Tomoko Naraoka
Known for: Acting
Born: December 1, 1929
Died: March 23, 2023
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
89 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
7.2
The Zen Diary
2022
NR
THE LAST GOZE
2020
NR
The Takatsu River
2019
7.0
Izakaya Moheji 6
2017
6.7
Tatara Samurai
2017
NR
Izakaya Moheji 5
2016
NR
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015
6.4
Disconcerto
2014
NR
Izakaya Moheji 3
2014
6.5
300 Million Yen Robbery
2014
NR
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013
8.2
Antarctica
2011
6.0
Izakaya Moheji
2011
8.3
Princess Go
2011
7.0
Railways
2010
7.8
Ponyo
2008
7.5
Free and Easy 18
2007
5.8
Free and Easy 17
2006
8.0
Free and Easy 16
2005
8.3
Free and Easy 15
2004
7.7
Half a Confession
2004
7.3
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001
7.5
The Firefly
2001
7.1
Railroad Man
1999
7.0
Free and Easy 10
1998
7.5
Free and Easy 9
1997
7.8
My Sons
1991
6.8
War and Youth
1991
6.3
Noh Mask Murders
1991
9.0
Sea of Wandering
1990
NR
Ningen no sabaku
1990
NR
マルゴォの杯
1988
8.3
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
9.0
River of Fireflies
1987
NR
The Autumn in Tokyo
1985
7.3
Spring Bell
1985
7.6
Demon
1985
8.1
Oshin
1983
6.6
The Imperial Navy
1981
NR
Twenty-Four Eyes
1980
NR
May Love Be Restored
1980
NR
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
NR
Julie the Wild Rose
1979
8.0
Take Me Away!
1978
7.2
Ballad of Orin
1977
6.3
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
NR
Morning Fog
1971
NR
The Earth is Born Again
1971
NR
Haru no Sakamichi
1971
7.1
Dodes'ka-den
1970
NR
ありがとう
1970
NR
Gambling Den Desire
1970
6.2
Apart from Life
1970
NR
Gambler's Dilemma
1969
NR
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
8.0
Ruthless Gambler
1969
8.2
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968
8.0
The Sweet Interns
1968
NR
Let's find your sweetheart
1967
NR
I'll Never Cry!
1966
NR
Your Life
1966NR
Cry for Sorrow
1966
9.0
Kokoro no sanmyaku
1966
NR
The Song of Love
1965
NR
The Stars and I Decided...
1965
6.5
The Witness' Chair
1965
NR
Eddy Currents of Life
1964
6.8
The Flame of Devotion
1964
NR
Call My Black Dice
1964
7.2
The Scent of Incense
1964
NR
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
NR
Beautiful Calendar
1963
7.0
Life of a Flower
1963
NR
Asu no hanayome
1962
NR
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962
NR
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
NR
The Song of the Season
1961
NR
Mahiru no yūkai
1961
NR
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
1961
NR
Aoime no Sugao
1961
7.1
Pigs and Battleships
1961
6.7
Everything Goes Wrong
1960
NR
A Love that Wagers the World
1959
NR
I Will Challenge
1959
6.9
The Song of the Cart
1959
NR
Osaka no kaze
1958
5.9
Night Drum
1958
10.0
Skinny and Fatty
1958
6.3
Ikebana
1957NR
How Sorrowful
1956
NR
Ishigassen
1955
7.0
The Heart
1955
NR
Yukiko
1955
6.9
The Wolves
1955
7.8
Miniature
1953
7.1
Children of Hiroshima
1952
9.0
A Fool's Love
1949