Tomoko Naraoka
Acting
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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movieTatara Samurai
2017
Mizuho
movieIzakaya Moheji 4
2015
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
movieDisconcerto
2014
Kikuko Soneda
movieIzakaya Moheji 3
2014
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
movie300 Million Yen Robbery
2014
Yoshiko Takeda
movieIzakaya Moheji 2
2013
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
tvAntarctica
2011
Narrator (voice)
movieRailways
2010
Kinuyo Tsutsui
moviePonyo
2008
Yoshie (voice)
movieHalf a Confession
2004
Dr. Takaki
movieRailroad Man
1999
Mune Kato
movieWar and Youth
1991
Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
movieNoh Mask Murders
1991
Aya Gondo
movieSpring Bell
1985
Katsuko Naganuma
movieDemon
1985
Matsuko
movieThe Imperial Navy
1981
Utako Hongo
movieTwenty-Four Eyes
1980
Narrator (voice)
movieMay Love Be Restored
1980
Masa Kunugida
tvJulie the Wild Rose
1979
Narration
movieTake Me Away!
1978
Matsuko Ishiguro
movieBallad of Orin
1977
Teruyo
tvありがとう
1970
鶴田清子
movieApart from Life
1970
Mitsuko
movieHymn to a Tired Man
1968
Miyo Mukaizaka
movieThe Stars and I Decided...
1965
Michiyo Amemiya
movieThe Witness' Chair
1965
Hiroko Kuzuhara
movieEddy Currents of Life
1964
Mino Hayashi
movieThe Scent of Incense
1964
Ezaki's wife
movieDahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962
Natsue Tokuhisa
moviePigs and Battleships
1961
Hotel Cherry's Wife
movieEverything Goes Wrong
1960
Masayo Sugita
movieA Love that Wagers the World
1959
Sachiko Muraoka
movieSkinny and Fatty
1958
Mrs. Komatsu
movieIkebana
1957
Narrator
movieThe Heart
1955
Kume, the maid
movieA Fool's Love
1949
Hatsuko
Sound1
tvOshin
1983
Vocals