Tomoko Naraoka

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.

Known For

Mother

翔べイカロスの翼

瞽女 GOZE

Yoshie (voice)

崖の上のポニョ

美しい暦

抜き射ち風来坊

Mune Kato

鉄道員

Katsuko Naganuma

春の鐘

Chie

土を喰らう十二ヵ月

Narrator

いけばな

朝霧

Mitsuko

地の群れ

Matsuko

夜叉

Masayo Sugita

すべてが狂ってる

Teruyo

はなれ瞽女おりん

Miyo Mukaizaka

日本の青春

鉄火場慕情

由起子

あなたの命

Kikuko Soneda

まほろ駅前狂騒曲

あすの花嫁

Dr. Takaki

半落ち

釣りバカ日誌15 ハマちゃんに明日はない!？

Kinuyo Tsutsui

RAILWAYS 49歳で電車の運転士になった男の物語

俺は挑戦する

ホタル

Ochô

どですかでん

博徒無情

釣りバカ日誌17 あとは能登なれ ハマとなれ!

舞妓の上京

あやに愛しき

Orin

夜の鼓

涙になりたい

Yuki [owner of Hashi]

居酒屋もへじ2

Yuki [owner of Hashi]

居酒屋もへじ3

Yuki [owner of Hashi]

居酒屋もへじ4

Mizuho

たたら侍

螢川

Mrs. Komatsu

チビデカ物語

原爆の子

釣りバカ日誌9

狼

どじょっこの歌

Natsue Tokuhisa

遙かなる国の歌

父と娘の歌

私は泣かない

海軍特別年少兵

Hisue Suzuki

釣りバカ日誌12 史上最大の有給休暇

釣りバカ日誌10

釣りバカ日誌16 浜崎は今日もダメだった♪♪

Yoshiko Takeda

松本清張ドラマスペシャル・三億円事件

Mino Hayashi

うず潮

Kume, the maid

こころ

Michiyo Amemiya

星と俺とできめたんだ

Masa Kunugida

五番町夕霧楼

Narrator (voice)

二十四の瞳

Hatsuko

痴人の愛

居酒屋もへじ

居酒屋もへじ 5 ～母という字～

居酒屋もへじ6-ありがとう父ちゃん-

Matsuko Ishiguro

ふりむけば愛

Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik

戦争と青春

花の恋人たち

Ezaki's wife

香華

縮図

Utako Hongo

連合艦隊

釣りバカ日誌18 ハマちゃんスーさん瀬戸の約束

Aya Gondo

天河伝説殺人事件

男はつらいよ 寅次郎サラダ記念日

Kei

侠花列伝 襲名賭博

高津川

大阪の風

真昼の誘拐

マルゴォの杯

証人の椅子

こころの山脈

Hotel Cherry's Wife

豚と軍艦

荷車の歌

石合戦

息子

Yoshiko

甦える大地

青い芽の素顔

花嫁は十五才

執炎

人間の砂漠

恋人をさがそう

Sachiko Muraoka

世界を賭ける恋

流転の海