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Tomoko Naraoka
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),…
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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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2022
The Zen Diary
Movie Chie
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2020
THE LAST GOZE
Movie
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2019
The Takatsu River
Movie
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2017
Izakaya Moheji 6
Movie
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2017
Tatara Samurai
Movie Mizuho
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2016
Izakaya Moheji 5
Movie
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2015
Izakaya Moheji 4
Movie Yuki [owner of Hashi]
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2014
Disconcerto
Movie Kikuko Soneda
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2014
Izakaya Moheji 3
Movie Yuki [owner of Hashi]
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2014
300 Million Yen Robbery
Movie Yoshiko Takeda
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2013
Izakaya Moheji 2
Movie Yuki [owner of Hashi]
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2011
Antarctica
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2011
Izakaya Moheji
Movie
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2011
Princess Go
TV show Ōmandokoro / Naka
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2010
Railways
Movie Kinuyo Tsutsui
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2008
Ponyo
Movie Yoshie (voice)
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2007
Free and Easy 18
Movie
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2006
Free and Easy 17
Movie
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2005
Free and Easy 16
Movie
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2004
Free and Easy 15
Movie
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2004
Half a Confession
Movie Dr. Takaki
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2001
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Movie Hisue Suzuki
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2001
The Firefly
Movie
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1999
Railroad Man
Movie Mune Kato
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1998
Free and Easy 10
Movie
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1997
Free and Easy 9
Movie
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1991
My Sons
Movie
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1991
War and Youth
Movie Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
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1991
Noh Mask Murders
Movie Aya Gondo
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1990
Sea of Wandering
Movie
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1990
Ningen no sabaku
Movie
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1988
マルゴォの杯
Movie
- 1988
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1987
River of Fireflies
Movie
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1985
The Autumn in Tokyo
TV show
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1985
Spring Bell
Movie Katsuko Naganuma
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1985
Demon
Movie Matsuko
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1983
Oshin
TV show Vocals
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1981
The Imperial Navy
Movie Utako Hongo
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1980
Twenty-Four Eyes
Movie Narrator (voice)
