Person Details

Birthday: 1911-11-29 15:06:02

Death: 2009-04-12 15:06:02

Aliases: 本間文子

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Yubari, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan

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Movie Involvements: 26

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Seven Samurai
Average
8

Seven Samurai

(1954) Woman Farmer
Stray Dog
Average
7

Stray Dog

(1949) Wooden Tub Shop woman
Red Beard
Average
8

Red Beard

(1965) Resident
Ikiru
Average
8

Ikiru

(1952) Housewife
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Average
7
Yojimbo
Average
8

Yojimbo

(1961) Farmer's Ex-wife
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Average
6

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

(1966) Spiritualist (uncredited)
I Live in Fear
Average
7

I Live in Fear

(1955) Worker family member

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1993 Old Lady Holding a Cat
1991 Mourner
1990 N/A
1979 Old Woman
1969 N/A
1967 Tea shop old woman
1966 Spiritualist (uncredited)
1965 Resident
1964 Matsuko - Shiitake's wife
1962 Ken's Mom
N/A
1961 Farmer's Ex-wife
1960 N/A
Mineko
1959 N/A
1958 Ken's Mom
N/A
Mariko's Mother
1957 Hostess
N/A
Nanny
Otora, the foster mother
1956 Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)
N/A
(uncredited)
1955 Worker family member
N/A
N/A
1954 Old Woman of O-Haru
N/A
N/A
Woman Farmer
1953 N/A
N/A
(uncredited)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1952 Housewife
Mino Hirai
Otoku
1951 Riu's mother
N/A
1950 Medium
Itakura's mother
Sanpei's mother
1949 Wooden Tub Shop woman
1939 Ishimura's wife
1938 Aunt
Year Character Movie/Tv

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