Noriko Honma
Birthday
1911/11/29
Day of death
2009/04/12 (97 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(1950) Rashomon
as Medium
(1991) Rhapsody in August
as Mourner
(1949) Stray Dog
as Wooden Tub Shop woman
(1979) G.I. Samurai
as Old Woman
(1957) Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Hostess
(1962) Kiriko no unmei
as ---
(1969) Battle of the Japan Sea
as ---
(1967) The Homely Sister
as Tea shop old woman
(1951) The Blue Pearl
as Riu's mother
(1962) Gekkyū dorobō
as ---
(1961) Yojimbo
as Farmer's Ex-wife
(1965) Red Beard
as Resident
(1966) Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Spiritualist (uncredited)
(1962) Varan the Unbelievable
as Ken's Mom
(1993) Madadayo
as Old Lady Holding a Cat
(1952) Ikiru
as Housewife
(1954) Seven Samurai
as Woman Farmer
(1955) I Live in Fear
as Worker family member
(1952) Mother
as Mino Hirai
(1953) Wife
as ---
(1958) Summer Clouds
as ---
(1953) Brother and Sister
as ---
(1956) A Wife's Heart
as ---
(1939) The Whole Family Works
as Ishimura's wife
(1953) Where Chimneys Are Seen
as ---
(1938) Composition Class
as Aunt
(1952) The Ataka Family
as Otoku
(1964) Oh, Bomb!
as Matsuko - Shiitake's wife
(1954) The Ditch
as ---
(1951) Nightshade Flower
as ---
(1959) The Big Boss
as ---
(1950) Street of Violence
as Sanpei's mother
(1958) Varan
as Ken's Mom
(1955) Marital Relations
as ---
(1956) Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as (uncredited)
(1950) Snow-Flake
as Itakura's mother
(1960) When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Mineko
(1955) The Lone Journey
as ---
(1953) Husband and Wife
as ---
(1954) Last of the Wild Ones
as ---
(1953) Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)
(1956) Tokyo no hito sayonara
as Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)
(1957) A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Nanny
(1957) Untamed Woman
as Otora, the foster mother
(1958) All About Marriage
as Mariko's Mother
(1957) A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
as ---
(1953) Their Father's Wife
as ---
(1990) Dreams
as ---
(1953) Girls in the Orchard
as ---
(1954) The Surf
as Old Woman of O-Haru
(1960) Life of a Country Doctor
as ---
(1959) Someday I'll Know
as ---