is a Japanese

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from

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. She has played various roles in many

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s and

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s since her debut in 1974.

Career

Harada most notably portrayed Lady Kaede in

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's 1985 film ''

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'', and further collaborated with him in his 1990 film ''

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''. 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

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for '' Village of Dreams'' and at the 23rd

for ''

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''.

Personal life

Harada has been married to actor and singer

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since 1987 and has three children.

Filmography

Film

*'' Lullaby of the Earth'' (1976) *''

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'' (1976) *'' Torakku Yarō: Totsugeki ichibanboshi (1978) *''

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'' (1978) *'' Ah! Nomugi Toge'' (1979) *''

Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Eiichi Kudo. Although originally planned as the first entry of a new series in the ''Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' franchise, ''Aftermath'' turned out to be a lone entry and Toei refers to the film as a ...

'' (1979) *''

'' (1985) – Lady Kaede *''Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryōma'' (1986) – Oryō *'' Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis'' (1988) *''

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'' (1989) *''

'' (1990) *''

My Sons is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Yōji Yamada. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Synopsis The children of old-fashioned patriarch of a family in Iwate Province gather to observe the first anniversary of their mo ...

'' (1991) *'' Village of Dreams'' (1996) *''

'' (1998) *'' After the Rain'' (1999) *''

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'' (2000) *''

Off-Balance is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Shin Togashi based on the novel ''Hi-baransu'' by Naoko Uozumi which won the author the Kodansha Award for New Writers of Children's Literature. Cast * Megumi Hatachiya as Chiaki * Fumiyo Kohinata as Kiku-cha ...

'' (2001) *'' Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass'' (2002) – Kaguya (voice) *'' Out'' (2002) *''

Half a Confession is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Summary Respected inspector Soichiro Kaji is imprisoned for killing his wife, Keiko, who, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, r ...

'' (2004) *''

Hinokio is a 2005 Japanese science fiction film directed by Takahiko Akiyama and starring Masatoshi Nakamura, Kanata Hongo and Mikako Tabe. Its tagline is "Inter Galactic Love". Overview A recent accident has left Satoru Iwamoto, an elementary schoo ...

'' (2005) *''

The Samurai I Loved is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Mitsuo Kurotsuchi. It was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Matsumoto Kōshirō X, Ichikawa Somegorō VII as Maki * Yoshino Kimura as Fuku * Koji Imada as Shimazaki Yonos ...

'' (2005) *''

The Uchōten Hotel (also known as ''Suite Dreams'', ''Wow-Choten Hotel'' or ''Suite Hotel'') is a 2006 Japanese comedy film, written and directed by director Kōki Mitani. The film is set in a five star Tokyo hotel on New Year's Eve, and follows the misadventures ...

'' (2006) *''

Dororo is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka's childhood memory of his friends pronouncing as ''dororo'' inspired the title of the series. ''Dororo'' was first serialized in Shogakukan's ''W ...

'' (2007) *'' Hōtai Club'' (2007) *'' School Days with a Pig'' (2008) *''

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'' (2010) *'' Isoroku'' (2011) *'' Dearest'' (2012) *''

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky is a 2012 Japanese drama film adaptation of a novel of the same name written by Misumi Kubo. It was released in Japan on 17 November. The film stars Kento Nagayama as Takumi Saito, the lead hero; Tomoko Tabata as Satomi Okamoto (Anzu), the lead ...

'' (2012) *'' Helter Skelter'' (2012) *'' A Samurai Chronicle'' (2014) – Orie Toda *''

Our Family is a 2014 Japanese drama film directed by Yuya Ishii. Cast * Satoshi Tsumabuki - Kosuke Wakana * Sosuke Ikematsu - Kousuke Wakana * Mieko Harada - Reiko Wakana * Kyōzō Nagatsuka is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at th ...

'' (2014) – Reiko Wakaba *'' If Cats Disappeared From the World'' (2016) *'' Lear on the Shore'' (2017) *''A Banana? At This Time of Night?'' (2018) *''A Hundred Flowers'' (2022) – Yuriko Kasai * ''And So I'm at a Loss'' (2023)

Television

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'' (1977-78) *''Kita no Kuni kara'' (1981–2002) – Ryoko *''

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'' (1991) – Ano Renshi *''

Nemureru Mori is a drama that aired on Fuji TV. It first aired in Japan from 8 October 1998 to 24 December 1998. It is written by Nozawa Hisashi, starring Miho Nakayama and Takuya Kimura, and features music by Mariya Takeuchi (Theme song – Camouflage) and ...

'' (1998) – Makiko Hamazaki *'' The Family'' (2007) – Yasuko Manpyō *'' Saka no Ue no Kumo'' (2009–11) – Yae Masaoka *'' Nagareboshi'' (2010) – Kazuko Okada *''On'' (2016) – Taeko Ishigami *''

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'' (2018) – Sadako *'' Chimudondon'' (2022) – Fusako Ōshiro *''Umeko: The Face of Female Education'' (2022) – old

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/ narrator

Awards

References

External links

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