Noriko Honma
Actor
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.
Filmography
Rashomon
as Medium 1950
Yojimbo
as Farmer's Ex-wife 1961
Ikiru
as Housewife 1952
Dreams
1990
Red Beard
as Resident 1965
Stray Dog
as Wooden Tub Shop woman 1949
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Itako 1966
Rhapsody in August
as Mourner 1991
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as (uncredited) 1956
Madadayo
as Old Lady Holding a Cat 1993
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Mineko 1960
I Live in Fear
as Worker family member 1955
G.I. Samurai
as Old Woman 1979
Varan
as Ken's Mom 1958
Varan the Unbelievable
as Ken's Mom 1962
Mother
as Mino Hirai 1952