Tomoko Naraoka
Actor
Born December 1, 1929 in Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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.
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
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
Gambling Den Desire
Apart from Life
Mitsuko
Gambler's Dilemma
Kei
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
Ruthless Gambler
Hymn to a Tired Man
Miyo Mukaizaka
The Sweet Interns
Let's find your sweetheart
I'll Never Cry!
Your Life
Kokoro no sanmyaku
The Song of Love
The Stars and I Decided...
Michiyo Amemiya
The Witness' Chair
Hiroko Kuzuhara
Eddy Currents of Life
Mino Hayashi
The Flame of Devotion
Call My Black Dice
The Scent of Incense
Ezaki's wife
The Bride is Fifteen
Beautiful Calendar
Life of a Flower
Osei
Asu no hanayome
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
Natsue Tokuhisa
Nuki uchi fūraibō
The Song of the Season
Mahiru no yūkai
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
Aoime no Sugao
Pigs and Battleships
Hotel Cherry's Wife
Everything Goes Wrong
Masayo Sugita
A Love that Wagers the World
Sachiko Muraoka
I Will Challenge
The Song of the Cart
Osaka no kaze
Night Drum
Orin
Skinny and Fatty
Mrs. Komatsu
Ikebana
Narrator
Ishigassen
The Heart
Kume, the maid
Yukiko
The Wolves
Miniature
Children of Hiroshima
A Fool's Love
Hatsuko