Noriko Honma
Born: 1911-11-29 in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan
Died: 2009-04-12
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1993
- Madadayo as Old Lady Holding a Cat
1991
- Rhapsody in August as Mourner
1990
1979
- G.I. Samurai as Old Woman
1967
- The Homely Sister as Tea shop old woman
1966
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Itako
1965
- Red Beard as Resident
- Start Here as Kitamura’s Mother
1964
- Oh, Bomb! as Matsuko - Shiitake's wife
1962
1961
- Yojimbo as Farmer's Ex-wife
1960
1959
1958
- Summer Clouds
- Varan as Ken's Mom
- All About Marriage as Mariko's Mother
1957
- Untamed Woman as Otora, the foster mother
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
- A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 as Nanny
- Elephant from "Zoo Story" as Tetsu (Zen's wife)
- Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Hostess
1956
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as (uncredited)
- A Wife's Heart
- People of Tokyo, Goodbye as Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)
- Blue Buds as Fusae (Kazuko’s mother)
1955
- I Live in Fear as Worker family member
- Marital Relations
- The Lone Journey
1954
- Seven Samurai as Woman Farmer
- The Surf as Old Woman of O-Haru
- Last of the Wild Ones
- Ditch
1953
1952
- Ikiru as Housewife
- Mother as Mino Hirai
- The Ataka Family as Otoku
1951
- Nightshade Flower
- The Blue Pearl as Riu's mother
1950
- Rashomon as Medium
- Street of Violence as Sanpei's mother
- Snow-Flake as Itakura's mother
1949
- Stray Dog as Wooden Tub Shop woman
1939
- The Whole Family Works as Ishimura's wife
1938
- Composition Class as Aunt