Cast: Mieko Harada

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Mieko Harada. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Ran

1985 · Movie · 160 min. · Japan

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Tatsuya Nakadai · Akira Terao · Jinpachi Nezu · Pîtâ

Synopsis In Ran (1985), an aging warlord decides to divide his kingdom among his three sons, hoping for a peaceful transition. However, his decision ignites a brutal power struggle, fueled by betrayal, ambition, and vengeance. As alliances shift and chaos erupts,...

8.1

27K votes

8.1

27K votes

Dreams (Akira Kurosawa's Dreams)

1990 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Martin Scorsese · Akira Terao · Mitsuko Baisho · Mieko Harada

Synopsis Dreams (Akira Kurosawa's Dreams) (1990) is a visually stunning anthology film composed of eight vignettes, each born from the director's own dreams and fantasies. Through a series of surreal and poetic narratives, the film explores themes of nature, humanity, and...

7.5

6K votes

7.5

6K votes

Direction Izuru Narushima

Cast Kôji Yakusho · Hiroshi Abe · Hiroshi Tamaki · Teruyuki Kagawa

Synopsis The film looks at the role of Isoroku Yamamoto, the head of the Japanese Navy responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbour. It focuses on the last four years of this historical figure and away from the military epic, presents...

7.2

25 votes

7.2

25 votes

After the Rain

1999 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Koizumi

Cast Akira Terao · Yoshiko Miyazaki · Shiro Mifune · Fumi Dan

Synopsis Ihei Misawa and his wife Tayo, stranded by rains at a country inn, bring a great deal of happiness to the other residents of the inn by means of Ihei's generosity and good spirit. Ihei is a masterless samurai and...

7.1

223 votes

7.1

223 votes

Dearest

2012 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

6.6

34 votes

6.6

34 votes

A Hundred Flowers

2022 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan

Direction Genki Kawamura

Cast Mieko Harada · Masaki Suda · Masami Nagasawa · Yumi Kawai

Synopsis Diagnosed with dementia, Yuriko's mind quickly begins to fade. Yet, for her son Izumi, memories of the mother feel as vivid as when he lived them. One in particular, when he believed she had disappeared, haunts him terribly.

6.4

112 votes

6.4

112 votes

Helter Skelter

2012 · Movie · 127 min. · Japan

6.3

149 votes

6.3

149 votes

The Youth Killer

1976 · Movie · 132 min. · Japan

Direction Kazuhiko Hasegawa

Cast Yutaka Mizutani · Mieko Harada · Etsuko Ichihara · Ryohei Uchida

Synopsis One morning Jun Saiki gets in an argument with his disapproving father over his girlfriend. In the heat of the moment he ends up murdering his father. When he decides to turn himself in to the police his mother stops...

6.3

22 votes

6.3

22 votes

If Cats Disappeared from the World

2016 · Movie · 103 min. · Japan

Direction Akira Nagai

Cast Gaku Hamada · Mieko Harada · Anna Ishii · Aoi Miyazaki

Synopsis A postman learns he has little time left to live, and is offered the opportunity to extend his life.

5.9

117 votes

5.9

117 votes

Milocroze: A Love Story

2011 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Yoshimasa Ishibashi

Cast Mieko Harada · Anna Ishibashi · Maiko · Eiji Okuda

Synopsis A mish-mash of past and present; "MILOCRORZE - A Love Story" follows Tamon (Takayuki Yamada), whenever he encounters happiness bad luck always follows, Tamon falls in love with a florist and after a few months his bad luck kicks in...

5.6

34 votes

5.6

34 votes

Dororo

2007 · Movie · 135 min. · Japan

Direction Akihiko Shiota

Cast Satoshi Tsumabuki · Kou Shibasaki · Kiichi Nakai · Kumiko Aso

Synopsis Dororo recounts the particular vendetta Hyakkimaru maintains with the 48 demons that shared most of his body following the satanic pact his own father signed. In his odyssey he will be aided by Dororo, a female petty thief who also...

5.4

781 votes

5.4

781 votes

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

1980 · Movie · 138 min. · Japan

Direction Tatsumi Kumashiro

Cast Mieko Harada · Ryudo Uzaki · Rentarô Mikuni · Yoshio Harada

Synopsis Two men and a woman plan to steal 1.5 Billion yen.

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Out

2002 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan

Direction Hideyuki Hirayama

Cast Mieko Harada · Mitsuko Baisho · Shigeru Muroi · Naomi Nishida

Synopsis Four down on their luck housewives murder their husbands and find whacky ways to hide the bodies!

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House of the Owl

2024 · Series · 51 min. · Japan

Direction David S. Shin · Yûya Ishii · Yusaku Matsumoto · Yoshitaka Mori

Cast Mackenyu Arata · Min Tanaka · Masanobu Ando · Satoshi Nikaido

Synopsis At the height of his career and powers, Japan's master fixer, who has guided politicians and business heads through some of Japan's biggest scandals, discovers that fixing his family is harder than fixing a country.

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Lullaby of the Earth

1976 · Movie · 111 min. · Japan

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Mieko Harada · Natsuko Kahara · Meiko Kaji · Mihoko Nakagawa

Synopsis The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world, when her grandmother dies. Notwithstanding her healthy distrust of all...

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Samurai Lover

1986 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Nobuhiko Hosaka

Cast Kiichi Nakai · Mieko Harada · Frankie Sakai · Kyôko Enami

Synopsis Remake of classic samurai film of 1932.

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The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky

2012 · Movie · 141 min. · Japan

Direction Yuki Tanada

Cast Tomoko Tabata · Mieko Harada · Masataka Kubota · Takahiro Miura

Synopsis Anzu (Tomoko Tabata) is a married woman who attends an event for anime fans. There she meets Takumi (Kento Nagayama) and they have an affair at Anzu's home. Meanwhile, Anzu's husband begins to notice and there is also a video...

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The Samurai I Loved

2005 · Movie · 131 min. · Japan

Direction Mitsuo Kurotsuchi

Cast Somegoro Ichikawa · Yoshino Kimura · Kôji Imada · Ryô Fukawa

Synopsis A young swordsman is forced into a tough situation. He must resolve a potential power struggle that involves his adolescent crush Fuku.

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Modori River

1983 · Movie · 137 min. · Japan

Direction Tatsumi Kumashiro

Cast Mariko Fuji · Kenichi Hagiwara · Mieko Harada · Kanako Higuchi

Synopsis The story of Takeha, a free-spirited genius poet who lived through Taisho Romanticism, and the women who gave themselves over to his ambitions.

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Shinzanmono (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 45 min. · Japan

Direction Yamamuro Daisuke · Shunichi Hirano · Yasuharu Ishii

Cast Hiroshi Abe · Meisa Kuroki · Osamu Mukai · Junpei Mizobata

Synopsis In the Ningyo-cho area of Nihonbashi, Tokyo, a women is murdered. Detective Kyoichiro Kaga, who just transferred to the Nihonbashi police precinct, is placed in charge of the murder case. With virtually the entire residents of the Ningyo-cho's shopping street...

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