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Noriko Honma

Name in Native Language: "本間文子" (Japanese/JA)
Actress | * 11/29/1911 († 97, 04/12/2009) | Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Giappone
Noriko Honma (本間文子 Honma Noriko) (29 November 1911 – 12 April 2009) was 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 Stray Dog, then in Rashomon as the Miko, also in Ikiru, The Seven Samurai, Akahige, and Dreams. Noriko died in April 2009 at the age of 97. ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Action

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Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashba ...

Rashomon

NR

1950 | 4.1/5 | 1h 28min
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend ...

Seven Samurai

NR

1954 | 4.3/5 | 3h 27min
Action, Drama
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A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabata ...

Yojimbo

NR

1961 | 4.1/5 | 1h 50min
Drama, Thriller
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Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life. ...

Ikiru

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1952 | 4.2/5 | 2h 23min
Drama
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Movies with Noriko Honma as Actress(47)

as Old lady holding a cat1993 Madadayo
as Mourner1991 Rhapsody in August
1990 Dreams
as Old Woman1979 G.I. Samurai
as Tea shop old woman1967 The Homely Sister
as Spiritualist1966 Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Resident1965 Red Beard
as Matsuko - Shiitake's wife1964 Oh, Bomb!
as Ken's Mom1962 Varan the Unbelievable
as Farmer's Ex-wife1961 Yojimbo
1960 Life of a Country Doctor
as Mineko (Sekine's wife)1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1959 The Big Boss
1958 Summer Clouds
as Mariko's Mother1958 All About Marriage
as Ken's Mom1958 Varan
as Otora, the foster mother1957 Untamed Woman
as Hostess1957 Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957 A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
as Nanny1957 A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1956 A Wife's Heart
as Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)1956 Tokyo no hito sayonara
as (uncredited)1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1955 Marital Relations
as Worker family member1955 I Live in Fear
1955 The Lone Journey
as Old Woman of O-Haru1954 The Surf
1954 The Ditch
1954 Last of the Wild Ones
as Woman Farmer1954 Seven Samurai
1953 Brother and Sister
1953 Wife
1953 Husband and Wife
1953 Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953 Girls in the Orchard
1953 Their Father's Wife
as (uncredited)1953 Adolescence Part II
as Mino Hirai1952 Mother
as Otoku1952 The Ataka Family
as Housewife1952 Ikiru
1951 Nightshade Flower
as Itakura's mother1950 Snow-Flake
as Medium1950 Rashomon
as Sanpei's mother1950 Street of Violence
as Wooden Tub Shop woman1949 Stray Dog
as Ishimura's wife1939 The Whole Family Works
as Aunt1938 Composition Class

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Wednesday, 11/29 1911 (November) in Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Giappone
Died: Sunday, 04/12 2009 (April) in Tokyo (aged: 97)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Other names for Noriko Honma (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"本間文子"
"本间文子"
"Норико Хомма"
"ほんま のりこ" (Kana/Japanese)
Noriko Honma frequently works together with these people:
Akira Kurosawa (29x, Crew)
Ishirō Honda (14x, Crew)
Shôichi Hirose (13x, Actor)
Takashi Shimura (12x, Actor)
Akira Tani (12x, Actor)
Daisuke Katō (12x, Actor)
Toshirō Mifune (11x, Actor)
Kamatari Fujiwara (11x, Actor)
Akihiko Hirata (10x, Actor)
Tomoyuki Tanaka (10x, Crew)
Mikio Naruse (10x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:485866, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024