Tomoko Naraoka
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 1, 1929
- Died
- March 23, 2023 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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
Filmography
The Zen Diary
Movie · as Chie
THE LAST GOZE
Movie
The Takatsu River
Movie
Tatara Samurai
Movie · as Mizuho
Izakaya Moheji 6
Movie
Izakaya Moheji 5
Movie
Izakaya Moheji 4
Movie · as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Disconcerto
Movie · as Kikuko Soneda
Izakaya Moheji 3
Movie · as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
300 Million Yen Robbery
Movie · as Yoshiko Takeda
Izakaya Moheji 2
Movie · as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Izakaya Moheji
Movie
Antarctica
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
Princess Go
TV · as Ōmandokoro / Naka · 46 eps
Railways
Movie · as Kinuyo Tsutsui
Ponyo
Movie · as Yoshie (voice)
Free and Easy 19
Movie
Free and Easy 18
Movie
Free and Easy 17
Movie
Free and Easy 16
Movie
Half a Confession
Movie · as Dr. Takaki
Free and Easy 15
Movie
Free and Easy 13
Movie
The Firefly
Movie
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Movie · as Hisue Suzuki
Railroad Man
Movie · as Mune Kato
Free and Easy 10
Movie
Free and Easy 9
Movie
War and Youth
Movie · as Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
Noh Mask Murders
Movie · as Aya Gondo
My Sons
Movie
Ningen no sabaku
Movie
Sea of Wandering
Movie
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Movie
マルゴォの杯
Movie
River of Fireflies
Movie
Spring Bell
Movie · as Katsuko Naganuma
Demon
Movie · as Matsuko
The Autumn in Tokyo
TV · 2 eps
The Imperial Navy
Movie · as Utako Hongo
Wings of Icarus' Flight
Movie · as Mother
May Love Be Restored
Movie · as Masa Kunugida
Twenty-Four Eyes
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Julie the Wild Rose
TV · as Narration · 13 eps
Take Me Away!
Movie · as Matsuko Ishiguro
Ballad of Orin
Movie · as Teruyo
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Movie
Morning Fog
Movie
The Earth is Born Again
Movie · as Yoshiko
Haru no Sakamichi
TV · as Nene · 52 eps
Apart from Life
Movie · as Mitsuko
Gambling Den Desire
Movie
Dodes'ka-den
Movie · as Ochô
ありがとう
TV · as 鶴田清子 · 135 eps
Ruthless Gambler
Movie
Gambler's Dilemma
Movie · as Kei
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
Movie
Hymn to a Tired Man
Movie · as Miyo Mukaizaka
The Sweet Interns
Movie
Let's find your sweetheart
Movie
Your Life
Movie
Cry for Sorrow
Movie
I'll Never Cry!
Movie
Kokoro no sanmyaku
Movie
The Song of Love
Movie
The Stars and I Decided...
Movie · as Michiyo Amemiya
The Witness' Chair
Movie · as Hiroko Kuzuhara
Eddy Currents of Life
Movie · as Mino Hayashi
The Scent of Incense
Movie · as Ezaki's wife
The Bride is Fifteen
Movie
The Flame of Devotion
Movie
Call My Black Dice
Movie · as Kane Kawano (Kawano's wife)
Beautiful Calendar
Movie
Life of a Flower
TV · as Osei · 39 eps
Nuki uchi fūraibō
Movie
Asu no hanayome
Movie
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
Movie · as Natsue Tokuhisa
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
Movie
The Song of the Season
Movie
Mahiru no yūkai
Movie
Pigs and Battleships
Movie · as Hotel Cherry's Wife
Aoime no Sugao
Movie
Everything Goes Wrong
Movie · as Masayo Sugita
I Will Challenge
Movie
The Song of the Cart
Movie
A Love that Wagers the World
Movie · as Sachiko Muraoka
Night Drum
Movie · as Orin
Skinny and Fatty
Movie · as Mrs. Komatsu
Osaka no kaze
Movie
Ikebana
Movie · as Narrator
How Sorrowful
Movie
Yukiko
Movie
The Wolves
Movie
The Heart
Movie · as Kume, the maid
Ishigassen
Movie
Miniature
Movie
Children of Hiroshima
Movie
A Fool's Love
Movie · as Hatsuko