Acting · Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan · Born November 29, 1911
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.
MovieMadadayo
1993
as Old Lady Holding a Cat
MovieRhapsody in August
1991
as Mourner
MovieDreams
1990
MovieG.I. Samurai
1979
as Old Woman
MovieBattle of the Japan Sea
1969
MovieThe Homely Sister
1967
as Tea shop old woman
MovieEbirah, Horror of the Deep
1966
as Itako
MovieStart Here
1965
as Kitamura’s Mother
MovieRed Beard
1965
as Resident
MovieOh, Bomb!
1964
as Matsuko - Shiitake's wife
MovieAnything For Success
1962
MovieVaran the Unbelievable
1962
as Ken's Mom
MovieKiriko no unmei
1962
MovieThe Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
1962
Movie石ころの唄
1962
MovieYojimbo
1961
as Farmer's Ex-wife
MovieLife of a Country Doctor
1960
MovieWhen a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
as Mineko
MovieSomeday I'll Know
1959
MovieFox and Raccoon
1959
as Sada
MovieThe Big Boss
1959
MovieVaran
1958
as Ken's Mom
MovieSummer Clouds
1958
MovieAll About Marriage
1958
as Mariko's Mother
MovieZokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
as Hostess
MovieA Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1957
as Nanny
MovieA Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957
MovieUntamed Woman
1957
as Otora, the foster mother
MovieElephant from "Zoo Story"
1957
as Tetsu (Zen's wife)
MoviePeople of Tokyo, Goodbye
1956
as Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)
MovieA Wife's Heart
1956
MovieBlue Buds
1956
as Fusae (Kazuko’s mother)
MovieAll Sold Out
1956
MovieSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
as (uncredited)
MovieI Live in Fear
1955
as Worker family member
MovieMarital Relations
1955
MovieThe Lone Journey
1955
MovieThe Surf
1954
as Old Woman of O-Haru
MovieDitch
1954
MovieLast of the Wild Ones
1954
MovieSeven Samurai
1954
as Woman Farmer
MovieGirls in the Orchard
1953
MovieBrother and Sister
1953
MovieAdolescence Part II
1953
as (uncredited)
MovieTheir Father's Wife
1953
MovieWife
1953
MovieThe End of the Night
1953
MovieWhere Chimneys Are Seen
1953
MovieHusband and Wife
1953
MovieIkiru
1952
as Housewife
MovieMother
1952
as Mino Hirai
MovieThe Ataka Family
1952
as Otoku
MovieThe Blue Pearl
1951
as Riu's mother
MovieNightshade Flower
1951
MovieRashomon
1950
as Medium
MovieSnow-Flake
1950
as Itakura's mother
MovieTown of Violence
1950
as Sanpei's mother
MovieStray Dog
1949
as Wooden Tub Shop woman
MovieThe Whole Family Works
1939
as Ishimura's wife
MovieComposition Class
1938
as Aunt
