7.8
7.8
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968
as Miyo Mukaizaka
Tomoko Naraoka
Acting
Born:December 1, 1929
Died:March 23, 2023(aged 93)
Birthplace:Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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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.
Filmography (79 movies)
7.8
7.8
Ponyo
2008
as Yoshie (voice)
7.7
7.7
My Sons
1991
7.5
7.5
Free and Easy 16
2005
7.5
7.5
Free and Easy 15
2004
7.5
7.5
Free and Easy 18
2007
7.3
7.3
Free and Easy 9
1997
7.2
7.2
The Scent of Incense
1964
as Ezaki's wife
7.1
7.1
Children of Hiroshima
1952
7.1
7.1
Ballad of Orin
1977
as Teruyo
7.0
7.0
Railways
2010
as Kinuyo Tsutsui
7.0
7.0
Demon
1985
as Matsuko
7.0
7.0
The Firefly
2001
7.0
7.0
Dodes'ka-den
1970
as Ochô
7.0
7.0
Take Me Away!
1978
as Matsuko Ishiguro
7.0
7.0
Izakaya Moheji 6
2017
7.0
7.0
Railroad Man
1999
as Mune Kato
6.9
6.9
The Zen Diary
2022
as Chie
6.8
6.8
The Flame of Devotion
1964
6.8
6.8
The Heart
1955
as Kume, the maid
6.7
6.7
Free and Easy 10
1998
6.6
6.6
The Song of the Cart
1959
6.5
6.5
Disconcerto
2014
as Kikuko Soneda
6.4
6.4
Ikebana
1957
as Narrator
6.4
6.4
Everything Goes Wrong
1960
as Masayo Sugita
6.0
6.0
300 Million Yen Robbery
2014
as Yoshiko Takeda
6.0
6.0
Witness Chair
1965
6.0
6.0
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
6.0
6.0
Spring Bell
1985
as Katsuko Naganuma
6.0
6.0
Izakaya Moheji
2011
5.8
5.8
Apart from Life
1970
as Mitsuko
5.8
5.8
Free and Easy 17
2006
5.7
5.7
Night Drum
1958
as Orin
5.6
5.6
Noh Mask Murders
1991
as Aya Gondo
5.5
5.5
Tatara Samurai
2017
as Mizuho
5.3
5.3
War and Youth
1991
as Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Izakaya Moheji 3
2014
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
The Song of the Season
1961
Hanayome wa jū go-sai
1964
Aoime no Sugao
1961
A Love that Wagers the World
1959
as Sachiko Muraoka
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
1961
Skinny and Fatty
1958
as Mrs. Komatsu
River of Fireflies
1987
How Sorrowful
1956
Cry for Sorrow
1966
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962
as Natsue Tokuhisa
The Song of Love
1965
I'll Never Cry!
1966
Eddy Currents of Life
1964
as Mino Hayashi
The Earth is Born Again
1971
as Yoshiko
The Stars and I Decided...
1965
as Michiyo Amemiya
Izakaya Moheji 5
2016
A Fool's Love
1949
as Hatsuko
Twenty-Four Eyes
1980
as Narrator (voice)
The Sweet Interns
1968
The Takatsu River
2019
Gambler's Dilemma
1969
as Kei
Osaka no kaze
1958
Morning Fog
1971
Mahiru no yūkai
1961
マルゴォの杯
1988
Kokoro no sanmyaku
1966
Ishigassen
1955
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
as Mother
THE LAST GOZE
2020
Yukiko
1955
Gambling Den Desire
1970
Ningen no sabaku
1990
Beautiful Calendar
1963
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
Your Life
1966
Asu no hanayome
1962
I Will Challenge
1959
Let's find your sweetheart
1967
Ruthless Gambler
1969
Sea of Wandering
1990
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