Acting
Tomoko Naraoka
JA, EN cinema · 91 credits
Born
1 December 1929
Died
23 March 2023 (aged 93)
Birthplace
Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also known as 奈良岡 朋子
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Zen Diary
as Chie
Tatara Samurai
as Mizuho
Izakaya Moheji 4
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Disconcerto
as Kikuko Soneda
Izakaya Moheji 3
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
300 Million Yen Robbery
as Yoshiko Takeda
Izakaya Moheji 2
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Railways
as Kinuyo Tsutsui
Ponyo
as Yoshie (voice)
Half a Confession
as Dr. Takaki
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
as Hisue Suzuki
Railroad Man
as Mune Kato
War and Youth
as Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
Noh Mask Murders
as Aya Gondo
My Sons
Actor
Spring Bell
as Katsuko Naganuma
Demon
as Matsuko
The Imperial Navy
as Utako Hongo
May Love Be Restored
as Masa Kunugida
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Narrator (voice)
Take Me Away!
as Matsuko Ishiguro
Ballad of Orin
as Teruyo
Apart from Life
as Mitsuko
Dodes'ka-den
as Ochô
Hymn to a Tired Man
as Miyo Mukaizaka
The Stars and I Decided...
as Michiyo Amemiya
The Witness' Chair
as Hiroko Kuzuhara
Eddy Currents of Life
as Mino Hayashi
The Scent of Incense
as Ezaki's wife
Call My Black Dice
as Kane Kawano (Kawano's wife)
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
as Natsue Tokuhisa
Pigs and Battleships
as Hotel Cherry's Wife
Everything Goes Wrong
as Masayo Sugita
A Love that Wagers the World
as Sachiko Muraoka
Night Drum
as Orin
Skinny and Fatty
as Mrs. Komatsu
Ikebana
as Narrator
The Heart
as Kume, the maid
A Fool's Love
as Hatsuko