Tomoko Naraoka
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Film
Ponyo
Yoshie (voice)
2008
Series
Antarctica
Narrator (voice)
2011
Series
ありがとう
鶴田清子
1970
Series
Life of a Flower
Osei
1963
Series
Haru no Sakamichi
Nene
1971
Film
Dodes'ka-den
Ochô
1970
Film
Railroad Man
Mune Kato
1999
Film
Spring Bell
Katsuko Naganuma
1985
Series
Julie the Wild Rose
Narration
1979
Film
Pigs and Battleships
Hotel Cherry's Wife
1961
Film
Ballad of Orin
Teruyo
1977
Film
Demon
Matsuko
1985
Film
The Imperial Navy
Utako Hongo
1981
Film
The Firefly
2001
Film
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
Natsue Tokuhisa
1962
Film
May Love Be Restored
Masa Kunugida
1980
Film
The Zen Diary
Chie
2022
Film
My Sons
1991
Film
Children of Hiroshima
1952
Film
Tatara Samurai
Mizuho
2017
Film
Disconcerto
Kikuko Soneda
2014
Film
Half a Confession
Dr. Takaki
2004
Film
Free and Easy 16
2005
Film
300 Million Yen Robbery
Yoshiko Takeda
2014
Film
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
Film
THE LAST GOZE
2020
Film
Free and Easy 17
2006
Film
Everything Goes Wrong
Masayo Sugita
1960
Film
Twenty-Four Eyes
Narrator (voice)
1980
Series
The Autumn in Tokyo
1985
Film
The Scent of Incense
Ezaki's wife
1964
Film
Yukiko
1955
Film
Take Me Away!
Matsuko Ishiguro
1978
Film
Night Drum
Orin
1958
Film
Call My Black Dice
Kane Kawano (Kawano's wife)
1964
Film
Miniature
1953
Film
Noh Mask Murders
Aya Gondo
1991
Film
Izakaya Moheji 3
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
2014
Film
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Hisue Suzuki
2001
Film
Railways
Kinuyo Tsutsui
2010
Film
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
1961
Film
War and Youth
Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
1991
Film
Izakaya Moheji 4
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
2015
Film
I Will Challenge
1959
Film
Gambler's Dilemma
Kei
1969
Film
Sea of Wandering
1990
Film
The Witness' Chair
Hiroko Kuzuhara
1965
Film
The Stars and I Decided...
Michiyo Amemiya
1965
Film
Kokoro no sanmyaku
1966
Film
A Fool's Love
Hatsuko
1949
Film
Gambling Den Desire
1970
Film
Free and Easy 15
2004
Film
The Earth is Born Again
Yoshiko
1971
Film
The Wolves
1955
Film
The Sweet Interns
1968
Film
Izakaya Moheji 2
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
2013
Film
Beautiful Calendar
1963
Film
The Takatsu River
2019
Film
Izakaya Moheji 6
2017
How Sorrowful
1956
Film
Asu no hanayome
1962
Film
マルゴォの杯
1988
Film
The Song of the Cart
1959
Film
Free and Easy 9
1997
Film
Free and Easy 18
2007
Film
The Flame of Devotion
1964
Film
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
Film
Your Life
1966
Film
Ningen no sabaku
1990
Film
Izakaya Moheji 5
2016
Film
Apart from Life
Mitsuko
1970
Film
Osaka no kaze
1958
Film
Mahiru no yūkai
1961
Film
Eddy Currents of Life
Mino Hayashi
1964
Film
Wings of Icarus' Flight
Mother
1980
Film
The Heart
Kume, the maid
1955
Film
Hymn to a Tired Man
Miyo Mukaizaka
1968
Film
Ishigassen
1955
Film
Aoime no Sugao
1961
Film
Ikebana
Narrator
1957
Film
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
Film
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
Film
River of Fireflies
1987
Film
Morning Fog
1971
Film
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
Film
Izakaya Moheji
2011
Film
Free and Easy 10
1998
Film
A Love that Wagers the World
Sachiko Muraoka
1959
Film
Ruthless Gambler
1969
Film
The Song of Love
1965
Film
Let's find your sweetheart
1967
Cry for Sorrow
1966
Film
Skinny and Fatty
Mrs. Komatsu
1958
Film
The Song of the Season
1961
Film
I'll Never Cry!
1966