
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.
Movie | The Takatsu River | Unknown | 2019-11-29 |
Movie | Tatara Samurai | Mizuho | 2017-05-20 |
Movie | Izakaya Moheji 6 | Unknown | 2017-08-28 |
Movie | Izakaya Moheji 5 | Unknown | 2016-06-27 |
Movie | Disconcerto | Kikuko Soneda | 2014-10-18 |
Movie | 300 Million Yen Robbery | Yoshiko Takeda | 2014-01-18 |
Movie | Izakaya Moheji | Unknown | 2011-09-25 |
Series | Antarctica | Narrator | 2011-10-16 |
Movie | Railways | Kinuyo Tsutsui | 2010-05-29 |
Movie | Ponyo | Yoshie (voice) | 2008-07-19 |
Movie | Free and Easy 18 | Unknown | 2007-09-08 |
Movie | Free and Easy 16 | Unknown | 2005-08-27 |
Movie | Half a Confession | Dr. Takaki | 2004-01-10 |
Movie | Free and Easy 15 | Unknown | 2004-08-21 |
Movie | The Firefly | Unknown | 2001-05-01 |
Movie | Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project | Hisue Suzuki | 2001-08-18 |
Movie | Railroad Man | Mune Kato | 1999-06-05 |
Movie | Free and Easy 10 | Unknown | 1998-08-08 |
Movie | Free and Easy 9 | Unknown | 1997-09-06 |
Movie | Noh Mask Murders | Aya Gondo | 1991-03-15 |
Movie | War and Youth | Unknown | 1991-04-01 |
Movie | Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial | Unknown | 1988-12-24 |
Movie | River of Fireflies | Unknown | 1987-02-21 |
Movie | Demon | Matsuko | 1985-08-31 |
Movie | The Imperial Navy | Utako Hongo | 1981-08-08 |
Movie | May Love Be Restored | Masa Kunugida | 1980-04-29 |
Movie | Twenty-Four Eyes | Narrator (voice) | 1980-10-10 |
Movie | Take Me Away! | Unknown | 1978-07-22 |
Movie | Ballad of Orin | Teruyo | 1977-11-19 |
Movie | Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy | Unknown | 1972-08-12 |
Movie | Apart from Life | Mitsuko | 1970-01-30 |
Movie | Dodes'ka-den | Ochô | 1970-10-01 |
Movie | Gambler's Dilemma | Kei | 1969-09-27 |
Movie | The Sweet Interns | Unknown | 1968-01-03 |
Movie | Hymn to a Tired Man | Zensaku's wife | 1968-06-08 |
Movie | I'll Never Cry! | Unknown | 1966-10-29 |
Movie | Cry for Sorrow | Unknown | 1966-05-18 |
Movie | The Stars and I Decided... | Michiyo Amemiya | 1965-08-14 |
Movie | The Song of Love | Unknown | 1965-10-30 |
Movie | The Scent of Incense | Unknown | 1964-05-24 |
Movie | Eddy Currents of Life | Mino Hayashi | 1964-11-22 |
Movie | Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love | Natsue Tokuhisa | 1962-07-15 |
Movie | The Madness of Youth | Masayo Sugita | 1960-10-08 |
Movie | Skinny and Fatty | Mrs. Komatsu | 1958-01-01 |
Movie | Osaka no kaze | Unknown | 1958-12-03 |
Movie | The Adulteress | Orin | 1958-04-15 |
Movie | Ikebana | Narrator | 1957-05-14 |
Movie | How Sorrowful | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
Movie | The Heart | Kume, the maid | 1955-08-31 |
Movie | Miniature | Unknown | 1953-04-01 |
Movie | Children of Hiroshima | Unknown | 1952-08-06 |
Movie | A Fool's Love | Hatsuko | 1949-10-16 |