Tomoko Naraoka
1929-12-01 ( 95 years old ) in Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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.

Movies

The Zen Diary 2022-11-11
THE LAST GOZE 2020-10-23
Tatara Samurai 2017-05-20
Disconcerto 2014-10-18
Izakaya Moheji 2011-09-25
Railways 2010-05-29
Ponyo 2008-07-19
The Firefly 2001-05-01
Railroad Man 1999-06-05
My Sons 1991-10-12
War and Youth 1991-04-01
Spring Bell 1985-11-09
Demon 1985-08-31
Take Me Away! 1978-07-22
Ballad of Orin 1977-11-19
Morning Fog 1971-09-18
Dodes'ka-den 1970-10-31
Your Life 1966-08-13
Cry for Sorrow 1966-05-18
Witness Chair 1965-05-15
Aoime no Sugao 1961-05-08
Osaka no kaze 1958-12-03
Night Drum 1958-04-15
Ikebana 1957-05-14
How Sorrowful 1956-09-07
Ishigassen 1955-12-13
The Heart 1955-08-31
Yukiko 1955-08-03
The Wolves 1955-07-03
Miniature 1953-04-01
A Fool's Love 1949-10-16