Noriko Honma

Nov 29, 1911 - Apr 12, 2009 (97 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Seven Samurai

Woman Farmer

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Rashomon

Medium

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Ikiru

Housewife

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Yojimbo

Farmer's Ex-wife

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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Itako

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Red Beard

Resident

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Stray Dog

Wooden Tub Shop woman

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Rhapsody in August

Mourner

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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

(uncredited)

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Dreams

Credits

Madadayo 1993

Old Lady Holding a Cat

★ 7.3
Rhapsody in August 1991

Mourner

★ 7.1
Dreams 1990

★ 7.7
G.I. Samurai 1979

Old Woman

★ 6
Battle of the Japan Sea 1969

★ 6
The Homely Sister 1967

Tea shop old woman

★ 6
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 1966

Itako

★ 6.3
Red Beard 1965

Resident

★ 8.1
Oh, Bomb! 1964

Matsuko - Shiitake's wife

★ 7.7
Gekkyū dorobō 1962

★ NR
Varan the Unbelievable 1962

Ken's Mom

★ 4.2
Kiriko no unmei 1962

★ NR
Yojimbo 1961

Farmer's Ex-wife

★ 8.1
Life of a Country Doctor 1960

★ NR
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960

Mineko

★ 8
Someday I'll Know 1959

★ NR
The Big Boss 1959

★ 6.3
Varan 1958

Ken's Mom

★ 5.7
Summer Clouds 1958

★ 7.5
All About Marriage 1958

Mariko's Mother

★ NR
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen 1957

Hostess

★ NR
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 1957

Nanny

★ NR
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1 1957

★ NR
Untamed Woman 1957

Otora, the foster mother

★ 7.3
Elephant from "Zoo Story" 1957

Tetsu (Zen's wife)

★ NR
People of Tokyo, Goodbye 1956

Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)

★ NR
A Wife's Heart 1956

★ 6.8
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island 1956

(uncredited)

★ 7.3
I Live in Fear 1955

Worker family member

★ 7.3
Marital Relations 1955

★ 5.2
The Lone Journey 1955

★ NR
The Surf 1954

Old Woman of O-Haru

★ NR
The Ditch 1954

★ 7
Last of the Wild Ones 1954

★ NR
Seven Samurai 1954

Woman Farmer

★ 8.5
Girls in the Orchard 1953

★ NR
Brother and Sister 1953

★ 6.6
Adolescence Part II 1953

(uncredited)

★ NR
Their Father's Wife 1953

★ NR
Wife 1953

★ 7
Where Chimneys Are Seen 1953

★ 6.4
Husband and Wife 1953

★ 6.6
Ikiru 1952

Housewife

★ 8.3
Mother 1952

Mino Hirai

★ 6.9
The Ataka Family 1952

Otoku

★ 5.5
The Blue Pearl 1951

Riu's mother

★ NR
Nightshade Flower 1951

★ NR
Rashomon 1950

Medium

★ 8.1
Snow-Flake 1950

Itakura's mother

★ 8
Street of Violence 1950

Sanpei's mother

★ 6.5
Stray Dog 1949

Wooden Tub Shop woman

★ 7.5
The Whole Family Works 1939

Ishimura's wife

★ 6.2
Composition Class 1938

Aunt

★ 6.9