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.

Seven Samurai

Woman Farmer

Start Here

Kitamura’s Mother

Yojimbo

Farmer's Ex-wife

Ikiru

Housewife

Rashomon

Medium

Dreams

Madadayo

Old Lady Holding a Cat

Stray Dog

Wooden Tub Shop woman

The Whole Family Works

Ishimura's wife

Red Beard

Resident

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Itako

Nightshade Flower

Composition Class

Aunt

Brother and Sister

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps

Marital Relations

Rhapsody in August

Mourner

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

(uncredited)

Summer Clouds

The Homely Sister

Tea shop old woman

Elephant from "Zoo Story"

Tetsu (Zen's wife)

Girls in the Orchard

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Mineko

The Ataka Family

Otoku

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Snow-Flake

Itakura's mother

Someday I'll Know

People of Tokyo, Goodbye

Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)

Adolescence Part II

(uncredited)

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1

Oh, Bomb!

Matsuko - Shiitake's wife

A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2

Nanny

Kiriko no unmei

The Lone Journey

Anything For Success

Life of a Country Doctor

Wife

Varan

Ken's Mom

Mother

Mino Hirai

G.I. Samurai

Old Woman

Battle of the Japan Sea

Last of the Wild Ones

I Live in Fear

Worker family member

Husband and Wife

The Blue Pearl

Riu's mother

Their Father's Wife

Untamed Woman

Otora, the foster mother

Varan the Unbelievable