Tomi Taira (平良 とみ, Taira Tomi, 5 November 1928 – 6 December 2015) was a Japanese actress with a long history of performing in Okinawan theatre. She was mainly active as an actress, narrator, dialect coach and in other capacities in shows and films taking place in Okinawa and in projects otherwise representing the region, as well as working more directly and officially with the Okinawa Tourist Bureau in promoting the island prefecture.
Acting both on stage and in films for many years, her first notable role in films was that of the title role of Nabbie, the grandmother in the 1999 film Nabbie no koi.
2009
as Tanme
2008
as Purusu Riri
2007
2006
as Mito Arakaki
2002
as Mieko's Grandmother
1999
as Nabbie Agarikinjo
1998
1992
1991
1985
1979