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