Tomoko Naraoka
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.
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Films (91)
The Zen Diary
2022 · Chie
THE LAST GOZE
2020
The Takatsu River
2019
Izakaya Moheji 6
2017
Tatara Samurai
2017 · Mizuho
Izakaya Moheji 5
2016
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015 · Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Mahoro Ekimae Tada Benriken
2014 · Kikuko Soneda
Izakaya Moheji 3
2014 · Yuki [owner of Hashi]
300 Million Yen Robbery
2014 · Yoshiko Takeda
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013 · Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Izakaya Moheji
2011
Railways
2010 · Kinuyo Tsutsui
Free and Easy 19
2008
Ponyo sur la falaise
2008 · Yoshie (voice)
Free and Easy 18
2007
Free and Easy 17
2006
Free and Easy 16
2005
Free and Easy 15
2004
Half a Confession
2004 · Dr. Takaki
Free and Easy 13
2002
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001 · Hisue Suzuki
The Firefly
2001
Poppoya
1999 · Mune Kato
Free and Easy 10
1998
Free and Easy 9
1997
My Sons
1991
War and Youth
1991 · Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
Noh Mask Murders
1991 · Aya Gondo
Sea of Wandering
1990
Ningen no sabaku
1990
マルゴォの杯
1988
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
River of Fireflies
1987
Spring Bell
1985 · Katsuko Naganuma
Demon
1985 · Matsuko
The Imperial Navy
1981 · Utako Hongo
Twenty-Four Eyes
1980 · Narrator (voice)
May Love Be Restored
1980 · Masa Kunugida
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980 · Mother
Take Me Away!
1978 · Matsuko Ishiguro
Ballad of Orin
1977 · Teruyo
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
Morning Fog
1971
The Earth is Born Again
1971 · Yoshiko
Dodes'ka-den
1970 · Ochô
Gambling Den Desire
1970
Apart from Life
1970 · Mitsuko
Gambler's Dilemma
1969 · Kei
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
Ruthless Gambler
1969
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968 · Miyo Mukaizaka
The Sweet Interns
1968
Let's find your sweetheart
1967
I'll Never Cry!
1966
Your Life
1966
Cry for Sorrow
1966
Kokoro no sanmyaku
1966
The Song of Love
1965
The Stars and I Decided...
1965 · Michiyo Amemiya
The Witness' Chair
1965 · Hiroko Kuzuhara
Eddy Currents of Life
1964 · Mino Hayashi
The Flame of Devotion
1964
Call My Black Dice
1964 · Kane Kawano (Kawano's wife)
The Scent of Incense
1964 · Ezaki's wife
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
Beautiful Calendar
1963
Asu no hanayome
1962
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962 · Natsue Tokuhisa
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
The Song of the Season
1961
Mahiru no yūkai
1961
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
1961
Aoime no Sugao
1961
Pigs and Battleships
1961 · Hotel Cherry's Wife
Everything Goes Wrong
1960 · Masayo Sugita
A Love that Wagers the World
1959 · Sachiko Muraoka
I Will Challenge
1959
The Song of the Cart
1959
Osaka no kaze
1958
Night Drum
1958 · Orin
Skinny and Fatty
1958 · Mrs. Komatsu
Ikebana
1957 · Narrator
How Sorrowful
1956
Ishigassen
1955
The Heart
1955 · Kume, the maid
Yukiko
1955
The Wolves
1955
Miniature
1953
Children of Hiroshima
1952
A Fool's Love
1949 · Hatsuko
