Noriko Honma
Biography
Noriko Honma (本間文子 Honma Noriko, born 29 November 1911 - 12 April 2009) is a Japanese actress whose film work occurred primarily during the 1950s. She was born in Hokkaido. She worked in many of Akira Kurosawa's films, first appearing in Kurosawa's Rashomon as the Miko, also in Ikiru, The Seven Samurai, Akahige, and Dreams.
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Acting History
1993
Madadayo as Old Lady Holding a Cat
1991Rhapsody in August as Mourner
1990Dreams
1979G.I. Samurai as Old Woman
1969Battle of the Japan Sea
1967The Homely Sister as Tea shop old woman
1966Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Itako
1965Start Here as Kitamura’s Mother
1965Red Beard as Resident
1964Oh, Bomb! as Matsuko - Shiitake's wife
1962Anything For Success
1962Varan the Unbelievable as Ken's Mom
1962Kiriko no unmei
1962The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1961Yojimbo as Farmer's Ex-wife
1960Life of a Country Doctor
1960When a Woman Ascends the Stairs as Mineko
1959Someday I'll Know
1959Fox and Raccoon as Sada
1959The Big Boss
1958Varan as Ken's Mom
1958Summer Clouds
1958All About Marriage as Mariko's Mother
1957Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Hostess
1957A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 as Nanny
1957Untamed Woman as Otora, the foster mother
1957Elephant from "Zoo Story" as Tetsu (Zen's wife)
1956People of Tokyo, Goodbye as Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)
1956A Wife's Heart
1956Blue Buds as Fusae (Kazuko’s mother)
1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as (uncredited)
1955I Live in Fear as Worker family member
1955Marital Relations
1955The Lone Journey
1954The Surf as Old Woman of O-Haru
1954Ditch
1954Last of the Wild Ones
1954Seven Samurai as Woman Farmer
1953Girls in the Orchard
1953Brother and Sister
1953Adolescence Part II as (uncredited)
1953Their Father's Wife
1953Wife
1953The End of the Night
1953Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953Husband and Wife
1952Ikiru as Housewife
1952Mother as Mino Hirai
1952The Ataka Family as Otoku
1951The Blue Pearl as Riu's mother
1951Nightshade Flower
1950Rashomon as Medium
1950Snow-Flake as Itakura's mother
1950Street of Violence as Sanpei's mother
1949Stray Dog as Wooden Tub Shop woman
1939The Whole Family Works as Ishimura's wife
1938Composition Class as Aunt