Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 01, 1929
Died
Mar 23, 2023
Place of Birth
Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Credits
96 titles
Tomoko Naraoka
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
Chie
THE LAST GOZE
The Takatsu River
Izakaya Moheji 6
Tatara Samurai
Mizuho
Izakaya Moheji 5
Izakaya Moheji 4
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Disconcerto
Kikuko Soneda
Izakaya Moheji 3
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
300 Million Yen Robbery
Yoshiko Takeda
Izakaya Moheji 2
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Antarctica
Narrator (voice)
Izakaya Moheji
Railways
Kinuyo Tsutsui
Ponyo
Yoshie (voice)
Free and Easy 18
Free and Easy 17
Free and Easy 16
Free and Easy 15
Half a Confession
Dr. Takaki
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Hisue Suzuki
The Firefly
Railroad Man
Mune Kato
Free and Easy 10
Free and Easy 9
My Sons
War and Youth
Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
Noh Mask Murders
Aya Gondo
Sea of Wandering
Ningen no sabaku
マルゴォの杯
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
River of Fireflies
The Autumn in Tokyo
Spring Bell
Katsuko Naganuma
Demon
Matsuko
Oshin
Vocals
The Imperial Navy
Utako Hongo
Twenty-Four Eyes
Narrator (voice)
May Love Be Restored
Masa Kunugida
Wings of Icarus' Flight
Mother
Julie the Wild Rose
Narration
Take Me Away!
Matsuko Ishiguro
Ballad of Orin
Teruyo
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Morning Fog
The Earth is Born Again
Yoshiko
Haru no Sakamichi
Nene
Dodes'ka-den
Ochô
ありがとう
鶴田清子