Tomoko Naraoka
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.
95 acting credits
Acting · 95
Ponyo
2008
Antarctica
2011
Life of a Flower
1963
Haru no Sakamichi
1971
Spring Bell
1985
The Autumn in Tokyo
1985
ありがとう
1970
My Sons
1991
The Imperial Navy
1981
Julie the Wild Rose
1979
Railroad Man
1999
Ballad of Orin
1977
Dodes'ka-den
1970
May Love Be Restored
1980
The Wolves
1955
Pigs and Battleships
1961
Tatara Samurai
2017
Children of Hiroshima
1952
The Firefly
2001
Take Me Away!
1978
Half a Confession
2004
Disconcerto
2014
Free and Easy 16
2005
Twenty-Four Eyes
1980
Demon
1985
How Sorrowful
1956
300 Million Yen Robbery
2014
I'll Never Cry!
1966
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
Noh Mask Murders
1991
Railways
2010
The Heart
1955
Yukiko
1955
Gambler's Dilemma
1969
Free and Easy 17
2006
Free and Easy 10
1998
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001
Izakaya Moheji 5
2016
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
War and Youth
1991
The Song of Love
1965
Sea of Wandering
1990
The Earth is Born Again
1971
The Scent of Incense
1964
The Zen Diary
2022
Ruthless Gambler
1969
Night Drum
1958
Asu no hanayome
1962
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
THE LAST GOZE
2020
Miniature
1953
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013
Ningen no sabaku
1990
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968
Gambling Den Desire
1970
River of Fireflies
1987
The Song of the Cart
1959
The Flame of Devotion
1964
Free and Easy 9
1997
The Song of the Season
1961
Eddy Currents of Life
1964
The Stars and I Decided...
1965
Free and Easy 15
2004
A Fool's Love
1949
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
1961
Everything Goes Wrong
1960
Free and Easy 18
2007
Your Life
1966
I Will Challenge
1959
Apart from Life
1970
Izakaya Moheji 6
2017
Izakaya Moheji
2011
The Sweet Interns
1968
Beautiful Calendar
1963
Skinny and Fatty
1958
Izakaya Moheji 3
2014
The Takatsu River
2019
Let's find your sweetheart
1967
Mahiru no yūkai
1961
Morning Fog
1971
マルゴォの杯
1988
Kokoro no sanmyaku
1966
Cry for Sorrow
1966
Ikebana
1957
A Love that Wagers the World
1959
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015
The Witness' Chair
1965
Osaka no kaze
1958
Call My Black Dice
1964
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
Aoime no Sugao
1961
Ishigassen
1955
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969