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Tomoko Naraoka
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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 t…
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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.
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Tomoko Naraoka's Filmography
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The Zen Diary
as Chie

THE LAST GOZE

The Takatsu River

Izakaya Moheji 6

Tatara Samurai
as Mizuho

Izakaya Moheji 5

Izakaya Moheji 4
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]

Disconcerto
as Kikuko Soneda

Izakaya Moheji 3
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]

300 Million Yen Robbery
as Yoshiko Takeda

Izakaya Moheji 2
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]

Izakaya Moheji

Railways
as Kinuyo Tsutsui

Ponyo
as Yoshie (voice)

Free and Easy 18

Free and Easy 17

Free and Easy 16

Free and Easy 15

Half a Confession
as Dr. Takaki

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
as Hisue Suzuki

The Firefly

Railroad Man
as Mune Kato

Free and Easy 10

Free and Easy 9

My Sons

War and Youth
as Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik

Noh Mask Murders
as Aya Gondo

Sea of Wandering

Ningen no sabaku

マルゴォの杯

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

River of Fireflies

Spring Bell
as Katsuko Naganuma

Demon
as Matsuko

The Imperial Navy
as Utako Hongo

Twenty-Four Eyes
as Narrator (voice)

May Love Be Restored
as Masa Kunugida

Wings of Icarus' Flight
as Mother

Take Me Away!
as Matsuko Ishiguro

Ballad of Orin
as Teruyo

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

Morning Fog

The Earth is Born Again
as Yoshiko

Dodes'ka-den
as Ochô

Gambling Den Desire

Apart from Life
as Mitsuko

Gambler's Dilemma
as Kei

Ex Convict: Sword Storm

Ruthless Gambler

Hymn to a Tired Man
as Miyo Mukaizaka

The Sweet Interns

Let's find your sweetheart

I'll Never Cry!

Your Life
No Poster
Cry for Sorrow

Kokoro no sanmyaku

The Song of Love

The Stars and I Decided...
as Michiyo Amemiya

The Witness' Chair
as Hiroko Kuzuhara

The Flame of Devotion

Eddy Currents of Life
as Mino Hayashi

Call My Black Dice
as Kane Kawano (Kawano's wife)

The Scent of Incense
as Ezaki's wife

The Bride is Fifteen

Beautiful Calendar

Asu no hanayome

Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
as Natsue Tokuhisa

Nuki uchi fūraibō

The Song of the Season

Mahiru no yūkai

Maiko's Visit to Tokyo

Aoime no Sugao

Pigs and Battleships
as Hotel Cherry's Wife

Everything Goes Wrong
as Masayo Sugita

A Love that Wagers the World
as Sachiko Muraoka

I Will Challenge

The Song of the Cart

Osaka no kaze

Night Drum
as Orin

Skinny and Fatty
as Mrs. Komatsu

Ikebana
as Narrator
No Poster
How Sorrowful

Ishigassen

The Heart
as Kume, the maid

Yukiko

The Wolves

Miniature

Children of Hiroshima

A Fool's Love
as Hatsuko