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name: "Tomie Kataoka"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tomie-kataoka"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 November 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-17T06:43:20.336477+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Tomie Kataoka

Actor. Born 2 November 1944 in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 November 1944, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
- **Active:** 2002–2012
- **Also known as:** 片岡 富枝
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9311131, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441166/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1244350

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Millennium Actress*](https://film.one/film/millennium-actress.md) (86), [*Wolf Children*](https://film.one/film/wolf-children.md) (81)

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## Biography

Tomie Kataoka (片岡 富枝) is a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born on 2 November 1944 in Matsudo, Chiba, she is affiliated with the Seinenza Theater Company.

She has worked in stage, television and film since the 1960s, and as a voice actress since the 1970s. Her credits include the voice of Mino in *Millennium Actress* (2002), Mrs Nirasaki in *Wolf Children* (2012), and roles in *Ponyo* (2008) and *Cowboy Bebop* (1998). She has also provided Japanese dubbing for Disney characters such as Kanga in the Winnie the Pooh series and Flo in the Cars films.

*Sources: ja.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, animenewsnetwork.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Wolf Children* (2012), Fi1m 81, as Mrs. Nirasaki (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/wolf-children.md)
- *Millennium Actress* (2002), Fi1m 86, as Mino (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/millennium-actress.md)

## Also known for

- *Ponyo* (2008), (voice)
- *Cowboy Bebop* (1998), V.T. (voice)
- *Kamen Rider* (1971), Cake Class Teacher
- *Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 3: The Brightness Falls* (2015), (voice)
- *Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 5: To Beloved Ones* (2016), (voice)
- *Den-noh Coil* (2007), Mrs Tome (voice)

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