Mieko Harada

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 and Japanese television drama series since 1974.

Mieko Harada
Born	(1958-12-26) 26 December 1958 (age 66) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1972–present
Spouse	Ryo Ishibashi ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	3, including Shizuka Ishibashi

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.^{[citation needed]}

Harada won the award for best actress at the 21st Hochi Film Award for Village of Dreams^[1] and at the 23rd Hochi Film Award for Begging for Love.^[2]

Personal life

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

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)
• 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]

Television

• 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) – old Tsuda Umeko / narrator^[13]
• House of the Owl (2024) – Prime Minister Shiori Watanabe^[14]

Awards and honors

Year	Honor	Ref.
2024	Medal with Purple Ribbon	[15]

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
1977	19th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Newcomer	Lullaby of the Earth, The Youth Killer	Won	[16]
	50th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Actress		Won	[16]
	1st Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself	Won	[17]
1980	3rd Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress	Nomugi Pass, Sono go no jingi naki tatakai	Nominated	[18]
1986	11th Hochi Film Award	Best Supporting Actress	House on Fire	Won	[19]
1987	10th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress		Won	[20]
1991	14th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress	Dreams, Tsuribaka Nisshi 2, Mt. Aso's Passions	Nominated	[21]
1996	21st Hochi Film Award	Best Actress	Village of Dreams	Won	[19]
1997	70th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Actress		Won	[16]
	39th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress		Won	[16]
	6th Japanese Movie Critics Awards	Best Actress		Won	[16]
1998	23rd Hochi Film Award	Best Actress	Begging for Love	Won	[19]
1999	53rd Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actress		Won	[22]
	22nd Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actress		Won	[23]
	72nd Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Actress		Won	[16]
	20th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actress		Won	[24]
	41st Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress		Won	[25]
	8th Tokyo Sports Film Award	Best Actress		Won	[16]
2001	24th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress	After the Rain	Won	[26]
		Best Supporting Actress	First Love	Nominated	[26]
	55th Mainichi Film Awards	Kinuyo Tanaka Award	Herself	Won	[27]
2003	26th Japan Academy Prize	Best Supporting Actress	Out	Nominated	[28]
2022	35th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actress	A Hundred Flowers	Nominated	[29]