Acting
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.
Highest rated appearances
Yojimbo
as Farmer's Ex-wife
G.I. Samurai
as Old Woman
Monstrous! Who Am I?!
Battle of the Japan Sea
The Homely Sister
as Tea shop old woman
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Itako
You Can If You Try
Start Here
as Kitamura’s Mother
Red Beard
as Resident
Oh, Bomb!
as Matsuko - Shiitake's wife
Anything For Success
Varan the Unbelievable
as Ken's Mom
Kiriko no unmei
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
石ころの唄
Yojimbo
as Farmer's Ex-wife
Life of a Country Doctor
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Mineko
Someday I'll Know
Fox and Raccoon
as Sada
The Big Boss
Varan
as Ken's Mom
Summer Clouds
All About Marriage
as Mariko's Mother
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Hostess
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Nanny
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
Untamed Woman
as Otora, the foster mother
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
as Tetsu (Zen's wife)
Sisters at the Hot Springs
People of Tokyo, Goodbye
as Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)
A Wife's Heart
Blue Buds
as Fusae (Kazuko’s mother)
Everyone's Sweetheart
All Sold Out
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as (uncredited)
I Live in Fear
as Worker family member
Marital Relations
The Lone Journey
The Surf
as Old Woman of O-Haru
Ditch
Last of the Wild Ones
Seven Samurai
as Woman Farmer
To the Ends of the Earth
Girls in the Orchard
Brother and Sister
Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)
Their Father's Wife
Wife
The End of the Night
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Husband and Wife
Ikiru
as Housewife
Mother
as Mino Hirai
The Ataka Family
as Otoku
The Blue Pearl
as Riu's mother
Nightshade Flower
Rashomon
as Medium
Snow-Flake
as Itakura's mother
Town of Violence
as Sanpei's mother
