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.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · The Zen Diary as Chie
- 2020 · THE LAST GOZE as
- 2019 · The Takatsu River as
- 2017 · Izakaya Moheji 6 as
- 2017 · Tatara Samurai as Mizuho
- 2016 · Izakaya Moheji 5 as
- 2015 · Izakaya Moheji 4 as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
- 2014 · Disconcerto as 曾根田菊子
- 2014 · Izakaya Moheji 3 as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
- 2014 · 300 Million Yen Robbery as Yoshiko Takeda
- 2013 · Izakaya Moheji 2 as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
- 2011 · Izakaya Moheji as
- 2010 · Railways as Kinuyo Tsutsui
- 2008 · Ponyo as Yoshie (voice)
- 2007 · Free and Easy 18 as
- 2006 · Free and Easy 17 as
- 2005 · Free and Easy 16 as
- 2004 · Free and Easy 15 as
- 2004 · Half a Confession as Dr. Takaki
- 2001 · Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project as Hisue Suzuki
- 2001 · The Firefly as
- 1999 · Railroad Man as Mune Kato
- 1998 · Free and Easy 10 as
- 1997 · Free and Easy 9 as
- 1991 · My Sons as
- 1991 · War and Youth as Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
- 1991 · Noh Mask Murders as Aya Gondo
- 1988 · マルゴォの杯 as
- 1988 · Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial as
- 1987 · River of Fireflies as
- 1985 · Spring Bell as
- 1985 · Demon as Matsuko
- 1981 · The Imperial Navy as Utako Hongo
- 1980 · Twenty-Four Eyes as Narrator (voice)
- 1980 · May Love Be Restored as Masa Kunugida
- 1980 · Wings of Icarus' Flight as Mother
- 1979 · Julie the Wild Rose as Narration
- 1978 · Take Me Away! as Matsuko Ishiguro
- 1977 · Ballad of Orin as Teruyo
- 1972 · Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy as
- 1971 · Morning Fog as
- 1971 · Haru no Sakamichi as Nene
- 1970 · Dodes'ka-den as Ochô
- 1970 · ありがとう as 鶴田清子
- 1970 · Gambling Den Desire as
- 1970 · Apart from Life as Mitsuko
- 1969 · Gambler's Dilemma as Kei
- 1969 · Ruthless Gambler as
- 1968 · Hymn to a Tired Man as Zensaku's wife
- 1968 · The Sweet Interns as
- 1966 · I'll Never Cry! as
- 1966 · Your Life as
- 1966 · Cry for Sorrow as
- 1966 · Kokoro no sanmyaku as
- 1965 · The Song of Love as
- 1965 · The Stars and I Decided... as Michiyo Amemiya
- 1965 · Witness Chair as
- 1964 · Eddy Currents of Life as Mino Hayashi
- 1964 · The Scent of Incense as Ezaki's wife
- 1963 · Beautiful Calendar as
- 1963 · Life of a Flower as Osei
- 1962 · Asu no hanayome as
- 1962 · Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love as Natsue Tokuhisa
- 1962 · Nuki uchi fūraibō as
- 1961 · The Song of the Season as
- 1961 · Mahiru no yuugai as
- 1961 · Maiko's Visit to Tokyo as
- 1961 · Pigs and Battleships as Hotel Cherry's Wife
- 1960 · Everything Goes Wrong as Masayo Sugita
- 1959 · I Will Challenge as
- 1959 · The Song of the Cart as
- 1958 · Osaka no kaze as
- 1958 · Night Drum as Orin
- 1958 · Skinny and Fatty as Mrs. Komatsu
- 1957 · Ikebana as Narrator
- 1956 · How Sorrowful as
- 1955 · Ishigassen as
- 1955 · The Heart as Kume, the maid
- 1955 · Yukiko as
- 1955 · The Wolves as
- 1953 · Miniature as
- 1952 · Children of Hiroshima as
- 1949 · A Fool's Love as Hatsuko