Cast
Noriko Honma
Acting
Cast
Noriko Honma
Known for
Acting
Born
1911-11-29
From
Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan
Died
2009-04-12
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.
Seven Samurai
as Woman Farmer
Ikiru
as Housewife
Rashomon
as Medium
Dreams
Red Beard
as Resident
Yojimbo
as Farmer's Ex-wife
Stray Dog
as Wooden Tub Shop woman
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Itako
Madadayo
as Old Lady Holding a Cat
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Mineko
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as (uncredited)
Untamed Woman
as Otora, the foster mother
Summer Clouds
Brother and Sister
Rhapsody in August
as Mourner
Wife
Battle of the Japan Sea
I Live in Fear
as Worker family member
G.I. Samurai
as Old Woman
Mother
as Mino Hirai
Life of a Country Doctor
Varan the Unbelievable
as Ken's Mom
All About Marriage
as Mariko's Mother
Varan
as Ken's Mom
A Wife's Heart
Someday I'll Know
Town of Violence
as Sanpei's mother
The Blue Pearl
as Riu's mother
Where Chimneys Are Seen
The Big Boss
Marital Relations
The Surf
as Old Woman of O-Haru
The Homely Sister
as Tea shop old woman
Husband and Wife
Ditch
Snow-Flake
as Itakura's mother
The End of the Night
The Lone Journey
Oh, Bomb!
as Matsuko - Shiitake's wife
The Whole Family Works
as Ishimura's wife
The Ataka Family
as Otoku
Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)
Kiriko no unmei
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
Composition Class
as Aunt
People of Tokyo, Goodbye
as Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)
Anything For Success
Last of the Wild Ones
Their Father's Wife
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
as Tetsu (Zen's wife)
Fox and Raccoon
as Sada
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Nanny
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Hostess
Girls in the Orchard
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Start Here
as Kitamura’s Mother
All Sold Out
Nightshade Flower
石ころの唄
Blue Buds
as Fusae (Kazuko’s mother)