Tomoko Naraoka
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.
Wings of Icarus' Flight
(Mother)
THE LAST GOZE
Ponyo
(Yoshie (voice))
Beautiful Calendar
Nuki uchi fūraibō
Railroad Man
(Mune Kato)
Spring Bell
The Zen Diary
(Chie)
Ikebana
(Narrator)
Morning Fog
Apart from Life
(Mitsuko)
Demon
(Matsuko)
Everything Goes Wrong
(Masayo Sugita)
Ballad of Orin
(Teruyo)
Hymn to a Tired Man
(Zensaku's wife)
Gambling Den Desire
Yukiko
Your Life
Disconcerto
(曾根田菊子)
Asu no hanayome
Half a Confession
(Dr. Takaki)
Free and Easy 15
Railways
(Kinuyo Tsutsui)
I Will Challenge
The Firefly
Dodes'ka-den
(Ochô)
Ruthless Gambler
Free and Easy 17
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
How Sorrowful
Night Drum
(Orin)
Cry for Sorrow
Izakaya Moheji 2
(Yuki [owner of Hashi])
Izakaya Moheji 4
(Yuki [owner of Hashi])
Izakaya Moheji 3
(Yuki [owner of Hashi])
Tatara Samurai
(Mizuho)
River of Fireflies
Skinny and Fatty
(Mrs. Komatsu)
Children of Hiroshima
Free and Easy 9
The Wolves
The Song of the Season
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
(Natsue Tokuhisa)
The Song of Love
I'll Never Cry!
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
(Hisue Suzuki)
Free and Easy 10
Free and Easy 16
300 Million Yen Robbery
(Yoshiko Takeda)
Eddy Currents of Life
(Mino Hayashi)
The Heart
(Kume, the maid)
The Stars and I Decided...
(Michiyo Amemiya)
May Love Be Restored
(Masa Kunugida)
Twenty-Four Eyes
(Narrator (voice))
A Fool's Love
(Hatsuko)
Izakaya Moheji 5
Izakaya Moheji 6
Izakaya Moheji
Take Me Away!
(Matsuko Ishiguro)
War and Youth
(Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik)
The Sweet Interns
The Scent of Incense
(Ezaki's wife)
Miniature
The Imperial Navy
(Utako Hongo)
Free and Easy 18
Noh Mask Murders
(Aya Gondo)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Gambler's Dilemma
(Kei)
The Takatsu River
Osaka no kaze
Mahiru no yuugai
マルゴォの杯
Witness Chair
Kokoro no sanmyaku
Pigs and Battleships
(Hotel Cherry's Wife)
The Song of the Cart
Ishigassen
My Sons
Haru no Sakamichi
(Nene)
Life of a Flower
(Osei)
ありがとう
(鶴田清子)
Julie the Wild Rose
(Narration)
The Autumn in Tokyo
