Tomoko Naraoka
Known For
Acting
Born
1929-12-01 in Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died
2023-03-23
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.
Most Known For
Ponyo
as Yoshie (voice)
Life of a Flower
as Osei
Haru no Sakamichi
as Nene
Antarctica
as Narrator (voice)
Railroad Man
as Mune Kato
ありがとう
as 鶴田清子
Julie the Wild Rose
as Narration
Spring Bell
as Katsuko Naganuma
The Imperial Navy
as Utako Hongo
Ballad of Orin
as Teruyo
Dodes'ka-den
as Ochô
Demon
as Matsuko
Tatara Samurai
as Mizuho
Children of Hiroshima
The Zen Diary
as Chie
May Love Be Restored
as Masa Kunugida
Half a Confession
as Dr. Takaki
Pigs and Battleships
as Hotel Cherry's Wife
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Noh Mask Murders
as Aya Gondo