Tomoko Naraoka
Acting
1929-12-01 · 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
2022 · Movie
THE LAST GOZE
2020 · Movie
The Takatsu River
2019 · Movie
Izakaya Moheji 6
2017 · Movie
Tatara Samurai
2017 · Movie
Izakaya Moheji 5
2016 · Movie
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015 · Movie
Disconcerto
2014 · Movie
Izakaya Moheji 3
2014 · Movie
300 Million Yen Robbery
2014 · Movie
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013 · Movie
Antarctica
2011 · Series
Izakaya Moheji
2011 · Movie
Princess Go
2011 · Series
Railways
2010 · Movie
Ponyo
2008 · Movie
Free and Easy 18
2007 · Movie
Free and Easy 17
2006 · Movie
Free and Easy 16
2005 · Movie
Free and Easy 15
2004 · Movie
Half a Confession
2004 · Movie
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001 · Movie
The Firefly
2001 · Movie
Railroad Man
1999 · Movie
Free and Easy 10
1998 · Movie
Free and Easy 9
1997 · Movie
My Sons
1991 · Movie
War and Youth
1991 · Movie
Noh Mask Murders
1991 · Movie
Sea of Wandering
1990 · Movie
Ningen no sabaku
1990 · Movie
マルゴォの杯
1988 · Movie
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988 · Movie
River of Fireflies
1987 · Movie
The Autumn in Tokyo
1985 · Series
Spring Bell
1985 · Movie
Demon
1985 · Movie
Oshin
1983 · Series
The Imperial Navy
1981 · Movie
Twenty-Four Eyes
1980 · Movie
May Love Be Restored
1980 · Movie
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980 · Movie
Julie the Wild Rose
1979 · Series
Take Me Away!
1978 · Movie
Ballad of Orin
1977 · Movie
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972 · Movie
Morning Fog
1971 · Movie
The Earth is Born Again
1971 · Movie
Haru no Sakamichi
1971 · Series
Dodes'ka-den
1970 · Movie
ありがとう
1970 · Series
Gambling Den Desire
1970 · Movie
Apart from Life
1970 · Movie
Gambler's Dilemma
1969 · Movie
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969 · Movie
Ruthless Gambler
1969 · Movie
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968 · Movie
The Sweet Interns
1968 · Movie
Let's find your sweetheart
1967 · Movie
I'll Never Cry!
1966 · Movie
Your Life
1966 · Movie
Cry for Sorrow
1966 · Movie
Kokoro no sanmyaku
1966 · Movie
The Song of Love
1965 · Movie
The Stars and I Decided...
1965 · Movie
The Witness' Chair
1965 · Movie
The Flame of Devotion
1964 · Movie
Eddy Currents of Life
1964 · Movie
Call My Black Dice
1964 · Movie
The Scent of Incense
1964 · Movie
The Bride is Fifteen
1964 · Movie
Beautiful Calendar
1963 · Movie
Life of a Flower
1963 · Series
Asu no hanayome
1962 · Movie
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962 · Movie
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962 · Movie
The Song of the Season
1961 · Movie
Mahiru no yūkai
1961 · Movie
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
1961 · Movie
Aoime no Sugao
1961 · Movie
Pigs and Battleships
1961 · Movie
Everything Goes Wrong
1960 · Movie
A Love that Wagers the World
1959 · Movie
I Will Challenge
1959 · Movie
The Song of the Cart
1959 · Movie
Osaka no kaze
1958 · Movie
Night Drum
1958 · Movie
Skinny and Fatty
1958 · Movie
Ikebana
1957 · Movie
How Sorrowful
1956 · Movie
Ishigassen
1955 · Movie
The Heart
1955 · Movie
Yukiko
1955 · Movie
The Wolves
1955 · Movie
Miniature
1953 · Movie
Children of Hiroshima
1952 · Movie
A Fool's Love
1949 · Movie