Mieko Harada

Mieko Harada
Mieko Harada
Born	26 December 1958 (age 65); Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1972–present
Spouse	Ryo Ishibashi (m. 1987)
Children	3, including Shizuka Ishibashi

Mieko Harada (原田はらだ美枝子みえこ, 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.

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)
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)
A Banana? At This Time of Night? (2018)
A Hundred Flowers (2022) – Yuriko Kasai^[5]
And So I'm at a Loss (2023)^[6]

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
Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009–11) – Yae Masaoka
Nagareboshi (2010) – Kazuko Okada
On (2016) – Taeko Ishigami
Mozart in the Jungle (2018) – Sadako
Chimudondon (2022) – Fusako Ōshiro^[7]
Umeko: The Face of Female Education (2022) – old Tsuda Umeko / narrator^[8]
House of the Owl (2024) – Prime Minister Shiori Watanabe^[9]

Awards and honors

Year	Honor	Ref.
2024	Medal with Purple Ribbon	^[10]

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
1977	19th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Newcomer	Lullaby of the Earth, The Youth Killer	Won
	50th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Actress	Lullaby of the Earth, The Youth Killer	Won
	1st Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself	Won	^[11]
1980	3rd Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress	Nomugi Pass, Sono go no jingi naki tatakai	Nominated
1986	11th Hochi Film Award	Best Supporting Actress	House on Fire	Won
1987	10th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress	House on Fire	Won
1991	14th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress	Dreams, Tsuribaka Nisshi 2, Mt. Aso's Passions	Nominated
1996	21st Hochi Film Award	Best Actress	Village of Dreams	Won
1997	70th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Actress		Won
	39th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress		Won
	6th Japanese Movie Critics Awards	Best Actress		Won
1998	23rd Hochi Film Award	Best Actress	Begging for Love	Won
1999	53rd Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actress		Won
	22nd Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actress		Won
	72nd Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Actress		Won
	20th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actress		Won
	41st Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress		Won
	8th Tokyo Sports Film Award	Best Actress		Won
2001	24th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress	After the Rain	Won
	24th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress	First Love	Nominated
	55th Mainichi Film Awards	Kinuyo Tanaka Award	Herself	Won
2003	26th Japan Academy Prize	Best Supporting Actress	Out	Nominated
2022	35th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actress	A Hundred Flowers	Nominated	^[12]

References

^ 報知ほうち映画えいが賞しょうヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi - 1996. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
^ 報知ほうち映画えいが賞しょうヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi - 1998. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
^ "石橋いしばし凌りょう＆原田はらだ美枝子みえこの次女じじょ・石橋いしばし静しず河かわ、初はつ主演しゅえん映画えいがも親譲おやゆずりの存在そんざい感かん！ : スポーツ報知ほうち". 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
^ "ふがいない僕ぼくは空そらを見みた". eiga.com. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^ "菅田すげた将すすむ暉あきら＆原田はらだ美枝子みえこW主演しゅえんで贈おくる、愛あいと記憶きおくの物語ものがたり川村かわむら元気げんき「百花ひゃっか」映画えいが化か". Cinema Cafe. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
^ "藤ふじヶ谷たに太ふとし輔主演しゅえん『そして僕ぼくは途方とほうに暮くれる』、前田まえだ敦子あつこ、豊川とよかわ悦司えつし、香里奈かりなら全ぜんキャスト解禁かいきん". Crank-in!. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
^ "2022年度ねんど前期ぜんき連続れんぞくテレビ小説しょうせつ「ちむどんどん」新あらたな出演しゅつえん者しゃ発表はっぴょう～ヒロイン・暢子ようこが、東京とうきょうそして鶴見つるみで出会であう人々ひとびと～". NHK. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
^ "田中たなか圭けいが伊藤いとう博文ひろぶみに広瀬ひろせすず主演しゅえんドラマ『津田つだ梅子うめこ』、ディーン・フジオカら共演きょうえん陣じん発表はっぴょう". Crank-in. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ "「フクロウと呼よばれた男おとこ」の新しんキャストに萬田まんだ久子ひさこ、安藤あんどう政信まさのぶ、長谷川はせがわ京子きょうこら". Natalie. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ "春はるの褒章ほうしょう651人にん・14団体だんたい俳優はいゆうの原田はらだ美枝子みえこさんら". The Nikkei. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "エランドール賞しょう歴代れきだい受賞じゅしょう者しゃ一覧いちらん". All Nippon Producers Association. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "日刊にっかんスポーツ映画えいが大賞たいしょう・石原いしはら裕次郎ゆうじろう賞しょうノミネート発表はっぴょう「PLAN75」が最多さいた6部門ぶもん". eiga.com. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

External links

Mieko Harada at IMDb

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[profilea-1] 報知ほうち映画えいが賞しょうヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi - 1996. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2010.

[profileb-2] 報知ほうち映画えいが賞しょうヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi - 1998. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2010.

[3] "石橋いしばし凌りょう＆原田はらだ美枝子みえこの次女じじょ・石橋いしばし静しず河かわ、初はつ主演しゅえん映画えいがも親譲おやゆずりの存在そんざい感かん！ : スポーツ報知ほうち". 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

[4] "ふがいない僕ぼくは空そらを見みた". eiga.com. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

[5] "菅田すげた将すすむ暉あきら＆原田はらだ美枝子みえこW主演しゅえんで贈おくる、愛あいと記憶きおくの物語ものがたり川村かわむら元気げんき「百花ひゃっか」映画えいが化か". Cinema Cafe. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.

[6] "藤ふじヶ谷たに太ふとし輔主演しゅえん『そして僕ぼくは途方とほうに暮くれる』、前田まえだ敦子あつこ、豊川とよかわ悦司えつし、香里奈かりなら全ぜんキャスト解禁かいきん". Crank-in!. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

[7] "2022年度ねんど前期ぜんき連続れんぞくテレビ小説しょうせつ「ちむどんどん」新あらたな出演しゅつえん者しゃ発表はっぴょう～ヒロイン・暢子ようこが、東京とうきょうそして鶴見つるみで出会であう人々ひとびと～". NHK. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[8] "田中たなか圭けいが伊藤いとう博文ひろぶみに広瀬ひろせすず主演しゅえんドラマ『津田つだ梅子うめこ』、ディーン・フジオカら共演きょうえん陣じん発表はっぴょう". Crank-in. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

[9] "「フクロウと呼よばれた男おとこ」の新しんキャストに萬田まんだ久子ひさこ、安藤あんどう政信まさのぶ、長谷川はせがわ京子きょうこら". Natalie. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[10] "春はるの褒章ほうしょう651人にん・14団体だんたい俳優はいゆうの原田はらだ美枝子みえこさんら". The Nikkei. Retrieved 29 April 2024.

[11] "エランドール賞しょう歴代れきだい受賞じゅしょう者しゃ一覧いちらん". All Nippon Producers Association. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[12] "日刊にっかんスポーツ映画えいが大賞たいしょう・石原いしはら裕次郎ゆうじろう賞しょうノミネート発表はっぴょう「PLAN75」が最多さいた6部門ぶもん". eiga.com. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

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