Noriko Honma
Born in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan — Nov 29 1911• Died Apr 12 2009
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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.
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Seven Samurai
Woman Farmer
Ikiru
Housewife
Rashomon
Medium
Red Beard
Resident
Yojimbo
Farmer's Ex-wife
Dreams
Stray Dog
Wooden Tub Shop woman
Rhapsody in August
Mourner
G.I. Samurai
Old Woman
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Itako
I Live in Fear
Worker family member
Madadayo
Old Lady Holding a Cat
Street of Violence
Sanpei's mother
Battle of the Japan Sea
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
(uncredited)
Untamed Woman
Otora, the foster mother
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Mineko
Summer Clouds
Composition Class
Aunt
Fox and Raccoon
Sada
Brother and Sister
Where Chimneys Are Seen
The Blue Pearl
Riu's mother
A Wife's Heart
The Lone Journey
All About Marriage
Mariko's Mother
Life of a Country Doctor
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
Tetsu (Zen's wife)
Mother
Mino Hirai
The Whole Family Works
Ishimura's wife
Their Father's Wife
Wife
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
Nanny
Husband and Wife
Last of the Wild Ones
Oh, Bomb!
Matsuko - Shiitake's wife
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
Varan
Ken's Mom
Someday I'll Know
Kiriko no unmei
Nightshade Flower
Girls in the Orchard
The Ataka Family
Otoku
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Hostess
The Big Boss
Ditch
The Surf
Old Woman of O-Haru
Snow-Flake
Itakura's mother
Adolescence Part II
(uncredited)
Start Here
Kitamura’s Mother
The End of the Night
Anything For Success
People of Tokyo, Goodbye
Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)
Marital Relations
Blue Buds
Fusae (Kazuko’s mother)
Varan the Unbelievable
Ken's Mom
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
The Homely Sister
Tea shop old woman
石ころの唄