Tomoko Naraoka

Personal Info

Birthday

December 1, 1929

Day of Death

2023-03-23

(93 years old)

Place of Birth

Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

奈良岡朋子

Tomoko Naraoka

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.

Known For

Ponyo

Haru no Sakamichi

Antarctica

Life of a Flower

Dodes'ka-den

ありがとう

Railroad Man

Pigs and Battleships

Filmography

2022
The Zen Diary
as Chie
2017
Tatara Samurai
as Mizuho
2015
Izakaya Moheji 4
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
2014
Disconcerto
as Kikuko Soneda
Izakaya Moheji 3
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
300 Million Yen Robbery
as Yoshiko Takeda
2013
Izakaya Moheji 2
as Yuki [owner of Hashi]
2010
Railways
as Kinuyo Tsutsui
2008
Ponyo
as Yoshie (voice)
2004
Half a Confession
as Dr. Takaki
2001
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
as Hisue Suzuki
1999
Railroad Man
as Mune Kato
1991
War and Youth
as Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
Noh Mask Murders
as Aya Gondo
1985
Spring Bell
as Katsuko Naganuma
Demon
as Matsuko
1981
The Imperial Navy
as Utako Hongo
1980
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Narrator (voice)
May Love Be Restored
as Masa Kunugida
Wings of Icarus' Flight
as Mother
1978
Take Me Away!
as Matsuko Ishiguro
1977
Ballad of Orin
as Teruyo
1971
The Earth is Born Again
as Yoshiko
1970
Dodes'ka-den
as Ochô
Apart from Life
as Mitsuko
1969
Gambler's Dilemma
as Kei
1968
Hymn to a Tired Man
as Miyo Mukaizaka
1965
The Stars and I Decided...
as Michiyo Amemiya
1964
Eddy Currents of Life
as Mino Hayashi
The Scent of Incense
as Ezaki's wife
1962
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
as Natsue Tokuhisa
1961
Pigs and Battleships
as Hotel Cherry's Wife
1960
Everything Goes Wrong
as Masayo Sugita
1959
A Love that Wagers the World
as Sachiko Muraoka
1958
Night Drum
as Orin
Skinny and Fatty
as Mrs. Komatsu
1957
Ikebana
as Narrator
1955
The Heart
as Kume, the maid
1949
A Fool's Love
as Hatsuko