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

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. She worked in many of

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's films, first appearing in Kurosawa's '' Stray Dog'', then in ''

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'' as the

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'', ''

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''. Noriko died in April 2009 at the age of 97.Douban: 本间文子 Noriko Honma
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Partial filmography

*'' Tsuzurikata Kyoshitsu'' (1938) - Mrs. Tanno *'' The Whole Family Works'' (1939) - Mrs. Ishimura *'' Stray Dog'' (1949) - Woman of wooden tub shop *''Sasameyuki'' (1950) - Itakura's mother *''

'' (1950) - Medium *''Mizuiro no waltz'' (1952) - Ms. Ômachi *''Atakake no hitobito'' (1952) *''

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'' (1952) - Mino Hirai *''

'' (1952) - Housewife *''Fûfu'' (1953) *''

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'' (1953) *'' Tsuma'' (1953) *'' Haha to Musume'' (1953) *'' Botchan'' (1953) - Uranari's mother *''Ani imôto'' (1953) *'' Amongst the Girls in the Flowers'' (1953) - Yone Ishii *''

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'' (1954) - Woman Farmer #1 *''

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'' (1954) - Old Woman of O-Haru *'' Wakaki hi no takuboku: Kumo wa tensai de aru'' (1954) - Katsuko, Takuboku's Mother *''Izumi e no michi'' (1955) *''

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'' (1955) *''Meoto zenzai'' (1955) *''

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'' (1955) - Family member of workers (uncredited) *'' Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island'' (1956) *'' Tsuma no Kokoro'' (1956) *'' People of Tokyo, Goodbye'' (1956) - Natsu, Chiyo's Mother *''

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'' (1956) - Natsu Tosaka, prisoner *'' Arakure'' (1957) *''

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'' (1957) - Nanny *''Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen'' (1957) - Hostess *''Onna de aru koto'' (1958) - Boutique Owner *'' Kekkon no Subete'' (1958) *'' Iwashi-gumo'' (1958) *'' Daikaju Baran'' (1958) - Ken's Mom *''Yajikita dôchû sugoroku'' (1958) *'' Ankokugai no Kaoyuku'' (1959) *'' Kitsune to Tanuki'' (1959) *'' Aruhi Watashi wa'' (1959) - The woman of the rooming house *''Kaitei kara kita onna'' (1959) - Nurse *''When a Woman Ascends the Stairs'' (1960) *''

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'' (1961) - Farmer's Ex-wife *''Fundoshi isha'' (1961) - Sugi *''Taiheiyô Sensô to Himeyuri Butai'' (1962) *''

Varan the Unbelievable is a 1958 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, it stars Kōzō Nomura, Ayumi Sonoda, and Koreya Senda, with Haruo Nakajima as Varan. In the fi ...

'' (1962) - Screaming Woman *''Gekkyû dorobo'' (1962) *''Aa bakudan'' (1964) - Matsuko - Shiitake's wife *''

Red Beard is a 1965 Japanese ''jidaigeki'' film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, in his last collaboration with actor Toshiro Mifune. Based on Shūgorō Yamamoto's 1959 short story collection, '' Akahige Shinryōtan'', the film takes pl ...

'' (1965) - Resident *''

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'' (1966) *'' Big Duel in the North'' (1966) - Spiritualist *''Namida gawa'' (1967) - Tea shop old woman *'' Nihonkai Daikaisen'' (1969) *''

The Wild Sea is a 1969 Japanese Seafaring film directed by Tokujirō Yamazaki. Planning took five years, and it was filmed under Director Yamazaki over a one year and two month period. Plot Source: Yōji Kitami is a young man who stands at the crossroads of ...

'' (1969) *''Kiki kaikai ore wa dareda?!'' (1969) - Fusa *''

The Water Margin ''Water Margin'' (''Shuihu zhuan'') is one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin, and is attributed to Shi Nai'an. It is also translated as ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' and ''All Men Are Brothers''. The story, which is s ...

'' (1973, TV Series) - Lu Ta's Mother (1977) *''

G.I. Samurai aka ''Time Slip'', is a 1979 Japanese science fiction/ action film focusing on the adventures of a modern-day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) team that accidentally travels in time to the . The ...

'' (1979) - Old Woman *''

'' (1990) *''

Rhapsody in August is a 1991 Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa based on the novel ''Nabe no naka'' by Kiyoko Murata. The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, who lost her husband in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the s ...

'' (1991) - Mourner *'' Maadadayo'' (1993) - Old lady holding a cat (uncredited) (final film role)

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* 1911 births 2009 deaths Japanese film actresses Japanese stage actresses People from Hokkaido {{japan-film-actor-stub