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Tomoko Naraoka

Born
December 1, 1929
Died
March 23, 2023
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
Ponyo
(2008)
Yoshie (voice)
Children of Hiroshima
(1952)
Railroad Man
(1999)
Mune Kato
Dodes'ka-den
(1970)
Ochô
THE LAST GOZE
(2020)
Full Filmography
Acting
A Fool's Love
(1949)
Hatsuko
Children of Hiroshima
(1952)
Miniature
(1953)
Ishigassen
(1955)
Yukiko
(1955)
The Heart
(1955)
Kume, the maid
How Sorrowful
(1956)
Ikebana
(1957)
Narrator
Skinny and Fatty
(1958)
Mrs. Komatsu
Osaka no kaze
(1958)
Night Drum
(1958)
Orin
I Will Challenge
(1959)
The Song of the Cart
(1959)
Everything Goes Wrong
(1960)
Masayo Sugita
Mahiru no yuugai
(1961)
Pigs and Battleships
(1961)
Hotel Cherry's Wife
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
(1961)
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
(1962)
Natsue Tokuhisa
Asu no hanayome
(1962)
Nuki uchi fūraibō
(1962)
Beautiful Calendar
(1963)
The Scent of Incense
(1964)
Ezaki's wife
Eddy Currents of Life
(1964)
Mino Hayashi
The Song of Love
(1965)
Witness Chair
(1965)
The Stars and I Decided...
(1965)
Michiyo Amemiya
I'll Never Cry!
(1966)
Cry for Sorrow
(1966)
Kokoro no sanmyaku
(1966)
Your Life
(1966)
The Sweet Interns
(1968)
Hymn to a Tired Man
(1968)
Zensaku's wife
Gambler's Dilemma
(1969)
Kei
Dodes'ka-den
(1970)
Ochô
Ruthless Gambler
(1970)
Apart from Life
(1970)
Mitsuko
Gambling Den Desire
(1970)
Morning Fog
(1971)
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
(1972)
Ballad of Orin
(1977)
Teruyo
Take Me Away!
(1978)
Matsuko Ishiguro
Twenty-Four Eyes
(1980)
Narrator (voice)
May Love Be Restored
(1980)
Masa Kunugida
Wings of Icarus' Flight
(1980)
Mother
The Imperial Navy
(1981)
Utako Hongo
Spring Bell
(1985)
Demon
(1985)
Matsuko
River of Fireflies
(1987)
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
(1988)
マルゴォの杯
(1988)
War and Youth
(1991)
Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
Noh Mask Murders
(1991)
Aya Gondo
Free and Easy 9
(1997)
Free and Easy 10
(1998)
Railroad Man
(1999)
Mune Kato
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
(2001)
Hisue Suzuki
The Firefly
(2001)
Half a Confession
(2004)
Dr. Takaki
Free and Easy 15
(2004)
Free and Easy 16
(2005)
Free and Easy 17
(2006)
Free and Easy 18
(2007)
Ponyo
(2008)
Yoshie (voice)
Railways
(2010)
Kinuyo Tsutsui
Izakaya Moheji
(2011)
300 Million Yen Robbery
(2014)
Yoshiko Takeda
Disconcerto
(2014)
曾根田菊子
Izakaya Moheji 5
(2016)
Izakaya Moheji 6
(2017)
Tatara Samurai
(2017)
Mizuho
The Takatsu River
(2019)
THE LAST GOZE
(2020)
The Zen Diary
(2022)
Chie
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