Cast & creator
Tomoko Naraoka
Best known for Oshin, Ponyo, Princess Go
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.
Also known as: 奈良岡 朋子
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1949–2022 · acting roles
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Filmography (97)
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Oshin
Vocals
1983
Ponyo
Yoshie (voice)
2008
Princess Go
Ōmandokoro / Naka
2011
Haru no Sakamichi
Nene
1971
Life of a Flower
Osei
1963
ありがとう
鶴田清子
1970
May Love Be Restored
Masa Kunugida
1980
Antarctica
Narrator (voice)
2011
Dodes'ka-den
Ochô
1970
Julie the Wild Rose
Narration
1979
Spring Bell
Katsuko Naganuma
1985
Railroad Man
Mune Kato
1999
Free and Easy 17
2006
Night Drum
Orin
1958
Pigs and Battleships
Hotel Cherry's Wife
1961
The Imperial Navy
Utako Hongo
1981
Demon
Matsuko
1985
The Takatsu River
2019
Disconcerto
Kikuko Soneda
2014
Ballad of Orin
Teruyo
1977
The Autumn in Tokyo
1985
Children of Hiroshima
1952
The Firefly
2001
Half a Confession
Dr. Takaki
2004
The Song of the Cart
1959
Hymn to a Tired Man
Miyo Mukaizaka
1968
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Hisue Suzuki
2001
The Scent of Incense
Ezaki's wife
1964
Free and Easy 10
1998
Yukiko
1955
Call My Black Dice
Kane Kawano (Kawano's wife)
1964
Noh Mask Murders
Aya Gondo
1991
300 Million Yen Robbery
Yoshiko Takeda
2014
My Sons
1991
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
Miniature
1953
Twenty-Four Eyes
Narrator (voice)
1980
The Wolves
1955
Tatara Samurai
Mizuho
2017
Everything Goes Wrong
Masayo Sugita
1960
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
Natsue Tokuhisa
1962
Railways
Kinuyo Tsutsui
2010
The Heart
Kume, the maid
1955
River of Fireflies
1987
Free and Easy 16
2005
The Zen Diary
Chie
2022
Free and Easy 18
2007
The Song of Love
1965
Take Me Away!
Matsuko Ishiguro
1978
Sea of Wandering
1990
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
A Fool's Love
Hatsuko
1949
Ishigassen
1955
War and Youth
Aunt Sakiko / Lee Soon-ik
1991How Sorrowful
1956
THE LAST GOZE
2020
Eddy Currents of Life
Mino Hayashi
1964
The Witness' Chair
Hiroko Kuzuhara
1965
Your Life
1966
Nuki uchi fūraibō
1962
Free and Easy 15
2004
The Sweet Interns
1968
The Stars and I Decided...
Michiyo Amemiya
1965
The Flame of Devotion
1964
The Bride is Fifteen
1964
Izakaya Moheji 6
2017
I Will Challenge
1959
Skinny and Fatty
Mrs. Komatsu
1958
Ruthless Gambler
1969
マルゴォの杯
1988
The Earth is Born Again
Yoshiko
1971Cry for Sorrow
1966
The Song of the Season
1961
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
Kokoro no sanmyaku
1966
Gambler's Dilemma
Kei
1969
Apart from Life
Mitsuko
1970
Beautiful Calendar
1963
Gambling Den Desire
1970
Izakaya Moheji 3
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
2014
Izakaya Moheji
2011
Aoime no Sugao
1961
Let's find your sweetheart
1967
Izakaya Moheji 5
2016
Free and Easy 9
1997
Izakaya Moheji 4
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
2015
Ningen no sabaku
1990
Mahiru no yūkai
1961
Osaka no kaze
1958
I'll Never Cry!
1966
Wings of Icarus' Flight
Mother
1980
Morning Fog
1971
A Love that Wagers the World
Sachiko Muraoka
1959
Ikebana
Narrator
1957
Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
1961
Asu no hanayome
1962
Izakaya Moheji 2
Yuki [owner of Hashi]
2013