Noriko Honma

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.

Cast

Rhapsody in August

Wooden Tub Shop woman

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

Kiriko no unmei

Battle of the Japan Sea

The Homely Sister

Tea shop old woman

Anything For Success

Farmer's Ex-wife

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Varan the Unbelievable

Old Lady Holding a Cat

Worker family member

Brother and Sister

The Whole Family Works

Ishimura's wife

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Composition Class

The Ataka Family

Matsuko - Shiitake's wife

Nightshade Flower

Street of Violence

Sanpei's mother

Marital Relations

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Itakura's mother

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

The Lone Journey

Husband and Wife

Last of the Wild Ones

Adolescence Part II

People of Tokyo, Goodbye

Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

Otora, the foster mother

All About Marriage

Mariko's Mother

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

Their Father's Wife

Girls in the Orchard

Old Woman of O-Haru

Life of a Country Doctor

Someday I'll Know

Elephant from "Zoo Story"

Tetsu (Zen's wife)

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

Fox and Raccoon

Kitamura’s Mother

Fusae (Kazuko’s mother)

The End of the Night