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Tomoko Naraoka
Actor, Additional Credits
Born December 1, 1929Died March 23, 2023 (93 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2022 | The Zen Diary · as Chie |
| 2016 | Tatara Samurai · as Mizuho |
| 2015 | Izakaya Moheji 4 · as Yuki [owner Of Hashi] |
| 2014 | Tada's Do-It-All House: Disconcerto · as Kikuko Soneda |
| 2014 | Izakaya Moheji 3 · as Yuki [owner Of Hashi] |
| 2012 | Kaneko Misuzu monogatari: Minna chigatte, minna ii · as Ume Kaneko |
| 2011 | Antarctica, the Story of a Man and a Dog Who Challenged the Realm of God (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Gou (TV Series) · as Naka |
| 2010 | Railways · as Kinuyo Tsutsui |
| 2008 | Ponyo · as Yoshie (voice) |
| 2008 | Atsuhime (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Half a Confession · as Dr. Takaki |
| 2003 | Free and Easy 14: Pilgrimage Panic! · as Hisae Suzuki |
| 2002 | Free and Easy 13: Hama-chan in Crisis! · as Hisae Suzuki |
| 2001 | Free and Easy 12: Biggest Paid Vacation in History · as Hisue Suzuki |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | Free and Easy 11 · as Cast |
| 1999 | The Railroad Man · as Mune Kato |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | War and Youth · as Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-Ik |
| 1991 | Noh Mask Murders · as Aya Gondo |
| 1989 | Kasuga the Court Lady (TV Series) · as Narration |
| 1988 | |
| 1985 | Yasha · as Matsuko |
| 1983 | Oshin · as Narrator |
| 1981 | The Imperial Navy · as Utako Hongo |
| 1980 | The Young Rebels · as Cast |
| 1980 | May Love Be Restored · as Masa Kunugida |
| 1979 | Julie the Wild Rose (TV Series) · as Narration |
| 1978 | Take Me Away! · as Matsuko Ishiguro |
| 1977 | Ballad of Orin · as Teruyo |
| 1976 | Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow (TV Series) · as Wet Nurse |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Asagiri · as Cast |
| 1971 | Yomigaeru daichi · as Yoshiko |
| 1971 | Slope of Spring (TV Series) · as Nene |
| 1970 | Dodes'ka-den · as Ochô |
| 1970 | Apart from Life · as Mitsuko |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Ten to chi to (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1968 | Hymn to a Tired Man · as Miyo Mukaizaka |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | Hana to kaijitsu · as Tomiko Murakami |
| 1966 | Zesshô · as Sato - Koyuki's Mother |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | The Stars and I Decided... · as Michiyo Amemiya |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | The Scent of Incense. Part 1 · as Ezaki's Wife |
| 1963 | Habu no minato · as Kiku |
| 1963 | Kiriko no tango · as Tsuru Somei |
| 1963 | The Hidden Profile · as Eiko Kuze |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Harukanaru kuni no uta · as Natsue Tokuhisa |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | I Refuse to Die · as Cast |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Pigs and Battleships · as Hotel Cherry's Wife |
| 1960 | Everything Goes Wrong · as Masayo Sugita |
| 1960 | Zassô no yô na inochi · as Hisako Wakamura |
| 1959 | Season of Affairs · as Cast |
| 1959 | Sekai o kakeru koi · as Sachiko Muraoka |
| 1959 | Ore wa samishiinda · as Cast |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | Night Drum · as Orin |
| 1958 | Skinny and Fatty · as Mrs. Komatsu |
| 1955 | The Heart · as Kume, The Maid |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | There Is a Spring · as Cast |
| 1955 | Tôkyô no sora no shita ni wa · as Cast |
| 1954 | The Ditch · as Cast |
| 1953 | |
| 1952 |