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.
Known For
All Movies (60)
- Madadayo1993 · as Old Lady Holding a Cat
- Rhapsody in August1991 · as Mourner
- Dreams1990
- G.I. Samurai1979 · as Old Woman
- Battle of the Japan Sea1969
- The Homely Sister1967 · as Tea shop old woman
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep1966 · as Itako
- Start Here1965 · as Kitamura’s Mother
- Red Beard1965 · as Resident
- Oh, Bomb!1964 · as Matsuko - Shiitake's wife
- Anything For Success1962
- Varan the Unbelievable1962 · as Ken's Mom
- Kiriko no unmei1962
- The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps1962
- 石ころの唄1962
- Yojimbo1961 · as Farmer's Ex-wife
- Life of a Country Doctor1960
- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs1960 · as Mineko
- Someday I'll Know1959
- Fox and Raccoon1959 · as Sada
- The Big Boss1959
- Varan1958 · as Ken's Mom
- Summer Clouds1958
- All About Marriage1958 · as Mariko's Mother
- Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen1957 · as Hostess
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 21957 · as Nanny
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 11957
- Untamed Woman1957 · as Otora, the foster mother
- Elephant from "Zoo Story"1957 · as Tetsu (Zen's wife)
- People of Tokyo, Goodbye1956 · as Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)
- A Wife's Heart1956
- Blue Buds1956 · as Fusae (Kazuko’s mother)
- All Sold Out1956
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island1956 · as (uncredited)
- I Live in Fear1955 · as Worker family member
- Marital Relations1955
- The Lone Journey1955
- The Surf1954 · as Old Woman of O-Haru
- Ditch1954
- Last of the Wild Ones1954
- Seven Samurai1954 · as Woman Farmer
- Girls in the Orchard1953
- Brother and Sister1953
- Adolescence Part II1953 · as (uncredited)
- Their Father's Wife1953
- Wife1953
- The End of the Night1953
- Where Chimneys Are Seen1953
- Husband and Wife1953
- Ikiru1952 · as Housewife
- Mother1952 · as Mino Hirai
- The Ataka Family1952 · as Otoku
- The Blue Pearl1951 · as Riu's mother
- Nightshade Flower1951
- Rashomon1950 · as Medium
- Snow-Flake1950 · as Itakura's mother
- Town of Violence1950 · as Sanpei's mother
- Stray Dog1949 · as Wooden Tub Shop woman
- The Whole Family Works1939 · as Ishimura's wife
- Composition Class1938 · as Aunt