Tomoko Naraoka

ActorSound Dec 1 (died age 93) Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan 1949–2022 (73 year career)

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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 Ki…

Known For

Film

Ponyo

Yoshie (voice)

Film

Dodes'ka-den

Ochô

Film

Pigs and Battleships

Hotel Cherry's Wife

Film

Children of Hiroshima

7.1 1952

Film

Railroad Man

Mune Kato

Film

Ballad of Orin

Teruyo

Film

Oshin

Vocals

Film

My Sons

7.8 1991

Filmography

Acting (94)

Movies (88)

The Zen Diary

as Chie

THE LAST GOZE

The Takatsu River

Tatara Samurai

as Mizuho

Izakaya Moheji 6

Izakaya Moheji 5

Izakaya Moheji 4

as Yuki [owner of Hashi]

Disconcerto

2014

as Kikuko Soneda

6.4

300 Million Yen Robbery

2014

as Yoshiko Takeda

6.0

Izakaya Moheji 3

2014

as Yuki [owner of Hashi]

Izakaya Moheji 2

2013

as Yuki [owner of Hashi]

Izakaya Moheji

Railways

as Kinuyo Tsutsui

Ponyo

as Yoshie (voice)

Free and Easy 18

Free and Easy 17

Free and Easy 16

Half a Confession

as Dr. Takaki

Free and Easy 15

The Firefly

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project

as Hisue Suzuki

Railroad Man

as Mune Kato

Free and Easy 10

Free and Easy 9

My Sons

Noh Mask Murders

as Aya Gondo

War and Youth

as Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik

Ningen no sabaku

Sea of Wandering

マルゴォの杯

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

River of Fireflies

Demon

as Matsuko

Spring Bell

as Katsuko Naganuma

The Imperial Navy

as Utako Hongo

May Love Be Restored

as Masa Kunugida

Twenty-Four Eyes

1980

as Narrator (voice)

Wings of Icarus' Flight

1980

as Mother

Take Me Away!

as Matsuko Ishiguro

Ballad of Orin

as Teruyo

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

1972

6.0

Morning Fog

1971

The Earth is Born Again

1971

as Yoshiko

Dodes'ka-den

as Ochô

Apart from Life

as Mitsuko

Gambling Den Desire

Gambler's Dilemma

as Kei

Ruthless Gambler

1969

Ex Convict: Sword Storm

Hymn to a Tired Man

as Miyo Mukaizaka

The Sweet Interns

Let's find your sweetheart

Cry for Sorrow

Your Life

Kokoro no sanmyaku

I'll Never Cry!

The Song of Love

Witness Chair

as Hiroko Kuzuhara

The Stars and I Decided...

1965

as Michiyo Amemiya

The Bride is Fifteen

1964

The Scent of Incense

1964

as Ezaki's wife

7.2

Eddy Currents of Life

1964

as Mino Hayashi

The Flame of Devotion

Beautiful Calendar

Nuki uchi fūraibō

Asu no hanayome

Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love

1962

as Natsue Tokuhisa

Pigs and Battleships

1961

as Hotel Cherry's Wife

7.1

Maiko's Visit to Tokyo

1961

The Song of the Season

1961

Aoime no Sugao

1961

Mahiru no yūkai

1961

Everything Goes Wrong

1960

as Masayo Sugita

6.4

I Will Challenge

1959

A Love that Wagers the World

1959

as Sachiko Muraoka

The Song of the Cart

Osaka no kaze

Skinny and Fatty

as Mrs. Komatsu

Night Drum

as Orin

Ikebana

as Narrator

How Sorrowful

The Heart

as Kume, the maid

The Wolves

Yukiko

Ishigassen

Miniature

Children of Hiroshima

1952

7.1

A Fool's Love

1949

as Hatsuko

Television (6)

Antarctica

as Narrator (voice)

The Autumn in Tokyo

Julie the Wild Rose

as Narration

Haru no Sakamichi

1971

as Nene

ありがとう

1970

as 鶴田清子

Life of a Flower

1963

as Osei

7.0

Crew (1)

Television (1)

Oshin

1983

Vocals

6.7