Tomoko Naraoka

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.

Acting

2014

Disconcerto
Movie

Kikuko Soneda

2011

Antarctica
Tv

Narrator (voice)

2010

Railways
Movie

Kinuyo Tsutsui

2001

1999

1991

1991

War and Youth
Movie

Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik

1985

Spring Bell
Movie

Katsuko Naganuma

1985

Demon
Movie

Matsuko

1981

1980

1978

Take Me Away!
Movie

Matsuko Ishiguro

1968

1965

1961

Pigs and Battleships
Movie

Hotel Cherry's Wife

1955

1955

The Heart
Movie

Kume, the maid

1955

1955

1953

Sound

1983

Oshin
Tv

Vocals

Infos

Full Name
Tomoko Naraoka
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
12/1/1929
Date of Death
3/23/2023
Also Known As

奈良岡 朋子