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. · Tokyo.
- Nationality
- Japan.
- Occupation
- actress, performing artist, writer, film director, erotic photography model, nude model and screenwriter.
- Honours
- Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer, Kinuyo Tanaka Award, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress and Golden Arrow Award.
- Languages
- Japanese.
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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 and Japanese television drama series since 1974.
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Mieko Harada (born 1958) is an actor, actress and erotic photography model, among other activities, of Japanese nationality. The actor was born in Tokyo.
Languages used include Japanese. Honours include Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer and Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year, among others.
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Career
Career
The recorded working language is Japanese. Distinctions recorded are Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer and Kinuyo Tanaka Award.
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
Personal life
Harada has been married to actor and singer Ryo Ishibashi since 1987 and has three children (two daughters and one son).
Television
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)
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
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reference work
- “Mieko Harada”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1137010: Mieko Harada
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- 1.Cinema Hochi - 1996.
- 2.Cinema Hochi - 1998.
- 3.石橋凌＆原田美枝子の次女・石橋静河、初主演映画も親譲りの存在感！ : スポーツ報知. 2017-04-18.
- 4.式部物語. Eiga.com.
- 5.ふがいない僕は空を見た. Eiga.com.
- 6.James, Caryn. 'Maki': Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 2018-10-24.
- 7.菅田将暉＆原田美枝子W主演で贈る、愛と記憶の物語 川村元気「百花」映画化. Cinema Cafe. 2 December 2021.
- 8.藤ヶ谷太輔主演『そして僕は途方に暮れる』、前田敦子、豊川悦司、香里奈ら全キャスト解禁. Crank-in!. 15 September 2022.
- 9.私はあなたを知らない、. Eiga.com.
- 10.太平記. Haiyaku Jiten.
- 11.北条時宗. Haiyaku Jiten.
- 12.華麗なる一族（木村拓哉主演）の出演者・キャスト一覧. The Television.
- 13.坂の上の雲. Haiyaku Jiten.
- 14.2022年度前期 連続テレビ小説「ちむどんどん」新たな出演者発表～ヒロイン・暢子が、東京そして鶴見で出会う人々～. NHK.
- 15.田中圭が伊藤博文に 広瀬すず主演ドラマ『津田梅子』、ディーン・フジオカら共演陣発表. Crank-in. 3 February 2022.
- 16.「フクロウと呼ばれた男」の新キャストに萬田久子、安藤政信、長谷川京子ら. Natalie.
- 17.リブートの出演者・キャスト一覧. The Television.
- 18.「喧嘩独学」が実写化、Netflixで独占配信 鈴鹿央士、見上愛、菅生新樹が出演. Natalie. 27 January 2026.
- 19.春の褒章651人・14団体 俳優の原田美枝子さんら. The Nikkei. 28 April 2024.
- 20.Mieko Harada. MY Promotion Inc.
- 21.エランドール賞歴代受賞者一覧. All Nippon Producers Association.
- 22.第3回 日本アカデミー賞 (1980年). Eiga.com.
- 23.過去の受賞一覧. Hochi Shimbun.
- 24.第10回 日本アカデミー賞 (1987年). Eiga.com.
- 25.第14回 日本アカデミー賞 (1991年). Eiga.com.
- 26.毎日映画コンクール 第53回(1998年). Mainichi Shimbun.
- 27.第22回 日本アカデミー賞 (1999年). Eiga.com.
- 28.Yokohama Film Festival. 第20回ヨコハマ映画祭: 1998年日本映画個人賞. homepage3.nifty.com.
- 29.1998年 第41回 ブルーリボン賞. allcinema.
- 30.第24回 日本アカデミー賞 (2001年). Eiga.com.
- 31.田中絹代賞について. Tanaka Kinuyo Memorial Hall. 8 May 2024.
- 32.第26回 日本アカデミー賞 (2003年). Eiga.com.
- 33.日刊スポーツ映画大賞・石原裕次郎賞ノミネート発表 「PLAN75」が最多6部門. Eiga.com.
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