Tomoko Naraoka

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 presentday 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 longrunning 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 19941995 A nonfiction voice role was in the series Kiwameru Nihon no Bi to Kokoro