Noriko Honma

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.

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Seven Samurai

(1954) Woman Farmer

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Stray Dog

(1949) Wooden Tub Shop woman

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Red Beard

(1965) Resident

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Ikiru

(1952) Housewife

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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

(1956) (uncredited)

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Yojimbo

(1961) Farmer's Ex-wife

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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

(1966) Spiritualist (uncredited)

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I Live in Fear

(1955) Worker family member

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1993	Old Lady Holding a Cat	Madadayo 1993-04-17 Movie
1991	Mourner	Rhapsody in August 1991-05-25 Movie
1990	N/A	Dreams 1990-05-11 Movie
1979	Old Woman	G.I. Samurai 1979-09-17 Movie
1969	N/A	Battle of the Japan Sea 1969-08-01 Movie
1967	Tea shop old woman	The Homely Sister 1967-10-28 Movie
1966	Spiritualist (uncredited)	Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 1966-12-17 Movie
1965	Resident	Red Beard 1965-04-03 Movie
1964	Matsuko - Shiitake's wife	Oh, Bomb! 1964-04-18 Movie
1962	Ken's Mom	Varan the Unbelievable 1962-12-07 Movie
	N/A	Kiriko no unmei 1962-05-27 Movie
1961	Farmer's Ex-wife	Yojimbo 1961-04-25 Movie
1960	N/A	Life of a Country Doctor 1960-08-14 Movie
	Mineko	When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960-01-15 Movie
1959	N/A	The Big Boss 1959-01-15 Movie
1958	Ken's Mom	Varan 1958-10-14 Movie
	N/A	Summer Clouds 1958-09-02 Movie
	Mariko's Mother	All About Marriage 1958-05-26 Movie
1957	Hostess	Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen 1957-12-17 Movie
	Nanny	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 1957-07-09 Movie
	N/A	A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1 1957-07-09 Movie
	Otora, the foster mother	Untamed Woman 1957-05-28 Movie
1956	Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)	Tokyo no hito sayonara 1956-06-28 Movie
	N/A	A Wife's Heart 1956-05-03 Movie
	(uncredited)	Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island 1956-01-03 Movie
1955	Worker family member	I Live in Fear 1955-11-22 Movie
	N/A	Marital Relations 1955-09-13 Movie
	N/A	The Lone Journey 1955-08-31 Movie
1954	Old Woman of O-Haru	The Surf 1954-10-20 Movie
	N/A	The Ditch 1954-07-27 Movie
	N/A	Last of the Wild Ones 1954-06-08 Movie
	Woman Farmer	Seven Samurai 1954-04-26 Movie
1953	N/A	Girls in the Orchard 1953-09-15 Movie
	N/A	Brother and Sister 1953-08-19 Movie
	(uncredited)	Adolescence Part II 1953-07-01 Movie
	N/A	Their Father's Wife 1953-05-27 Movie
	N/A	Wife 1953-04-29 Movie
	N/A	Where Chimneys Are Seen 1953-03-05 Movie
	N/A	Husband and Wife 1953-01-22 Movie
1952	Housewife	Ikiru 1952-10-09 Movie
	Mino Hirai	Mother 1952-06-12 Movie
	Otoku	The Ataka Family 1952-05-15 Movie
1951	Riu's mother	The Blue Pearl 1951-08-03 Movie
	N/A	Nightshade Flower 1951-01-13 Movie
1950	Medium	Rashomon 1950-08-26 Movie
	Itakura's mother	Snow-Flake 1950-05-17 Movie
	Sanpei's mother	Street of Violence 1950-02-26 Movie
1949	Wooden Tub Shop woman	Stray Dog 1949-10-17 Movie
1939	Ishimura's wife	The Whole Family Works 1939-03-11 Movie
1938	Aunt	Composition Class 1938-08-21 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv