Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma  (本間文子,   *Noriko Honma*?, Born: November 29, 1911, Died: April 12, 2009) Was a Japanese Actress She was Famous for Playing in Akira Kurosawa's Best films like, Stray dog ,Rashomon ,Live and Seven Samurai.

## Life

Born November 29, 1911 in Yubari Town , Yubari District , Hokkaido (now Yubari City ). Graduated from Hokkaido Iwamizawa Girls' School (currently Hokkaido Iwamizawa Nishi High School ).

1932 , proletarian theater Institute admitted as a third graduating class, **Noriko Homma** at the stage name of Japan proletarian movie alliance to participate in the movement play. There was Jukichi Uno in the same period. After that, he participated in the new construction theater company through the left wing theater and appeared on many stages. 1938 , **Atsuko Honma** renamed, Toho production of Kajirō Yamamoto director movie " spelling classroom play a movie first appeared in". After that, he moved to Daiei in 1942 after working at the Tokyo Vocal Film Factory , and appeared in several films. The stage name at that time was **Sadako Takeda** or **Sada Takeda, her** real name .

After the war, she returned to Noriko Honma and played a supporting role and a minor role centered on Toho. Akira Kurosawa is also a regular supervision work, appeared in a total of 10 pieces of Kurosawa movie. In addition, she has appeared in many works directed by Kihachi Okamoto and Mikio Naruse, and was also active in Daiei works. she has appeared in many TV dramas , including special effects . Finally retired from Kurosawa's movie " Madadayo " released in 1993 . He passed away in Tokyo on April 12, 2009.

## Films

★ marks as directed by Akira Kurosawa.

* Spelling class (1938, Toho) --Tanno's mother
* Working family (1941, Toho) --My wife Tsue
* Shinsetsu (1942, Daiei) --Yukawa Family Residence (in the name of Sada Takeda)
* ★ Stray Dog (1949, Film Arts Association) --Okeya's wife
* ★ Rashomon (1950, Daiei) --Shrine maiden
* Sasameyuki (1950, Shintoho ) --Itakura's mother
* City of Violence (1950, Daiei) --Sanpei's Mother
* Sanda Monogatari (1951, Toho Education) --Mrs. Principal
* Blue Pearl (1951, Toho) --Riu's Mother
* People of the Ataka family (1952, Daiei) --Otoku
* ★ Live (1952, Toho) --Petite housewife
* School of Echoes (1952, Yagi Pro) --Eichi's mother
* Mother (1952, Shintoho) --Shinjiro's mother, Mino
* Bocchan (1953, Toho) --Mother of Uranari
* Husband and wife (1953, Toho) --Kikuko's aunt
* Wife (1953, Toho) --Kito's wife
* Older Brother, Younger (1953, Daiei) --Mr. Tokiko
* Adolescence Part II (1953, Toho) --Sawako Maekawa
* Where you can see the chimneys (1953, Shintoho)
* Dobu (1954, Kindai Eiga Kyokai) --Kinuko
* Jiro Cho Sangokushi Part 8 Kaido Ichi no Rampage (1954, Toho)
* ★ Seven Samurai (1954, Toho) --Woman of a peasant
* The Surf (1954, Toho) --Mr. Spring
* ★ I Live in Fear (1955, Toho) --Family of workers
* Yoshiya Meoto (1955, Toho) --Fusa
* Samurai Miyamoto Complete Edition Battle Iwaryujima (1956, Toho) --Oseki, the old woman in the village
* A Wife's Heart (1956, Toho) --Kiyoko's aunt
* Goodbye to the people of Tokyo (1956, Toho) --Natsu
* Untamed (1957, Toho) --Otora, the foster mother of the island
* A Teapicker's Song (1957, Toho) --Tome Sakata
* One after another Daiban Rage Hen (1957, Toho) --Iyo Tsuneokami
* The rainbow never disappears in my chest (1957, Toho) --Auntie
* Rickshaw Man (1958, Toho) --Old woman in a teahouse
* Varan the Unbelief (1958, Toho) --Gen's mother
* Summer Clouds (1958, Toho)
* All About Marriage (1958, Toho) --Mariko's mother
* Naked General (1958, Toho) --Aunt of a farmer
* One day I (1959, Toho) --Landlady
* Life of an Expert Swordsman (1959, Toho)
* The Women from the Sea (1959, Nikkatsu) --Auntie
* Boss of the Underworld (1959, Toho) --Aunt
* Loincloth doctor (1960, Toho) --Too much
* When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960, Toho) --Sekine's wife, Mieko
* ★ Yojimbo (1961, Toho) --The old wife of a peasant
* Monthly salary thief (1962, Toho) --Aunt of a cleaner
* Aa Bakudan (1964, Toho) --Matsuko Shiino
* ★ Red Beard (1965, Toho) --Mujina Nagaya Resident
* Abare Goemon (1966, Toho)
* Godzilla, Ebira, Mothra, Great Battle of the South Sea (1966, Toho) --Itako
* Infamous Ichidai (1967, Daiei) --Okiku
* Battle of the Sea of ​​Japan (1968, Toho) --Confectionery store
* Who am I ?! (1969, Toho) --Fusa
* Sengoku Self-Defense Force (1979, Haruki Kadokawa Office) --Old woman
* ★ Dream (1990, Kurosawa Pro) --Village
* ★ Rhapsody in August (1991, Kurosawa Pro)
* ★ Madadayo (1993, Pro Kurosawa) --An old woman holding a cat