The Zen Diary
2022 · Movie
as Chie
Tomoko Naraoka
1929-12-01
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Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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
THE LAST GOZE
2020 · Movie
The Takatsu River
2019 · Movie
Tatara Samurai
2017 · Movie
as Mizuho
Izakaya Moheji 6
2017 · Movie
Izakaya Moheji 5
2016 · Movie
Izakaya Moheji 4
2015 · Movie
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Disconcerto
2014 · Movie
as Kikuko Soneda
Izakaya Moheji 3
2014 · Movie
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
300 Million Yen Robbery
2014 · Movie
as Yoshiko Takeda
Izakaya Moheji 2
2013 · Movie
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
Izakaya Moheji
2011 · Movie
Antarctica
2011 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
Railways
2010 · Movie
as Kinuyo Tsutsui
Ponyo
2008 · Movie
as Yoshie (voice)
Free and Easy 18
2007 · Movie
Free and Easy 17
2006 · Movie
Free and Easy 16
2005 · Movie
Half a Confession
2004 · Movie
as Dr. Takaki
Free and Easy 15
2004 · Movie
The Firefly
2001 · Movie
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001 · Movie
as Hisue Suzuki
Railroad Man
1999 · Movie
as Mune Kato
Free and Easy 10
1998 · Movie
Free and Easy 9
1997 · Movie
War and Youth
1991 · Movie
as Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
Noh Mask Murders
1991 · Movie
as Aya Gondo
My Sons
1991 · Movie
Ningen no sabaku
1990 · Movie
Sea of Wandering
1990 · Movie
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988 · Movie
マルゴォの杯
1988 · Movie
River of Fireflies
1987 · Movie
Spring Bell
1985 · Movie
as Katsuko Naganuma
Demon
1985 · Movie
as Matsuko
The Autumn in Tokyo
1985 · TV Show
The Imperial Navy
1981 · Movie
as Utako Hongo
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980 · Movie
as Mother
May Love Be Restored
1980 · Movie
as Masa Kunugida
Twenty-Four Eyes
1980 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Julie the Wild Rose
1979 · TV Show
as Narration
Take Me Away!
1978 · Movie
as Matsuko Ishiguro
Ballad of Orin
1977 · Movie
as Teruyo
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972 · Movie
Morning Fog
1971 · Movie
The Earth is Born Again
1971 · Movie
as Yoshiko
Haru no Sakamichi
1971 · TV Show
as Nene
Apart from Life
1970 · Movie
as Mitsuko
Gambling Den Desire
1970 · Movie
Dodes'ka-den
1970 · Movie
as Ochô
ありがとう
1970 · TV Show
as 鶴田清子
Ruthless Gambler
1969 · Movie
Gambler's Dilemma
1969 · Movie
as Kei
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969 · Movie
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968 · Movie
as Miyo Mukaizaka
The Sweet Interns
1968 · Movie
Let's find your sweetheart
1967 · Movie
Your Life
1966 · Movie
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Cry for Sorrow
1966 · Movie
I'll Never Cry!
1966 · Movie
Kokoro no sanmyaku
1966 · Movie
The Song of Love
1965 · Movie
The Stars and I Decided...
1965 · Movie
as Michiyo Amemiya
The Witness' Chair
1965 · Movie
as Hiroko Kuzuhara
Eddy Currents of Life
1964 · Movie
as Mino Hayashi
The Scent of Incense
1964 · Movie
as Ezaki's wife
The Bride is Fifteen
1964 · Movie
The Flame of Devotion
1964 · Movie
Call My Black Dice
1964 · Movie
as Kane Kawano (Kawano's wife)
Beautiful Calendar
1963 · Movie
Life of a Flower
1963 · TV Show
as Osei
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962 · Movie
Asu no hanayome
1962 · Movie
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962 · Movie
as Natsue Tokuhisa
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
1961 · Movie
The Song of the Season
1961 · Movie
Mahiru no yūkai
1961 · Movie
Pigs and Battleships
1961 · Movie
as Hotel Cherry's Wife
Aoime no Sugao
1961 · Movie
Everything Goes Wrong
1960 · Movie
as Masayo Sugita
I Will Challenge
1959 · Movie
The Song of the Cart
1959 · Movie
A Love that Wagers the World
1959 · Movie
as Sachiko Muraoka
Night Drum
1958 · Movie
as Orin
Skinny and Fatty
1958 · Movie
as Mrs. Komatsu
Osaka no kaze
1958 · Movie
Ikebana
1957 · Movie
as Narrator
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How Sorrowful
1956 · Movie
Yukiko
1955 · Movie
The Wolves
1955 · Movie
The Heart
1955 · Movie
as Kume, the maid
Ishigassen
1955 · Movie
Miniature
1953 · Movie
Children of Hiroshima
1952 · Movie
A Fool's Love
1949 · Movie
as Hatsuko
