is a Japanese

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

from

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.46 ...

. 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 '' Ran'', 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 Hochi Film Award for ''

Village of Dreams is a 1996 Japanese drama film directed by Yōichi Higashi. It is the story of two Japanese twin brothers growing up in post-war rural Japan. The film won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the 46th Berlin International Film ...

'' and at the 23rd Hochi Film Award for '' Begging for Love''.

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) *'' The Youth Killer'' (1976) *'' Torakku Yarō: Totsugeki ichibanboshi (1978) *''

The Fall of Ako Castle is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It depicts the story of the forty-seven Ronin (''Chūshingura''). The film is one of a series of period films by Fukasaku starring Yorozuya Kinnosuke, including ''S ...

'' (1978) *''

Ah! Nomugi Toge is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto. Cast * Shinobu Otake as Mine Masai * Mieko Harada as Yuki Shinoda * Chikako Yūri as Hana Mishima * Yūko Kotegawa as Kiku Shoji * Rentarō Mikuni as Tokichi Adachi Plot An indictment of t ...

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

Tsuribaka Nisshi 2 is a 1989 Japanese film directed by Tomio Kuriyama. It was released on 30 September 1989. It is the second film in the Tsuribaka Nisshi is a Japanese fishing-themed manga series written by Jūzō Yamasaki and illustrated by Kenichi Kita ...

'' (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) *''

'' (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) *''

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'' (2002) *'' Half a Confession'' (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 school ...

'' (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 * Ichikawa Somegorō VII as Maki * Yoshino Kimura as Fuku * Koji Imada as Shimazaki Yonosuke * Ryo Fukawa as ...

'' (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 misadventur ...

'' (2006) *'' Dororo'' (2007) *''

Hōtai Club is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi and based on a novel by Tendō Arata. This drama stars Yūya Yagira as Tatsuya 'Dino' Ideno and Satomi Ishihara as Emiko 'Wara' Kiba. Plot After Wara's father leaves, her mom falls into d ...

'' (2007) *''

School Days with a Pig is a 2008 Japanese drama film that is based on a true event that took place in an elementary school in Osaka Prefecture. The film is directed by Tetsu Maeda, and its story is based on a novel about the event by Yasushi Kuroda. Actor Satoshi Ts ...

'' (2008) *''

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'' (2010) *'' Isoroku'' (2011) *'' Dearest'' (2012) *'' The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky'' (2012) *'' Helter Skelter'' (2012) *''

A Samurai Chronicle is a 2014 Japanese film directed by Takashi Koizumi. Cast *Kōji Yakusho as Shūkoku Toda *Junichi Okada as Shōzaburō Dan'no *Maki Horikita as Kaoru Toda *Mieko Harada as Orie Toda *Shinobu Terajima *Hisashi Igawa * Kenichi Yajima Plot A ret ...

'' (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

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

Taiheiki The (Chronicle of Great Peace) is a Japanese historical epic (see ''gunki monogatari'') written in the late 14th century and covers the period from 1319 to 1367. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Taiheiki''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', pp. 923� ...

'' (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) ...

'' (1998) – Makiko Hamazaki *'' The Family'' (2007) – Yasuko Manpyō *''

Saka no Ue no Kumo , or "Clouds Above the Hill" is a Japanese historical novel by Shiba Ryōtarō originally published serially from 1968 to 1972 in eight volumes. A three-year NHK television special drama series based on the novel and also entitled '' Saka no U ...

'' (2009–11) – Yae Masaoka *'' Nagareboshi'' (2010) – Kazuko Okada *''On'' (2016) – Taeko Ishigami *''

Mozart in the Jungle ''Mozart in the Jungle'' is an American comedy-drama streaming television series developed by Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, Alex Timbers, and Paul Weitz for the video-on-demand service Amazon Prime Video. It received a production order in ...

'' (2018) – Sadako *''

Chimudondon is a Japanese television drama series and the 106th Asadora series, following ''Come Come Everybody''. It premiered on April 11, 2022, and concluded on September 30, 2022. Plot Cast Higa's family * Yuina Kuroshima as Nobuko Higa * ...

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

Tsuda Umeko was a Japanese educator and a pioneer in education for women in Meiji period Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tsuda Umeko" in . Originally named Tsuda Ume, with ''ume'' referring to the Japanese plum, she went by the name Ume Tsuda w ...

/ narrator

Awards

References

External links

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