
Tomoko Naraoka
Born: 1929-12-01
Place of Birth: Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Biography
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

Railroad Man

Demon

Spring Bell

Miniature

Railways

Dodes'ka-den

Half a Confession

Pigs and Battleships

Children of Hiroshima

Apart from Life

The Imperial Navy

Ballad of Orin

Disconcerto

The Heart

Beautiful Calendar

Tatara Samurai

May Love Be Restored

Hymn to a Tired Man

Noh Mask Murders

Wings of Icarus' Flight

Yukiko

Take Me Away!

The Flame of Devotion

The Sweet Interns

The Wolves

The Song of Love

300 Million Yen Robbery

Asu no hanayome

The Earth is Born Again

The Song of the Season

Twenty-Four Eyes

Skinny and Fatty

Eddy Currents of Life

Maiko's Visit to Tokyo

The Firefly

Witness Chair

Sea of Wandering

Night Drum

River of Fireflies

A Love that Wagers the World

Osaka no kaze

Kokoro no sanmyaku

The Scent of Incense

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

My Sons

The Zen Diary

I'll Never Cry!

Nuki uchi fūraibō

War and Youth

Izakaya Moheji

Gambling Den Desire

I Will Challenge

Everything Goes Wrong

Gambler's Dilemma

Ruthless Gambler

Aoime no Sugao

Morning Fog

Your Life

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

The Bride is Fifteen

Let's find your sweetheart

A Fool's Love

Ningen no sabaku

The Stars and I Decided...

マルゴォの杯

Ikebana

Free and Easy 10

Free and Easy 15

Izakaya Moheji 4

Izakaya Moheji 6

Free and Easy 17

The Takatsu River

Free and Easy 16

Free and Easy 9

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project

Free and Easy 18

Izakaya Moheji 2

Izakaya Moheji 5

THE LAST GOZE

Ishigassen

Izakaya Moheji 3

Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love

The Song of the Cart
