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Tomoko Naraoka (奈良岡 朋子, Naraoka Tomoko, December 1, 1929 – March 23, 2023) was 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.
Tomoko Naraoka | |
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.jpg) Naraoka in Children of Hiroshima, 1952 | |
| Born | December 1, 1929 |
| Died | March 23, 2023 (aged 93) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1948–2023 |
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 Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (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.
Naraoka died from pneumonia on March 23, 2023, at the age of 93.[1]
Filmography
editFilm
edit(Partial list)
- Chijin no Ai (1949)
- Wolf (1955)
- Night Drum (1958)
- Chibideka monogatari (Skinny and Fatty) (1958)
- Ballad of the Cart (1959)[2]
- The Scent of Incense (1964)[3]
- Ballad of Orin (1977)
- The Imperial Navy (1981)
- Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial (1988)
- Ruten no umi (1990)
- My Sons (1991)
- Poppoya (1999) – Mune Katō
- Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008) – Yoshie (voice)
- Railways (2010) – Kinyo[4]
- Takatsu-gawa (2022) – Kinue Saitō[5]
- The Zen Diary (2022) – Chie[6]
Television
edit- Ten to Chi to (1969)[7]
- Haru no Sakamichi (1971) – Kōdai-in
- Oshin (1983–84) – Narrator
- Inochi (1986) – Narrator
- Taiyō ni Hoero! Part 2 (1986) – Asako Takamura
- Kasuga no Tsubone (1989) – Narrator
- Onna wa Dokyō (1992) – Narrator
- Haru yo, koi (1994–95) – Narrator
- Atsuhime (2008) – Narrator
- Gō (2011) – Ōmandokoro
- Nankyoku Tairiku (2011) – Narrator
Theater
edit- Driving Miss Daisy (2005) – Daisy Werthan
Honours
editReferences
edit- ^ "奈良岡朋子さんが死去、９３歳…「おしん」や「篤姫」などでナレーション". Yomiuri. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ "荷車の歌". eiga.com. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ "香華". eiga.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ Elley, Derek (8 July 2010). "Railways". Film Business Asia. Film Business Asia Limited. Archived from the original on 2 August 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ^ "延期から2年「高津川」新公開日が決定、甲本雅裕「喜びの気持ちでいっぱい」". Natalie. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- ^ "土を喰らう十二ヵ月". eiga.com. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ "天と地と". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- This article incorporates material from 奈良岡朋子 in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved September 22, 2007.
External links
edit- Tomoko Naraoka at IMDb
- Tomoko Naraoka at JMDB (in Japanese)
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