Tomoko Naraoka
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1929-12-01
Day of Death
2023-03-23 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Tomoko Naraoka
Biography
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.
Acting
(2022)
The Zen Diary
as Chie
(2020)
(2019)
(2017)
Tatara Samurai
as Mizuho
(2017)
(2016)
(2015)
Izakaya Moheji 4
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
(2014)
Disconcerto
as 曾根田菊子
(2014)
300 Million Yen Robbery
as Yoshiko Takeda
(2014)
Izakaya Moheji 3
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
(2013)
Izakaya Moheji 2
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
(2011)
(2010)
Railways
as Kinuyo Tsutsui
(2008)
Ponyo
as Yoshie (voice)
(2007)
(2006)
(2005)
(2004)
Half a Confession
as Dr. Takaki
(2004)
(2001)
(2001)
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
as Hisue Suzuki
(1999)
Railroad Man
as Mune Kato
(1998)
(1997)
(1991)
Noh Mask Murders
as Aya Gondo
(1991)
(1991)
War and Youth
as Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
(1990)
(1988)
(1988)
(1987)
(1985)
Spring Bell
as Katsuko Naganuma
(1985)
Demon
as Matsuko
(1981)
The Imperial Navy
as Utako Hongo
(1980)
May Love Be Restored
as Masa Kunugida
(1980)
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Narrator (voice)
(1980)
Wings of Icarus' Flight
as Mother
(1978)
Take Me Away!
as Matsuko Ishiguro
(1977)
Ballad of Orin
as Teruyo
(1972)
(1971)
(1971)
The Earth is Born Again
as Yoshiko
(1970)
Dodes'ka-den
as Ochô
(1970)
Apart from Life
as Mitsuko
(1970)
(1969)
Gambler's Dilemma
as Kei
(1969)
(1968)
Hymn to a Tired Man
as Miyo Mukaizaka
(1968)
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1965)
The Stars and I Decided...
as Michiyo Amemiya
(1965)
(1965)
(1964)
The Scent of Incense
as Ezaki's wife
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
Eddy Currents of Life
as Mino Hayashi
(1963)
(1962)
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
as Natsue Tokuhisa
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Pigs and Battleships
as Hotel Cherry's Wife
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
Everything Goes Wrong
as Masayo Sugita
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
Night Drum
as Orin
(1958)
Skinny and Fatty
as Mrs. Komatsu
(1958)
(1957)
Ikebana
as Narrator
(1956)
(1955)
The Heart
as Kume, the maid
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1953)
(1952)
(1949)
A Fool's Love
as Hatsuko