Actor · Acting

Noriko Honma

Born 1911-11-29

Died 2009-04-12

📍 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.

Filmography 59

as Old Lady Holding a Cat

Rhapsody in August

Battle of the Japan Sea

The Homely Sister

as Tea shop old woman

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

as Kitamura’s Mother

as Matsuko - Shiitake's wife

Anything For Success

Varan the Unbelievable

Kiriko no unmei

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

石ころの唄

as Farmer's Ex-wife

Life of a Country Doctor

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Someday I'll Know

Fox and Raccoon

All About Marriage

as Mariko's Mother

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

as Otora, the foster mother

Elephant from "Zoo Story"

as Tetsu (Zen's wife)

People of Tokyo, Goodbye

as Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)

as Fusae (Kazuko’s mother)

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

as (uncredited)

as Worker family member

Marital Relations

The Lone Journey

as Old Woman of O-Haru

Last of the Wild Ones

as Woman Farmer

Girls in the Orchard

Brother and Sister

Adolescence Part II

as (uncredited)

Their Father's Wife

The End of the Night

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Husband and Wife

The Ataka Family

as Riu's mother

Nightshade Flower

as Itakura's mother

Town of Violence

as Sanpei's mother

as Wooden Tub Shop woman

The Whole Family Works

as Ishimura's wife

Composition Class