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.
89 movies · 6 shows
The Zen Diary
2022·7.2
THE LAST GOZE
2020·0.0
The Takatsu River
2019·0.0
Izakaya Moheji 6
2017·7.0
Tatara Samurai
2017·6.7
Izakaya Moheji 5
2016·0.0
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015·0.0
Disconcerto
2014·6.4
Izakaya Moheji 3
2014·0.0
300 Million Yen Robbery
2014·6.5
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013·0.0
Izakaya Moheji
2011·6.0
Railways
2010·7.0
Ponyo
2008·7.8
Free and Easy 18
2007·7.5
Free and Easy 17
2006·5.8
Free and Easy 16
2005·8.0
Free and Easy 15
2004·8.3
Half a Confession
2004·7.9
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001·7.3
The Firefly
2001·7.5
Railroad Man
1999·7.1
Free and Easy 10
1998·7.0
Free and Easy 9
1997·7.5
My Sons
1991·7.8
War and Youth
1991·6.8
Noh Mask Murders
1991·6.3
Sea of Wandering
1990·9.0
Ningen no sabaku
1990·0.0
マルゴォの杯
1988·0.0
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988·8.3
River of Fireflies
1987·9.0
Spring Bell
1985·7.3
Demon
1985·7.6
The Imperial Navy
1981·6.6
Twenty-Four Eyes
1980·0.0
May Love Be Restored
1980·0.0
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980·0.0
Take Me Away!
1978·8.0
Ballad of Orin
1977·7.1
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972·6.3
Morning Fog
1971·0.0
The Earth is Born Again
1971·0.0
Dodes'ka-den
1970·7.1
Gambling Den Desire
1970·0.0
Apart from Life
1970·6.2
Gambler's Dilemma
1969·0.0
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969·0.0
Ruthless Gambler
1969·8.0
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968·8.0
The Sweet Interns
1968·8.0
Let's find your sweetheart
1967·0.0
I'll Never Cry!
1966·0.0
Your Life
1966·0.0
Cry for Sorrow
1966·0.0
Kokoro no sanmyaku
1966·9.0
The Song of Love
1965·0.0
The Stars and I Decided...
1965·0.0
The Witness' Chair
1965·6.5
Eddy Currents of Life
1964·0.0
The Flame of Devotion
1964·6.8
Call My Black Dice
1964·0.0
The Scent of Incense
1964·7.2
The Bride is Fifteen
1964·0.0
Beautiful Calendar
1963·0.0
Asu no hanayome
1962·0.0
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962·0.0
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962·0.0
The Song of the Season
1961·0.0
Mahiru no yūkai
1961·0.0
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
1961·0.0
Aoime no Sugao
1961·0.0
Pigs and Battleships
1961·7.1
Everything Goes Wrong
1960·6.7
A Love that Wagers the World
1959·0.0
I Will Challenge
1959·0.0
The Song of the Cart
1959·6.9
Osaka no kaze
1958·0.0
Night Drum
1958·5.9
Skinny and Fatty
1958·10.0
Ikebana
1957·6.4
How Sorrowful
1956·0.0
Ishigassen
1955·0.0
The Heart
1955·7.0
Yukiko
1955·0.0
The Wolves
1955·6.9
Miniature
1953·7.8
Children of Hiroshima
1952·7.1
A Fool's Love
1949·9.0