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.
Theater
Driving Miss Daisy (2005) – Daisy Werthan
Honours
Medal with Purple Ribbon (1992)
Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2000)
Filmography
Actress
2016
Tatara Samurai
2015
Izakaya Moheji 4 (TV Movie)
2014
Mahoro ekimae kyôsôkyoku
2014
Izakaya Moheji 3 (TV Movie)
2014
55 Sai Kara No Hello Life (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.5 (2014)
2014
3 oku yen jiken (TV Movie) as
Yoshiko takeda
2013
Izakaya Moheji 2 (TV Movie)
2012
Kaneko Misuzu monogatari: Minna chigatte, minna ii (TV Movie) as
Ume Kaneko
2011
Nankyoku tairiku: Kami no ryouiki ni idonda otoko to inu no monogatari (TV Series) as
Narration
- Episode #1.10 (2011) - Narration
- Episode #1.9 (2011) - Narration
- Episode #1.8 (2011) - Narration
- Episode #1.7 (2011) - Narration
- Episode #1.6 (2011) - Narration
- Episode #1.5 (2011) - Narration
- Episode #1.4 (2011) - Narration
- Episode #1.3 (2011) - Narration
- Episode #1.2 (2011) - Narration
- Episode #1.1 (2011) - Narration
2011
Izakaya moheji (TV Movie)
2011
Princess Go (TV Series) as
Naka
- Senhime no konrei (2011) - Naka
- Haha ni naru toki (2011) - Naka
- Rikyuu seppuku (2011) - Naka
- Hitojichi Hidetada (2011) - Naka
- Fubo no shouzou (2011) - Naka
- Koishikute (2011) - Naka
- Ieyasu no hanayome (2011) - Naka
- Kanpaku Hideyoshi (2011) - Naka
- Haha no saikon (2011) - Naka
2010
Reiruweizu: 49-sai de densha no untenshi ni natta otoko no monogatari
2009
Gin'iro no koibumi (TV Movie)
2008
Ponyo as
Yoshie (voice)
2006
Tsuribaka nisshi 17 as
Hisae Suzuki
2005
Tsuribaka nisshi 16
2004
Tsuribaka nisshi 15: Hama-chan ni asu wa nai? as
Hisae Suzuki
2004
Han-ochi
2003
Tsuribaka nisshi 14 as
Hisae Suzuki
2002
Tsuribaka nisshi 13: Hama-chan kiki ippatsu! as
Hisae Suzuki
2001
Tsuribaka nisshi 12: Shijo saidai no kyuka as
Hisae Suzuki
2001
The Firefly as
Yamamoto Tomiko
2000
Tsuribaka nisshi: Eleven
1999
Railroad Man as
Mune Kato
1998
Tsuribaka Nisshi 10
1997
Tsuribaka nisshi 9
1991
My Sons
1991
Sensou to seishun as
Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
1991
Noh Mask Murders as
Aya Gondo
1990
Ruten no umi
1989
Kasugano Tsubone (TV Series) as
Narration
- Episode #1.50 (1989) - Narration
- Episode #1.1 (1989) - Narration
1989
Kurumi no heya (TV Movie)
1988
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial as
Yaeko
1987
River of Fireflies as
Harue
1985
Haru no kane
1985
Yasha as
Matsuko
1984
Kuro no kairô (TV Movie)
1984
Oshin as
Narrator (voice)
1983
Kuroi ame: Mei no kekkon (TV Movie) as
Shigeko Shizuma
1981
Kazunomiya sama otome (TV Movie) as
Narrator
1980
24 Eyes (TV Movie) as
Narration (voice)
1980
The Young Rebels
1980
Tobe ikarosu no tsubasa as
Mother
1978
Take Me Away! as
Matsuko Ishiguro
1978
Akujo ni tsuite (TV Series) as
Rie Hayashi
1977
Ballad of Orin as
Teruyo
1976
Kaze to kumo to niji to (TV Series)(1976)
1972
Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei as
Masako Kurimoto
1971
Asagiri
1971
Yomigaeru daichi as
Yoshiko
1971
Haru no sakamichi (TV Series)
1970
Tekkaba bojô
1970
Dodes'ka-den as
Ochô
1970
Apart from Life as
Mitsuko
1969
Retsuden shumei tobaku as
Okei
1969
Ten to chi to (TV Series)
1968
Hana no koibitotachi as
Tsune Rôyama
1968
Yûyake sora (TV Series)
1968
Hymn to a Tired Man as
Zensaku's wife
1967
Hana to kaijitsu as
Tomiko Murakami
1967
Koi no highway as
Moriko Kaji
1966
Oyuki san as
Madame at Tomehachi (uncredited)
1966
Zesshô as
Sato - Koyuki's mother
1966
Your Life
1965
Eddy Currents of Life as
Mino Hayashi
1965
The Song of Love
1965
Shônin no isu
1964
The Scent of Incense as
Ezaki's wife
1964
Shutsugeki
1964
Hanayome wa jûgo sai
1963
Hikaru umi as
Nurse Hanada
1963
Habu no minato as
Kiku
1963
Kiriko no tango as
Tsuru Somei
1963
Utsukushii Koyomi as
Sawada Tamiko
1963
Kôkan nikki as
Mitsuko Usui
1963
Futari dake no toride as
Akiko Sakurai
1963
Kaze no shisen as
Eiko Kuze
1962
Asu no hanayome as
Fuyo Shiozaki
1962
Harukanaru kuni no uta as
Natsue Tokuhisa
1962
Nukiuchi fûraibô as
Yuki Maebara
1961
Aoi me no sugao as
Shige Yamanaka
1961
Pigs and Battleships
1960
Everything Goes Wrong as
Masayo Sugita
1960
Zassô no yô na inochi as
Hisako Wakamura
1959
Season of Affairs
1959
Sekai o kakeru koi as
Sachiko Muraoka
1959
Kamen no onna as
Yôko
1959
Ballad of the Cart as
Komura
1959
Inoru hito as
Shimizu
1958
Chibideka monogatari
1958
Night Drum as
Maid Orin
1956
Aya ni itoshiki
1956
Yoru ake asa ake
1955
Ishigassen as
Okimi
1955
The Heart as
Kume
1955
Ôkami
1955
Tôkyô no sora no shita ni wa
1954
Utsukushii hito
1953
Konketsuji
1953
Epitome
1952
Children of Hiroshima
1950
Hito kui kuma
1949
Chijin no ai as
Hatsuko
Self
2014
Tetsuko no heya (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 31 October 2018 (2018) - Self
- Episode dated 7 July 2017 (2017) - Self
- Episode dated 7 March 2016 (2016) - Self
- Episode dated 3 December 2014 (2014) - Self
2013
Music Portrait (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #3.18 (2013) - Self
- Episode #3.17 (2013) - Self
1978
The 1st Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self
1964
Non-fikushon gekijô (TV Series documentary short) as