's Theatre
Tamayo Yoshimoto
2012
Miracle Apples
Mikami
2013
Otakus in Love
Art Designer
2004追跡～失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎
2008
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
Midwife
2012
The Eleventh Hour
Scared Japanese Prisoner
2008
Begging for Love
Terue Yamaoka
1998
Dearest
Kumiko Tsukamoto
2012
Half a Confession
Keiko Kaji
2004
Lullaby of the Earth
Rin
1976
Devoted Cookbook
2012
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022
Koi
Fumiko Yano (2013)
2013
Making of 'Dreams'
Self
1990
A Samurai Chronicle
2014A Samurai Chronicle
Orie
2014
My Sons
Reiko
1991
Strawberry Road
1991
I Don't Know You
2026
School Days with a Pig
Principal Takahara
2008
Milocrorze: A Love Story
Oryuu
2011
Mokuyo Kumikyoku
2002
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
Uneasy Encounters
1994
The Fugitive Samurai
1984Kimi o Omouyori Kimi ni Aitai
1995
Lone Wolf and Cub
Osen
1984
A Banana? At This Time of Night?
Hiroko Nohara
2018
Our Family
Reiko Wakana
2014
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
Otaki
1986子連れ狼
1984
Lear on the Shore
Yukiko
2017
Shikibu monogatari
Terue Otomo
1990
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
Afterglow
1978
The Samurai I Loved
Tose
2005
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Oichi
2007
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Akiko Negishi
1979
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
Self
2002
Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
Ume Tsuda (late years)
2022
Dreamy Fifteen
Shizu
1980
First Love
Shizue Aida
2000
Love in the North
1976
The Greatest Man in the World
Yae
1986
Haunted School 4
1999
A Duel Tale
Tatsu
2015
And so I'm at a Loss
2023
The Dump Truck Rascal
Yoriko Ozaki
1981
Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
2005
北の国から記憶
2002
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
2011
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
1981
Portrait in Prussian Blue
1986
Rainbow Cape
1999
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
68-Year-Old New Employee
Fumiko Niimoto
2018
Maki
Mika
2018
The Half Moon
Original Story
1987三面記事の女たち-愛の巣-
2015
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994
Manatsu Girl
1987影の車(2001年版)
2001
Two Lovers Point
1977
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982
Hoshi to Lemon no Heya
Mieko Harada
2021
Devoted Cookbook
2014
Off-Balance
Chiaki's Mother
2000
Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka
1975
Sunshine Ahead
Hanae Kinjo
2010
Kohaku no yume
2018
Tomodachi
1974Oriume
2002The Women on Page 3: The Nest of Love
梨山里衣子
2015
Frozen River
1976
Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
1998
Flickering Flames
1977
Permanent Blue
1976
Hidden Sun
Mako
2025
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
Somehow, Crystal
Makiko
1981
Ashita o he guru
Narrator (voice)
2021