Mieko Harada

Mieko Harada
Born	(1958-12-26) December 26, 1958 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–present
Spouse(s)	Ryo Ishibashi (1987–present)

Mieko Harada (原田 美枝子, Harada Mieko, born 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.

Career

Harada 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 has been married to Ryo Ishibashi since 1987 and has three children.

Filmography

Film

• Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
• Torakku Yarō: Totsugeki ichibanboshi (1978)
• Ah! Nomugi Toge (1979)
• Ran (1985) – Lady Kaede
• Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
• Dreams (1990)
• My Sons (1991)
• Village of Dreams (1996)
• Begging for Love (1998)
• After the Rain (1999)
• First Love (2000)
• Off-Balance (2001)
• InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002) – Kaguya (voice)
• Out (2002)
• Half a Confession (2004)
• Hinokio (2005)
• The Samurai I Loved (2005)
• The Uchōten Hotel (2006)
• Dororo (2007)
• Hōtai Club (2007)
• School Days with a Pig (2008)
• Leonie (2010)
• Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (2011)
• Anata e (2012)
• Helter Skelter (2012)
• A Samurai Chronicle (2014) – Orie Toda
• Sekai kara Neko ga Kieta nara (2016)

Television

• Kita no Kuni kara (1981–2002) – Ryoko
• Nemureru Mori (1998) – Makiko Hamazaki
• Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009–11) – Yae Masaoka
• Nagareboshi (2010) – Kazuko Okada

External links

• Mieko Harada at the Internet Movie Database