Mieko Harada

is a Japanese actress. She has played various roles in many films and Japanese television drama series since 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 provided the voice for Kaguya in the 2002 anime film InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass.

Harada 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.

Personal life Harada has been married to actor and singer Ryo Ishibashi since 1987 and has three children (two daughters and one son).

Filmography Film 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) Jigoku (1979) Ran (1985) – Lady Kaede Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryōma (1986) – Oryō Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988) Tsuribaka Nisshi 2 (1989) Dreams (1990) Shikibu Monogatari (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) 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) A Banana? At This Time of Night? (2018) A Hundred Flowers (2022) – Yuriko Kasai And So I'm at a Loss (2023) I Don't Know You(2026), Michiyo

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

Awards and honors Year Honor Ref.2024Medal with Purple Ribbon

Year Award Category Work(s) ResultRef.197719th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest NewcomerLullaby of the Earth, The Youth Killer 50th Kinema Junpo AwardsBest Actress 19803rd Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActressNomugi Pass, Sono go no jingi naki tatakai 198611th Hochi Film AwardBest Supporting ActressHouse on Fire 198710th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting Actress 199114th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting Actress Dreams, Tsuribaka Nisshi 2, Mt. Aso's Passions 199621st Hochi Film AwardBest Actress Village of Dreams 22nd Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Actress 72nd Kinema Junpo AwardsBest Actress 41st Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actress 8th Tokyo Sports Film AwardBest Actress Best Supporting Actress First Love 200326th Japan Academy PrizeBest Supporting Actress Out 202235th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest ActressA Hundred Flowers