Cast
Tomoko Naraoka
Acting
Cast
Tomoko Naraoka
Known for
Acting
Born
1929-12-01
From
Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died
2023-03-23
Also known as 奈良岡 朋子
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.
Ponyo
as Yoshie (voice)
The Imperial Navy
as Utako Hongo
Spring Bell
as Katsuko Naganuma
Railroad Man
as Mune Kato
My Sons
Ballad of Orin
as Teruyo
The Song of the Cart
May Love Be Restored
as Masa Kunugida
Dodes'ka-den
as Ochô
Tatara Samurai
as Mizuho
Pigs and Battleships
as Hotel Cherry's Wife
Demon
as Matsuko
Disconcerto
as Kikuko Soneda
Children of Hiroshima
Half a Confession
as Dr. Takaki
300 Million Yen Robbery
as Yoshiko Takeda
Free and Easy 16
The Scent of Incense
as Ezaki's wife
Noh Mask Murders
as Aya Gondo
Asu no hanayome
Yukiko
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
The Zen Diary
as Chie
Take Me Away!
as Matsuko Ishiguro
Everything Goes Wrong
as Masayo Sugita
The Wolves
The Firefly
The Heart
as Kume, the maid
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Narrator (voice)
Miniature
Railways
as Kinuyo Tsutsui
Ruthless Gambler
Night Drum
as Orin
Free and Easy 10
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Eddy Currents of Life
as Mino Hayashi
Free and Easy 18
Sea of Wandering
Izakaya Moheji 4
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
River of Fireflies
The Song of Love
The Flame of Devotion
Apart from Life
as Mitsuko
War and Youth
as Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
as Hisue Suzuki
A Fool's Love
as Hatsuko
Morning Fog
Izakaya Moheji 5
Wings of Icarus' Flight
as Mother
Free and Easy 15
Free and Easy 17
The Bride is Fifteen
Ishigassen
Izakaya Moheji
Gambler's Dilemma
as Kei
Kokoro no sanmyaku
Free and Easy 9
The Song of the Season
THE LAST GOZE
Mahiru no yūkai
How Sorrowful
Your Life
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
as Natsue Tokuhisa
Izakaya Moheji 2
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
The Sweet Interns
Izakaya Moheji 6
Skinny and Fatty
as Mrs. Komatsu
Aoime no Sugao
Gambling Den Desire
I Will Challenge
Call My Black Dice
The Takatsu River
マルゴォの杯
Hymn to a Tired Man
as Miyo Mukaizaka
Let's find your sweetheart
The Witness' Chair
as Hiroko Kuzuhara
Beautiful Calendar
The Stars and I Decided...
as Michiyo Amemiya
Cry for Sorrow
The Earth is Born Again
as Yoshiko
I'll Never Cry!
Izakaya Moheji 3
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Nuki uchi fūraibō
Ningen no sabaku
A Love that Wagers the World
as Sachiko Muraoka
Ikebana
as Narrator
Osaka no kaze
