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
as Woman FarmerA samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town...
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Ikiru
as HousewifeKanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position...
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Yojimbo
as Farmer's Ex-wifeA nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two...
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Rashomon
as MediumBrimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the...
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Stray Dog
as Wooden Tub Shop womanA bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot,...
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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
as Spiritualist (uncredited)Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two...
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Dreams
as uncreditedA collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
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Red Beard
as ResidentAspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is...
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as MinekoKeiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow....
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Madadayo
as Old Lady Holding a CatBased on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida...
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Rhapsody in August
as MournerThe story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed...
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G.I. Samurai
as Old WomanA squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to...
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I Live in Fear
as Worker family memberKiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an...
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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as (uncredited)A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and...
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Brother and Sister
as uncreditedThe eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with...
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Varan
as Ken's MomWhen a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of...
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Wife
as uncreditedTen years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success,...
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Mother
as Mino HiraiA teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
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Husband and Wife
as uncreditedA married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The...
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Varan the Unbelievable
as Ken's MomIn an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military...
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Battle of the Japan Sea
as uncreditedJapan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the...
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Untamed Woman
as Otora, the foster motherA woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a...
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The Big Boss
as uncreditedRyuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in...
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Composition Class
as AuntBased on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako.
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Street of Violence
as Sanpei's motherAn attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police...
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Where Chimneys Are Seen
as uncreditedWhere Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a...
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as HostessUshinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film...
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Summer Clouds
as uncreditedA war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes...
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A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as NannyAn Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as...
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A Wife's Heart
as uncreditedKiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly...
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Last of the Wild Ones
as uncreditedA legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.
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Life of a Country Doctor
as uncreditedA skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and...
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All About Marriage
as Mariko's MotherUltra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother")...
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The Lone Journey
as uncreditedForced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. ...
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The Blue Pearl
as Riu's motherThe Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers;...
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The Whole Family Works
as Ishimura's wifeFather of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are...
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Girls in the Orchard
as uncreditedGirls in the Orchard (1953) is about tension between the life of a family in a rural area with...
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The Ditch
as uncreditedPostwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid...
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Oh, Bomb!
as Matsuko - Shiitake's wifeDuring the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying...
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Marital Relations
as uncreditedThe story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era....
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Nightshade Flower
as uncreditedJapanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.
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The Ataka Family
as OtokuSoichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with...
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A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
as uncreditedAn Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the...
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The Surf
as Old Woman of O-HaruLonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love....
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Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.
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The Homely Sister
as Tea shop old womanIn the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal...
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