People
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... Read More
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Zen Diary as Chie | 2022-11-11 |
| THE LAST GOZE | 2020-10-23 |
| The Takatsu River | 2019-11-29 |
| Izakaya Moheji 6 | 2017-08-28 |
| Tatara Samurai as Mizuho | 2017-05-20 |
| Izakaya Moheji 5 | 2016-06-27 |
| Izakaya Moheji 4 as Yuki [owner of Hashi] | 2015-06-08 |
| Disconcerto as Kikuko Soneda | 2014-10-18 |
| Izakaya Moheji 3 as Yuki [owner of Hashi] | 2014-08-04 |
| 300 Million Yen Robbery as Yoshiko Takeda | 2014-01-18 |
| Izakaya Moheji 2 as Yuki [owner of Hashi] | 2013-08-05 |
| Izakaya Moheji | 2011-09-25 |
| Railways as Kinuyo Tsutsui | 2010-05-29 |
| Ponyo as Yoshie (voice) | 2008-07-19 |
| Free and Easy 18 | 2007-09-08 |
| Free and Easy 17 | 2006-08-05 |
| Free and Easy 16 | 2005-08-27 |
| Free and Easy 15 | 2004-08-21 |
| Half a Confession as Dr. Takaki | 2004-01-10 |
| Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project as Hisue Suzuki | 2001-08-18 |
| The Firefly | 2001-05-01 |
| Railroad Man as Mune Kato | 1999-06-05 |
| Free and Easy 10 | 1998-08-08 |
| Free and Easy 9 | 1997-09-06 |
| My Sons | 1991-10-12 |
| War and Youth as Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik | 1991-04-01 |
| Noh Mask Murders as Aya Gondo | 1991-03-16 |
| Sea of Wandering | 1990-11-03 |
| Ningen no sabaku | 1990-04-28 |
| マルゴォの杯 | 1988-12-26 |
| Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial | 1988-12-24 |
| River of Fireflies | 1987-02-21 |
| Spring Bell as Katsuko Naganuma | 1985-11-09 |
| Demon as Matsuko | 1985-08-31 |
| The Imperial Navy as Utako Hongo | 1981-08-08 |
| Twenty-Four Eyes as Narrator (voice) | 1980-10-10 |
| May Love Be Restored as Masa Kunugida | 1980-04-29 |
| Wings of Icarus' Flight as Mother | 1980-01-26 |
| Take Me Away! as Matsuko Ishiguro | 1978-07-22 |
| Ballad of Orin as Teruyo | 1977-11-19 |
| Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy | 1972-08-12 |
| Morning Fog | 1971-09-18 |
| The Earth is Born Again as Yoshiko | 1971-02-26 |
| Dodes'ka-den as Ochô | 1970-10-31 |
| Gambling Den Desire | 1970-02-21 |
| Apart from Life as Mitsuko | 1970-01-30 |
| Gambler's Dilemma as Kei | 1969-09-27 |
| Ex Convict: Sword Storm | 1969-07-12 |
| Ruthless Gambler | 1969-06-28 |
| Hymn to a Tired Man as Miyo Mukaizaka | 1968-06-08 |
| The Sweet Interns | 1968-01-03 |
| Let's find your sweetheart | 1967-05-20 |
| I'll Never Cry! | 1966-10-29 |
| Your Life | 1966-08-13 |
| Cry for Sorrow | 1966-05-18 |
| Kokoro no sanmyaku | 1966-02-02 |
| The Song of Love | 1965-10-30 |
| The Stars and I Decided... as Michiyo Amemiya | 1965-08-14 |
| Witness Chair as Hiroko Kuzuhara | 1965-05-15 |
| The Flame of Devotion | 1964-11-22 |
| Eddy Currents of Life as Mino Hayashi | 1964-11-22 |
| The Scent of Incense as Ezaki's wife | 1964-05-24 |
| The Bride is Fifteen | 1964-03-25 |
| Beautiful Calendar | 1963-08-11 |
| Asu no hanayome | 1962-09-09 |
| Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love as Natsue Tokuhisa | 1962-07-15 |
| Nuki uchi fūraibō | 1962-03-18 |
| The Song of the Season | 1961-11-22 |
| Mahiru no yūkai | 1961-10-08 |
| Maiko's Visit to Tokyo | 1961-06-19 |
| Aoime no Sugao | 1961-05-08 |
| Pigs and Battleships as Hotel Cherry's Wife | 1961-01-21 |
| Everything Goes Wrong as Masayo Sugita | 1960-10-08 |
| A Love that Wagers the World as Sachiko Muraoka | 1959-07-12 |
| I Will Challenge | 1959-04-08 |
| The Song of the Cart | 1959-02-11 |
| Osaka no kaze | 1958-12-03 |
| Night Drum as Orin | 1958-04-15 |
| Skinny and Fatty as Mrs. Komatsu | 1958-01-01 |
| Ikebana as Narrator | 1957-05-14 |
| How Sorrowful | 1956-09-07 |
| Ishigassen | 1955-12-13 |
| The Heart as Kume, the maid | 1955-08-31 |
| Yukiko | 1955-08-03 |
| The Wolves | 1955-07-03 |
| Miniature | 1953-04-01 |
| Children of Hiroshima | 1952-08-06 |
| A Fool's Love as Hatsuko | 1949-10-16 |
