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.
Known for
Ponyo
Yoshie (voice)
Spring Bell
Katsuko Naganuma
Railways
Kinuyo Tsutsui
May Love Be Restored
Masa Kunugida
Ballad of Orin
Teruyo
Railroad Man
Mune Kato
Pigs and Battleships
Hotel Cherry's Wife
Everything Goes Wrong
Masayo Sugita
Demon
Matsuko
The Bride is Fifteen
The Imperial Navy
Utako Hongo
Dodes'ka-den
Ochô
Asu no hanayome
The Sweet Interns
Free and Easy 17
Children of Hiroshima
My Sons
The Zen Diary
Chie
The Scent of Incense
Ezaki's wife
The Takatsu River
Free and Easy 18
Free and Easy 16
How Sorrowful
Beautiful Calendar
Tatara Samurai
Mizuho
Cry for Sorrow
Gambling Den Desire
Izakaya Moheji 6
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
Natsue Tokuhisa
Eddy Currents of Life
Mino Hayashi
Night Drum
Orin
Morning Fog
I'll Never Cry!
Kokoro no sanmyaku
The Stars and I Decided...
Michiyo Amemiya
River of Fireflies
Free and Easy 15
The Flame of Devotion
Aoime no Sugao
Miniature
Gambler's Dilemma
Kei
Hymn to a Tired Man
Miyo Mukaizaka
War and Youth
Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
A Fool's Love
Hatsuko
Take Me Away!
Matsuko Ishiguro
The Heart
Kume, the maid
The Firefly
Haru no Sakamichi
Nene
I Will Challenge
Noh Mask Murders
Aya Gondo
Izakaya Moheji 2
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
The Song of the Season
Let's find your sweetheart
300 Million Yen Robbery
Yoshiko Takeda
Izakaya Moheji
Sea of Wandering
Free and Easy 10
The Song of Love
Apart from Life
Mitsuko
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
A Love that Wagers the World
Sachiko Muraoka
Twenty-Four Eyes
Narrator (voice)
The Wolves
Nuki uchi fūraibō
Izakaya Moheji 4
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Izakaya Moheji 5
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Hisue Suzuki
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
Antarctica
Narrator (voice)
Yukiko
The Earth is Born Again
Yoshiko
Wings of Icarus' Flight
Mother
Disconcerto
Kikuko Soneda
Ishigassen
Free and Easy 9
Half a Confession
Dr. Takaki
Your Life
Osaka no kaze
Ningen no sabaku
Ruthless Gambler
マルゴォの杯
Izakaya Moheji 3
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Witness Chair
Hiroko Kuzuhara
Skinny and Fatty
Mrs. Komatsu
ありがとう
鶴田清子
Life of a Flower
Osei
Julie the Wild Rose
Narration
THE LAST GOZE
Ikebana
Narrator