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Tomoko Naraoka
Born · December 1, 1929
Died · March 23, 2023 (93 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Bio
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.
The Zen Diary
Chie
7.7
2022
THE LAST GOZE
0.0
2020
The Takatsu River
0.0
2019
Izakaya Moheji 6
7.0
2017
Tatara Samurai
Mizuho
5.5
2017
Izakaya Moheji 5
0.0
2016
Izakaya Moheji 4
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
0.0
2015
Disconcerto
曾根田菊子
6.5
2014
Izakaya Moheji 3
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
0.0
2014
300 Million Yen Robbery
Yoshiko Takeda
6.0
2014
Izakaya Moheji 2
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
0.0
2013
Antarctica
Narrator (voice) · (10 episodes)
8.4
2011
Izakaya Moheji
6.0
2011
Railways
Kinuyo Tsutsui
7.0
2010
Ponyo
Yoshie (voice)
7.7
2008
Free and Easy 18
7.5
2007
Free and Easy 17
5.8
2006
Free and Easy 16
7.5
2005
Free and Easy 15
7.5
2004
Half a Confession
Dr. Takaki
7.2
2004
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Hisue Suzuki
7.3
2001
The Firefly
7.0
2001
Railroad Man
Mune Kato
7.0
1999
Free and Easy 10
6.7
1998
Free and Easy 9
7.3
1997
My Sons
7.9
1991
War and Youth
Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
3.5
1991
Noh Mask Murders
Aya Gondo
5.6
1991
マルゴォの杯
0.0
1988
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
8.5
1988
River of Fireflies
0.0
1987
The Autumn in Tokyo
(2 episodes)
0.0
1985
Spring Bell
6.0
1985
Demon
Matsuko
7.7
1985
The Imperial Navy
Utako Hongo
6.6
1981
Twenty-Four Eyes
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1980
May Love Be Restored
Masa Kunugida
0.0
1980
Wings of Icarus' Flight
Mother
0.0
1980
Julie the Wild Rose
Narration · (13 episodes)
0.0
1979
Take Me Away!
Matsuko Ishiguro
6.0
1978
Ballad of Orin
Teruyo
7.0
1977
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
6.0
1972
Morning Fog
0.0
1971
The Earth is Born Again
Yoshiko
0.0
1971
Haru no Sakamichi
Nene · (52 episodes)
0.0
1971
Dodes'ka-den
Ochô
7.0
1970
ありがとう
鶴田清子 · (135 episodes)
0.0
1970
Gambling Den Desire
0.0
1970
Apart from Life
Mitsuko
5.8
1970
Gambler's Dilemma
Kei
0.0
1969
Ruthless Gambler
0.0
1969
Hymn to a Tired Man
Miyo Mukaizaka
7.8
1968
The Sweet Interns
0.0
1968
I'll Never Cry!
0.0
1966
Your Life
0.0
1966
Cry for Sorrow
0.0
1966
Kokoro no sanmyaku
0.0
1966
The Song of Love
0.0
1965
The Stars and I Decided...
Michiyo Amemiya
0.0
1965
Witness Chair
6.0
1965
Eddy Currents of Life
Mino Hayashi
0.0
1964
The Scent of Incense
Ezaki's wife
7.2
1964
Beautiful Calendar
0.0
1963
Life of a Flower
Osei · (39 episodes)
7.0
1963
Asu no hanayome
0.0
1962
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
Natsue Tokuhisa
0.0
1962
Nuki uchi fūraibō
0.0
1962
The Song of the Season
0.0
1961
Mahiru no yuugai
0.0
1961
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
0.0
1961
Pigs and Battleships
Hotel Cherry's Wife
7.1
1961
Everything Goes Wrong
Masayo Sugita
6.4
1960
I Will Challenge
0.0
1959
The Song of the Cart
6.6
1959
Osaka no kaze
0.0
1958
Night Drum
Orin
6.1
1958
Skinny and Fatty
Mrs. Komatsu
0.0
1958
Ikebana
Narrator
6.4
1957
How Sorrowful
0.0
1956
Ishigassen
0.0
1955
The Heart
Kume, the maid
6.8
1955
Yukiko
0.0
1955
The Wolves
6.8
1955
Miniature
8.0
1953
Children of Hiroshima
7.1
1952
A Fool's Love
Hatsuko
0.0
1949