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
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
2022
THE LAST GOZE
2020
The Takatsu River
2019
Izakaya Moheji 6
2017
Tatara Samurai
Mizuho
2017
Izakaya Moheji 5
2016
Izakaya Moheji 4
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
2015
Disconcerto
曾根田菊子
2014
Izakaya Moheji 3
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
2014
300 Million Yen Robbery
Yoshiko Takeda
2014
Izakaya Moheji 2
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
2013
Antarctica
Narrator (voice) · (10 episodes)
2011
Izakaya Moheji
2011
Railways
Kinuyo Tsutsui
2010
Ponyo
Yoshie (voice)
2008
Free and Easy 18
2007
Free and Easy 17
2006
Free and Easy 16
2005
Free and Easy 15
2004
Half a Confession
Dr. Takaki
2004
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Hisue Suzuki
2001
The Firefly
2001
Railroad Man
Mune Kato
1999
Free and Easy 10
1998
Free and Easy 9
1997
My Sons
1991
War and Youth
Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
1991
Noh Mask Murders
Aya Gondo
1991
Ningen no sabaku
1990
マルゴォの杯
1988
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
River of Fireflies
1987
The Autumn in Tokyo
(2 episodes)
1985
Spring Bell
Katsuko Naganuma
1985
Demon
Matsuko
1985
The Imperial Navy
Utako Hongo
1981
Twenty-Four Eyes
Narrator (voice)
1980
May Love Be Restored
Masa Kunugida
1980
Wings of Icarus' Flight
Mother
1980
Julie the Wild Rose
Narration · (13 episodes)
1979
Take Me Away!
Matsuko Ishiguro
1978
Ballad of Orin
Teruyo
1977
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
Morning Fog
1971
The Earth is Born Again
Yoshiko
1971
Haru no Sakamichi
Nene · (52 episodes)
1971
Dodes'ka-den
Ochô
1970
ありがとう
鶴田清子 · (135 episodes)
1970
Gambling Den Desire
1970
Apart from Life
Mitsuko
1970
Gambler's Dilemma
Kei
1969
Ruthless Gambler
1969
Hymn to a Tired Man
Miyo Mukaizaka
1968
The Sweet Interns
1968
I'll Never Cry!
1966
Your Life
1966
Cry for Sorrow
1966
Kokoro no sanmyaku
1966
The Song of Love
1965
The Stars and I Decided...
Michiyo Amemiya
1965
Witness Chair
1965
Eddy Currents of Life
Mino Hayashi
1964
The Flame of Devotion
1964
The Scent of Incense
Ezaki's wife
1964
Hanayome wa jū go-sai
1964
Beautiful Calendar
1963
Life of a Flower
Osei · (39 episodes)
1963
Asu no hanayome
1962
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
Natsue Tokuhisa
1962
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
The Song of the Season
1961
Mahiru no yūkai
1961
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
1961
Aoime no Sugao
1961
Pigs and Battleships
Hotel Cherry's Wife
1961
Everything Goes Wrong
Masayo Sugita
1960
I Will Challenge
1959
The Song of the Cart
1959
Osaka no kaze
1958
Night Drum
Orin
1958
Skinny and Fatty
Mrs. Komatsu
1958
Ikebana
Narrator
1957
How Sorrowful
1956
Ishigassen
1955
The Heart
Kume, the maid
1955
Yukiko
1955
The Wolves
1955
Miniature
1953
Children of Hiroshima
1952
A Fool's Love
Hatsuko
1949