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