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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 Zen Diary | Chie | 2022-11-11 |
Movie | THE LAST GOZE | 2020-10-23 | |
Movie | The Takatsu River | 2019-11-29 | |
Movie | Tatara Samurai | Mizuho | 2017-05-20 |
Movie | Izakaya Moheji 6 | 2017-08-28 | |
Movie | Izakaya Moheji 5 | 2016-06-27 | |
Movie | 300 Million Yen Robbery | Yoshiko Takeda | 2014-01-18 |
Movie | Disconcerto | 曾根田菊子 | 2014-10-18 |
Movie | Izakaya Moheji | 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 | 2007-09-08 | |
Movie | Free and Easy 17 | 2006-08-05 | |
Movie | Free and Easy 16 | Unknown | 2005-08-27 |
Movie | Half a Confession | Dr. Takaki | 2004-01-10 |
Movie | Free and Easy 15 | 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 | 1998-08-08 | |
Movie | Free and Easy 9 | 1997-09-06 | |
Movie | Noh Mask Murders | Aya Gondo | 1991-03-15 |
Movie | War and Youth | Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik | 1991-04-01 |
Movie | マルゴォの杯 | 1988-12-26 | |
Movie | Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial | 1988-12-24 | |
Movie | River of Fireflies | 1987-02-21 | |
Movie | Demon | Matsuko | 1985-08-31 |
Movie | Spring Bell | 1985-11-09 | |
Movie | The Imperial Navy | Utako Hongo | 1981-08-08 |
Movie | May Love Be Restored | Masa Kunugida | 1980-04-29 |
Movie | Wings of Icarus' Flight | Mother | 1980-01-26 |
Movie | Twenty-Four Eyes | Narrator (voice) | 1980-10-10 |
Series | Julie the Wild Rose | Narration | 1979-01-04 |
Movie | Take Me Away! | Matsuko Ishiguro | 1978-07-22 |
Movie | Ballad of Orin | Teruyo | 1977-11-19 |
Movie | Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy | 1972-08-12 | |
Series | Haru no Sakamichi | Nene | 1971-01-03 |
Movie | Morning Fog | 1971-09-18 | |
Movie | Gambling Den Desire | 1970-02-21 | |
Movie | Apart from Life | Mitsuko | 1970-01-30 |
Movie | Ruthless Gambler | 1970-03-29 | |
Series | ありがとう | 鶴田清子 | 1970-04-02 |
Movie | Dodes'ka-den | Ochô | 1970-10-31 |
Movie | Gambler's Dilemma | Kei | 1969-09-27 |
Movie | The Sweet Interns | 1968-01-03 | |
Movie | Hymn to a Tired Man | Zensaku's wife | 1968-06-08 |
Movie | Cry for Sorrow | Unknown | 1966-05-18 |
Movie | Kokoro no sanmyaku | 1966-02-02 | |
Movie | Your Life | 1966-08-13 | |
Movie | I'll Never Cry! | 1966-10-29 | |
Movie | Witness Chair | 1965-05-15 | |
Movie | The Stars and I Decided... | Michiyo Amemiya | 1965-08-14 |
Movie | The Song of Love | 1965-10-30 | |
Movie | The Scent of Incense | Ezaki's wife | 1964-05-24 |
Movie | Eddy Currents of Life | Mino Hayashi | 1964-11-22 |
Series | Life of a Flower | Osei | 1963-04-07 |
Movie | Beautiful Calendar | 1963-08-28 | |
Movie | Nuki uchi fūraibō | Unknown | 1962-03-18 |
Movie | Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love | Natsue Tokuhisa | 1962-07-15 |
Movie | Asu no hanayome | Unknown | 1962-09-09 |
Movie | Pigs and Battleships | Hotel Cherry's Wife | 1961-01-21 |
Movie | Maiko's Visit to Tokyo | 1961-06-19 | |
Movie | Mahiru no yuugai | 1961-10-08 | |
Movie | Everything Goes Wrong | Masayo Sugita | 1960-10-08 |
Movie | The Song of the Cart | 1959-02-11 | |
Movie | I Will Challenge | 1959-04-08 | |
Movie | Skinny and Fatty | Mrs. Komatsu | 1958-01-01 |
Movie | Osaka no kaze | 1958-12-03 | |
Movie | Night Drum | Orin | 1958-04-15 |
Movie | Ikebana | Narrator | 1957-05-14 |
Movie | How Sorrowful | 1956-09-07 | |
Movie | Yukiko | Unknown | 1955-08-03 |
Movie | The Heart | Kume, the maid | 1955-08-31 |
Movie | Ishigassen | 1955-12-13 | |
Movie | Miniature | 1953-04-01 | |
Movie | Children of Hiroshima | 1952-08-06 | |
Movie | A Fool's Love | Hatsuko | 1949-10-16 |