Tomoko Naraoka
Acting
Born December 1, 1929 · 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.
Films (88)
The Zen Diary
2022
THE LAST GOZE
2020
The Takatsu River
2019
Izakaya Moheji 6
2017
Tatara Samurai
2017
Izakaya Moheji 5
2016
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015
Disconcerto
2014
Izakaya Moheji 3
2014
300 Million Yen Robbery
2014
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013
Izakaya Moheji
2011
Railways
2010
Ponyo
2008
Free and Easy 18
2007
Free and Easy 17
2006
Free and Easy 16
2005
Free and Easy 15
2004
Half a Confession
2004
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001
The Firefly
2001
Railroad Man
1999
Free and Easy 10
1998
Free and Easy 9
1997
My Sons
1991
War and Youth
1991
Noh Mask Murders
1991
Sea of Wandering
1990
Ningen no sabaku
1990
マルゴォの杯
1988
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
River of Fireflies
1987
Spring Bell
1985
Demon
1985
The Imperial Navy
1981
Twenty-Four Eyes
1980
May Love Be Restored
1980
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
Take Me Away!
1978
Ballad of Orin
1977
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
Morning Fog
1971
The Earth is Born Again
1971
Dodes'ka-den
1970
Gambling Den Desire
1970
Apart from Life
1970
Gambler's Dilemma
1969
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
Ruthless Gambler
1969
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968
The Sweet Interns
1968
Let's find your sweetheart
1967
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...
1965
Witness Chair
1965
Eddy Currents of Life
1964
The Flame of Devotion
1964
The Scent of Incense
1964
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
Beautiful Calendar
1963
Asu no hanayome
1962
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
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
1961
Everything Goes Wrong
1960
A Love that Wagers the World
1959
I Will Challenge
1959
The Song of the Cart
1959
Osaka no kaze
1958
Night Drum
1958
Skinny and Fatty
1958
Ikebana
1957
How Sorrowful
1956
Ishigassen
1955
The Heart
1955
Yukiko
1955
The Wolves
1955
Miniature
1953
Children of Hiroshima
1952
A Fool's Love
1949