Noriko Honma
Acting
Born November 29, 1911, Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan
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
- 1993Madadayo — Old Lady Holding a Cat
- 1991Rhapsody in August — Mourner
- 1990Dreams
- 1979G.I. Samurai — Old Woman
- 1969Battle of the Japan Sea
- 1969Monstrous! Who Am I?!
- 1967The Homely Sister — Tea shop old woman
- 1966Ebirah, Horror of the Deep — Itako
- 1965Red Beard — Resident
- 1965Start Here — Kitamura’s Mother
- 1965You Can If You Try
- 1964Oh, Bomb! — Matsuko - Shiitake's wife
- 1962Anything For Success
- 1962Kiriko no unmei
- 1962The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
- 1962Varan the Unbelievable — Ken's Mom
- 1962石ころの唄
- 1961Yojimbo — Farmer's Ex-wife
- 1960Life of a Country Doctor
- 1960When a Woman Ascends the Stairs — Mineko
- 1959Fox and Raccoon — Sada
- 1959Mariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation
- 1959Someday I'll Know
- 1959The Big Boss — Mineo's Aunt
- 1958All About Marriage — Mariko's Mother
- 1958Summer Clouds
- 1958Varan — Ken's Mom
- 1957A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
- 1957A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 — Nanny
- 1957Akebono sō no satsujin
- 1957Come Back Soon
- 1957Elephant from "Zoo Story" — Tetsu (Zen's wife)
- 1957Untamed Woman — Otora, the foster mother
- 1957Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen — Hostess
- 1956A Wife's Heart
- 1956All Sold Out
- 1956Blue Buds — Fusae (Kazuko’s mother)
- 1956Everyone's Sweetheart
- 1956People of Tokyo, Goodbye — Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)
- 1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island — (uncredited)
- 1956Sisters at the Hot Springs
- 1955I Live in Fear — Worker family member
- 1955Marital Relations
- 1955The Lone Journey
- 1954Ditch
- 1954Last of the Wild Ones
- 1954Seven Samurai — Woman Farmer
- 1954The Surf — Old Woman of O-Haru
- 1953Adolescence Part II — (uncredited)
- 1953Brother and Sister
- 1953Girls in the Orchard
- 1953Husband and Wife
- 1953The End of the Night
- 1953Their Father's Wife
- 1953To the Ends of the Earth
- 1953Where Chimneys Are Seen
- 1953Wife
- 1952Ikiru — Housewife
- 1952Mother — Mino Hirai
- 1952The Ataka Family — Otoku
- 1951Nightshade Flower
- 1951The Blue Pearl — Riu's mother
- 1950Rashomon — Medium
- 1950Snow-Flake — Itakura's mother
- 1950Town of Violence — Sanpei's mother
- 1949Stray Dog — Wooden Tub Shop woman
- 1939The Whole Family Works — Ishimura's wife
- 1938Composition Class — Aunt