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Mieko Harada (原田 美枝子,Harada Mieko; born 26 December 1958) is a Japanese actress. She has played various roles in many films andJapanese television drama series since 1974.

Harada most notably portrayed Lady Kaede inAkira Kurosawa's 1985 filmRan, and further collaborated with him in his 1990 filmDreams. Harada also provided the voice for Kaguya in the 2002 anime filmInuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass.^{[citation needed]}

Harada won the award for best actress at the 21stHochi Film Award forVillage of Dreams^[1] and at the 23rdHochi Film Award forBegging for Love.^[2]

Harada has been married to actor and singerRyo Ishibashi since 1987 and has three daughters.^[3]

• Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
• The Youth Killer (1976)
• Torakku Yarō: Totsugeki ichibanboshi (1978)
• The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
• Ah! Nomugi Toge (1979)
• Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1979)
• Ran (1985) – Lady Kaede
• Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryōma (1986) –Oryō
• Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
• Tsuribaka Nisshi 2 (1989)
• Dreams (1990)
• My Sons (1991)
• Strawberry Road (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)
• Isoroku (2011)
• Dearest (2012)
• The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky (2012)^[4]
• Helter Skelter (2012)
• A Samurai Chronicle (2014) – Orie Toda
• Our Family (2014) – Reiko Wakaba
• If Cats Disappeared From the World (2016)
• Lear on the Shore (2017)
• Maki (2018)^[5]
• A Banana? At This Time of Night? (2018)
• A Hundred Flowers (2022) – Yuriko Kasai^[6]
• And So I'm at a Loss (2023)^[7]

• Naruto Hichō (1977-78)
• Kita no Kuni kara (1981–2002) – Ryoko
• Taiheiki (1991) – Ano Renshi^[8]
• Nemureru Mori (1998) – Makiko Hamazaki
• Hojo Tokimune (2001) - Kikyo^[9]
• The Family (2007) – Yasuko Manpyō^[10]
• Clouds Over the Hill (2009–11) – Yae Masaoka^[11]
• Nagareboshi (2010) – Kazuko Okada
• On (2016) – Taeko Ishigami
• Mozart in the Jungle (2018) – Sadako
• Chimudondon (2022) – Fusako Ōshiro^[12]
• Umeko: The Face of Female Education (2022) – oldTsuda Umeko / narrator^[13]
• House of the Owl (2024) – Prime Minister Shiori Watanabe^[14]
• Reboot (2026) – Ryoko Hayase^[15]
• Viral Hit (2026)^[16]

• Mieko Harada atIMDb

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