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Tomoko Naraoka

Tomoko Naraoka

Acting

December 1, 1929 – March 23, 2023 (died at 93)
Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Female
89 Movies
7 TV Shows

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.

Ponyo
Ponyo

Ponyo

2008 7.8

as Yoshie (voice)

Age 78 (now 93)
Oshin
Oshin

Oshin

1983 6.8

Vocals

Age 53 (now 93)
297 eps
Ballad of Orin
Ballad of Orin

Ballad of Orin

1977 7.1

as Teruyo

Age 47 (now 93)
Ikebana
Ikebana

Ikebana

1957 6.4

as Narrator

Age 27 (now 93)
Railroad Man
Railroad Man

Railroad Man

1999 7.1

as Mune Kato

Age 69 (now 93)
Everything Goes Wrong
Everything Goes Wrong

Everything Goes Wrong

1960 6.7

as Masayo Sugita

Age 30 (now 93)
Dodes'ka-den
Dodes'ka-den

Dodes'ka-den

1970 7.1

as Ochô

Age 40 (now 93)
Night Drum
Night Drum

Night Drum

1958 5.9

as Orin

Age 28 (now 93)
The Zen Diary
The Zen Diary

The Zen Diary

2022 7.2

as Chie

Age 92 (now 93)
Children of Hiroshima
Children of Hiroshima

Children of Hiroshima

1952 7.1
Age 22 (now 93)
Railways
Railways

Railways

2010 7.0

as Kinuyo Tsutsui

Age 80 (now 93)
The Heart
The Heart

The Heart

1955 7.0

as Kume, the maid

Age 25 (now 93)
Disconcerto
Disconcerto

Disconcerto

2014 6.4

as Kikuko Soneda

Age 84 (now 93)
Antarctica
Antarctica

Antarctica

2011 8.3

as Narrator (voice)

Age 81 (now 93)
10 eps
Free and Easy 17
Free and Easy 17

Free and Easy 17

2006 5.8
Age 76 (now 93)
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

1972 6.3
Age 42 (now 93)