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Tomoko Naraoka

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

November 30, 1929 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

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

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. "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.

Known For
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Wings of Icarus' Flight

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THE LAST GOZE

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Ponyo

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Beautiful Calendar

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Nuki uchi fūraibō

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Railroad Man

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Spring Bell

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The Zen Diary

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Ikebana

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Morning Fog

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Apart from Life

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Demon

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Everything Goes Wrong

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Ballad of Orin

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Hymn to a Tired Man

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Gambling Den Desire

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Yukiko

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Your Life

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Disconcerto

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Asu no hanayome

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Half a Confession

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Free and Easy 15

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Railways

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I Will Challenge

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The Firefly

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Dodes'ka-den

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Ruthless Gambler

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Free and Easy 17

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Maiko's Visit to Tokyo

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How Sorrowful

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Night Drum

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Cry for Sorrow

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Izakaya Moheji 2

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Izakaya Moheji 4

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Izakaya Moheji 3

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Tatara Samurai

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River of Fireflies

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Skinny and Fatty

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Children of Hiroshima

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Free and Easy 9

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The Wolves

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The Song of the Season

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Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love

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The Song of Love

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I'll Never Cry!

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Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

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Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project

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Free and Easy 10

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Free and Easy 16

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300 Million Yen Robbery

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Eddy Currents of Life

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The Heart

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The Stars and I Decided...

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May Love Be Restored

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Twenty-Four Eyes

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A Fool's Love

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Izakaya Moheji 5

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Izakaya Moheji 6

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Izakaya Moheji

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Take Me Away!

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War and Youth

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The Sweet Interns

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The Scent of Incense

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Miniature

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The Imperial Navy

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Free and Easy 18

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Noh Mask Murders

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Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

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Gambler's Dilemma

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The Takatsu River

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Osaka no kaze

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Mahiru no yuugai

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マルゴォの杯

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Witness Chair

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Kokoro no sanmyaku

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Pigs and Battleships

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The Song of the Cart

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Ishigassen

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My Sons

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The Earth is Born Again

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Aoime no Sugao

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Hanayome wa jū go-sai

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The Flame of Devotion

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Ningen no sabaku

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Haru no Sakamichi

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Life of a Flower

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ありがとう

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Julie the Wild Rose

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The Autumn in Tokyo

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Antarctica