Tomoko Naraoka
Acting
Born: December 1, 1929 · Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died: March 23, 2023 (aged 93)
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Biography
Tomoko Naraoka (奈良岡 朋子 Naraoka Tomoko, born December 1, 1929) is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongō (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film Chijin no Ai, based on the novel Naomi. In 1981 she appeared in Rengō Kantai (lit. "Combined Fleet", United States title: The Imperial Navy). She also appeared in Torajirō Sarada Kinenbi (a 1988 movie in the long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series) as well as eight films in the Tsuribaka Nisshi series. Naraoka has appeared in several NHK Taiga dramas. Her first was the 1969 Ten to Chi to, in the role of the wife of Uesugi Sadazane. She portrayed Kita no Mandokoro (the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi) in Haru no Sakamichi (1971). Her next Taiga drama appearance was in 1976 in Kaze to Kumo to Niji to. She narrated the 1986 Inochi and 1989 Kasuga no Tsubone. She is the narrator of the 2008 drama Atsuhime. Other noteworthy narration roles include the 1983 serialized morning television drama Oshin. She also narrated Onna wa Dokyō (1992) and Haru Yo Koi (1994–1995). A nonfiction voice role was in the series Kiwameru: Nihon no Bi to Kokoro.
Known for
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Movies (87)
Ponyo
Yoshie (voice)
May Love Be Restored
Masa Kunugida
Dodes'ka-den
Ochô
Pigs and Battleships
Hotel Cherry's Wife
The Imperial Navy
Utako Hongo
Night Drum
Orin
Everything Goes Wrong
Masayo Sugita
Railroad Man
Mune Kato
Disconcerto
Kikuko Soneda
Tatara Samurai
Mizuho
Railways
Kinuyo Tsutsui
Ballad of Orin
Teruyo
The Zen Diary
Chie
THE LAST GOZE
2020
Twenty-Four Eyes
Narrator (voice)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
Hymn to a Tired Man
Miyo Mukaizaka
Half a Confession
Dr. Takaki
Free and Easy 18
2007
Children of Hiroshima
1952
The Takatsu River
2019
The Heart
Kume, the maid
War and Youth
Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
The Firefly
2001
Free and Easy 15
2004
Spring Bell
Katsuko Naganuma
The Scent of Incense
Ezaki's wife
Free and Easy 17
2006
マルゴォの杯
1988
Eddy Currents of Life
Mino Hayashi
The Song of the Season
1961
River of Fireflies
1987
300 Million Yen Robbery
Yoshiko Takeda
Gambling Den Desire
1970
Sea of Wandering
1990
Noh Mask Murders
Aya Gondo
I Will Challenge
1959
Let's find your sweetheart
1967
A Fool's Love
Hatsuko
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Hisue Suzuki
Free and Easy 10
1998
Demon
Matsuko
My Sons
1991
The Wolves
1955
Yukiko
1955
The Flame of Devotion
1964
Gambler's Dilemma
Kei
Miniature
1953
Izakaya Moheji 6
2017
Ningen no sabaku
1990
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
Apart from Life
Mitsuko
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
1961
Call My Black Dice
Kane Kawano (Kawano's wife)
Take Me Away!
Matsuko Ishiguro
Izakaya Moheji
2011
The Song of Love
1965
Izakaya Moheji 4
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Osaka no kaze
1958
Free and Easy 16
2005
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
I'll Never Cry!
1966
Ruthless Gambler
1969
The Witness' Chair
Hiroko Kuzuhara
The Earth is Born Again
Yoshiko
Beautiful Calendar
1963
Aoime no Sugao
1961
Mahiru no yūkai
1961
Izakaya Moheji 5
2016
Izakaya Moheji 2
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Free and Easy 9
1997
Ikebana
Narrator
The Stars and I Decided...
Michiyo Amemiya
The Song of the Cart
1959
Kokoro no sanmyaku
1966
Izakaya Moheji 3
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
The Sweet Interns
1968
Your Life
1966
Asu no hanayome
1962
Wings of Icarus' Flight
Mother
A Love that Wagers the World
Sachiko Muraoka
Morning Fog
1971
Skinny and Fatty
Mrs. Komatsu
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
Ishigassen
1955
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
Natsue Tokuhisa
