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    Tomoko Naraoka

    1929-12-01 (94 years old) in Komagome, Hongo Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

    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.

    Movies

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    The Zen Diary
    80 %|Nov 11, 2022
    Drama
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    THE LAST GOZE
    0 %|Oct 23, 2020
    Drama
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    The Takatsu River
    0 %|Nov 29, 2019
    Drama
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    Izakaya Moheji 6
    70 %|Aug 28, 2017
    Drama
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    Tatara Samurai
    55 %|May 20, 2017
    Action, Comedy, Drama, History, War
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    Izakaya Moheji 5
    0 %|Jun 27, 2016
    Drama
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    Izakaya Moheji 4
    0 %|Jun 8, 2015
    Comedy, Drama
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    Disconcerto
    65 %|Oct 18, 2014
    Comedy
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    Izakaya Moheji 3
    0 %|Aug 4, 2014
    Drama, Comedy
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    300 Million Yen Robbery
    60 %|Jan 18, 2014
    Mystery
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    Izakaya Moheji 2
    0 %|Aug 5, 2013
    Comedy, Drama
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    Izakaya Moheji
    60 %|Sep 25, 2011
    Comedy, Drama
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    Railways
    70 %|May 29, 2010
    Drama
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    Ponyo
    77.4 %|Jul 19, 2008
    Animation, Fantasy, Family
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    Free and Easy 18
    75 %|Sep 8, 2007
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    Free and Easy 17
    58 %|Aug 5, 2006
    Comedy, Drama
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    Free and Easy 16
    75 %|Aug 27, 2005
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    Free and Easy 15
    75 %|Aug 21, 2004
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    Half a Confession
    72 %|Jan 10, 2004
    Drama, Mystery, Crime
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    The Firefly
    70 %|May 1, 2001
    Drama
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    Railroad Man
    69 %|Jun 5, 1999
    Drama
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    Free and Easy 10
    67 %|Aug 8, 1998
    Comedy, Family
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    Free and Easy 9
    73 %|Sep 6, 1997
    Comedy, Drama
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    My Sons
    79 %|Oct 12, 1991
    Comedy, Romance
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    War and Youth
    35 %|Apr 1, 1991
    Drama
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    Noh Mask Murders
    56 %|Mar 15, 1991
    Mystery, Drama
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    マルゴォの杯
    0 %|Dec 26, 1988
    Drama, Mystery
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    Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
    85 %|Dec 24, 1988
    Comedy
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    River of Fireflies
    0 %|Feb 21, 1987
    Drama
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    Spring Bell
    60 %|Nov 9, 1985
    Romance, Drama
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    Demon
    77 %|Aug 31, 1985
    Drama
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    The Imperial Navy
    66 %|Aug 8, 1981
    War, Drama
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    Twenty-Four Eyes
    0 %|Oct 10, 1980
    Animation, Drama
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    May Love Be Restored
    0 %|Apr 29, 1980
    Drama
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    Wings of Icarus' Flight
    0 %|Jan 26, 1980
    Drama
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    Take Me Away!
    60 %|Jul 22, 1978
    Drama, Romance
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    Ballad of Orin
    69 %|Nov 19, 1977
    Drama
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    Morning Fog
    0 %|Sep 18, 1971
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    Dodes'ka-den
    70 %|Oct 31, 1970
    Drama
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    Gambling Den Desire
    0 %|Feb 21, 1970
    Crime, Drama, Action
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    Apart from Life
    58 %|Jan 30, 1970
    Drama
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    Gambler's Dilemma
    0 %|Sep 27, 1969
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    Ruthless Gambler
    0 %|Jun 28, 1969
    Action, Crime, Drama
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    Hymn to a Tired Man
    78 %|Jun 8, 1968
    Drama
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    The Sweet Interns
    0 %|Jan 3, 1968
    Drama, Romance
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    I'll Never Cry!
    0 %|Oct 29, 1966
    Drama
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    Your Life
    0 %|Aug 13, 1966
    Action, Crime
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    Cry for Sorrow
    0 %|May 18, 1966
    Music, Drama
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    Kokoro no sanmyaku
    0 %|Feb 2, 1966
    Drama
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    The Song of Love
    0 %|Oct 30, 1965
    Drama
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    The Stars and I Decided...
    0 %|Aug 14, 1965
    Drama, Action
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    Witness Chair
    60 %|May 15, 1965
    Drama
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    Eddy Currents of Life
    0 %|Nov 22, 1964
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    The Scent of Incense
    72 %|May 24, 1964
    Drama
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    Beautiful Calendar
    0 %|Aug 28, 1963
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    Asu no hanayome
    0 %|Sep 9, 1962
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    Nuki uchi fūraibō
    0 %|Mar 18, 1962
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    The Song of the Season
    0 %|Nov 22, 1961
    Romance, Drama
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    Mahiru no yuugai
    0 %|Oct 8, 1961
    Crime, Drama
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    Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
    0 %|Jun 19, 1961
    Drama
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    Pigs and Battleships
    71 %|Jan 21, 1961
    Crime, Drama, Comedy
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    Everything Goes Wrong
    64 %|Oct 8, 1960
    Drama, Crime
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    I Will Challenge
    0 %|Apr 8, 1959
    Action, Crime, Drama
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    The Song of the Cart
    66 %|Feb 11, 1959
    Drama
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    Osaka no kaze
    0 %|Dec 3, 1958
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    Night Drum
    61 %|Apr 15, 1958
    Drama, History
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    Skinny and Fatty
    0 %|Jan 1, 1958
    Drama, Family
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    Ikebana
    64 %|May 14, 1957
    Documentary
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    How Sorrowful
    0 %|Sep 7, 1956
    Drama
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    Ishigassen
    0 %|Dec 13, 1955
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    The Heart
    68 %|Aug 31, 1955
    Drama
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    Yukiko
    0 %|Aug 3, 1955
    Drama
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    The Wolves
    68 %|Jul 3, 1955
    Drama
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    Miniature
    80 %|Apr 1, 1953
    Drama
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    Children of Hiroshima
    71 %|Aug 6, 1952
    Drama, War
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    A Fool's Love
    0 %|Oct 16, 1949
    Drama

    Series

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    The Autumn in Tokyo
    0 %|Nov 10, 1985
    Family, Drama
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    Julie the Wild Rose
    0 %|Jan 4, 1979
    Animation
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    Haru no Sakamichi
    0 %|Jan 3, 1971
    Drama
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    ありがとう
    0 %|Apr 2, 1970
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    Life of a Flower
    70 %|Apr 7, 1963
    Drama