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.
Personal Details
Movies (50)
Madadayo
as Old Lady Holding a Cat
1993
Rhapsody in August
as Mourner
1991
Dreams
1990
G.I. Samurai
as Old Woman
1979
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969
The Homely Sister
as Tea shop old woman
1967
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Itako
1966
Start Here
as Kitamura’s Mother
1965
Red Beard
as Resident
1965
Oh, Bomb!
as Matsuko - Shiitake's wife
1964
Anything For Success
1962
Varan the Unbelievable
as Ken's Mom
1962
Kiriko no unmei
1962
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962
Yojimbo
as Farmer's Ex-wife
1961
Life of a Country Doctor
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Mineko
1960
Someday I'll Know
1959
Fox and Raccoon
as Sada
1959
The Big Boss
1959
Varan
as Ken's Mom
1958
Summer Clouds
1958
All About Marriage
as Mariko's Mother
1958
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Hostess
1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Nanny
1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957
Untamed Woman
as Otora, the foster mother
1957
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
as Tetsu (Zen's wife)
1957
People of Tokyo, Goodbye
as Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)
1956
A Wife's Heart
1956
Blue Buds
as Fusae (Kazuko’s mother)
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as (uncredited)
1956
I Live in Fear
as Worker family member
1955
Marital Relations
1955
The Lone Journey
1955
The Surf
as Old Woman of O-Haru
1954
Ditch
1954
Last of the Wild Ones
1954
Seven Samurai
as Woman Farmer
1954
Girls in the Orchard
1953
Brother and Sister
1953
Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)
1953
Their Father's Wife
1953
Wife
1953
The End of the Night
1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
Husband and Wife
1953
Ikiru
as Housewife
1952
Mother
as Mino Hirai
1952
The Ataka Family
as Otoku
1952