
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
