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.
2022
as Chie
2020
2019
2017
2017
as Mizuho
2016
2015
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
2014
as 曾根田菊子
2014
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
2014
as Yoshiko Takeda
2013
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
2011
as Narrator (voice)
2011
2010
as Kinuyo Tsutsui
2008
as Yoshie (voice)
2007
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as Dr. Takaki
2001
as Hisue Suzuki
2001
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as Mune Kato
1998
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as Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
1991
as Aya Gondo
1990
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as Matsuko
1981
as Utako Hongo
1980
as Narrator (voice)
1980
as Masa Kunugida
1980
as Mother
1979
as Narration
1978
as Matsuko Ishiguro
1977
as Teruyo
1972
1971
1971
as Yoshiko
1971
as Nene
1970
as Ochô
1970
as 鶴田清子
1970
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as Mitsuko
1969
as Kei
1969
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as Miyo Mukaizaka
1968
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as Michiyo Amemiya
1965
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as Mino Hayashi
1964
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as Ezaki's wife
1964
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as Osei
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as Natsue Tokuhisa
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as Hotel Cherry's Wife
1960
as Masayo Sugita
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as Orin
1958
as Mrs. Komatsu
1957
as Narrator
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as Kume, the maid
1955
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as Hatsuko