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Noriko Honma is a Actor Japonaise born on 29 november 1911 at Hokkaidō (Japon)
Noriko Honma (本間文子 Honma Noriko) (born November 29, 1911, age 104) 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.
Elle a tourné dans plus de 50 films entre 1938 et 1993.
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Noriko Honma est apparue dans de nombreux films d'Akira Kurosawa, interprétant notamment Miko dans Rashomon (1950).Elle a tourné dans plus de 50 films entre 1938 et 1993.
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Madadayo (1993)
, 2h14Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Kyōko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa, Tatsuo Matsumura, George Tokoro, Akira Terao, Masayuki Yui
Roles Old Lady Holding a Cat
Rating72%
The main story of the film is based on the life of a Japanese academic and author, Hyakken Uchida (1889–1971). The film opens with him resigning as professor of German, in the period immediately before the Second World War. The plot of the film is centered on his relationship with his former students, who care for him in his old age. The title, Not Yet in English, is an allusion to an ancient Japanese legend mentioned in one scene of the film, of an old man who refuses to die. This story is constantly referred to in the movie, as every year on the old man's birthday, his students throw him a party in which they all ask him, "Mada kai?" ("Are you ready?"). He responds by drinking a large ceremonial glass of beer and shouting "Mada dayo!" ("Not yet!"), implying that death may be near, but life still goes on. The movie also covers the events that transpire in between these birthdays, such as his moving into a new house, his discovery of (and loss of) a beloved house cat, etc. As the years progress, the annual celebrations shift from a fraternity party atmosphere to a gathering of families, and the ceremonial large glass of beer that Uchida drinks changes as well, but he always completes his full glass.
Rhapsody in August (1991)
, 1h38Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Sachiko Murase, Richard Gere, Hisashi Igawa, Toshie Negishi, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Teiyū Ichiryūsai
Roles Mourner
Rating71%
Rhapsody in August is a tale of three generations and their responses to the atomic bombing of Japan. Kane is an elderly woman whose husband was killed in the bombing of Nagasaki. Next, come her two children and their spouses, all of whom grew up in postwar Japan, as well as their Nisei cousin Clark (played by Richard Gere) who grew up in America. Finally, there are Kane's four grandchildren, who were born after the Japanese economic miracle and provide most of the dialogue in the film.
Dreams (1990)
, 1h59Directed by Akira Kurosawa, Ishirō Honda
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Peinture, Vincent van Gogh, Arme nucléaire
Actors Martin Scorsese, Mitsuko Baishō, Akira Terao, Chishū Ryū, Mieko Harada, Hisashi Igawa
Rating76%
The film does not have a single narrative, but is rather episodic in nature, following the adventures of a "surrogate Kurosawa" (often recognizable by his wearing Kurosawa's trademark hat) through eight different segments, or "dreams", each one titled.
G.I. Samurai (1979)
, 2h19Directed by Kōsei Saitō
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, War, Fantastic, Action
Themes Time travel films
Actors Sonny Chiba, Noriko Honma, Kōji Naka, Tsunehiko Watase, Haruki Kadokawa, Hiroshi Katsuno
Roles Old Woman
Rating63%
On their way to a maneuver, a wildly mixed group of Japanese soldiers with a tank, an APC, a patrol boat and a helicopter suddenly find themselves stranded 400 years in the past and under attack by samurai forces. Their designated leader, Lieutenant Yoshiaki Iba (Sonny Chiba), befriends and joins forces with Nagao Kagetora, the war leader of lord Koizumi. Seeing the stranded soldiers' war machinery in action, Kagetora persuades Iba to aid him in his struggle for supremacy in Japan.
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
, 1h27Directed by Jun Fukuda
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, La préhistoire, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about insects, Les fées, Giant monster films, Musical films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Akihiko Hirata, Hideyo Amamoto, Tōru Watanabe, Haruo Nakajima
Roles Spiritualist (uncredited)
Rating55%
After Yata (Toru Ibuki) is lost at sea, his brother Ryota (Toru Watanabe) steals a yacht with his two friends and a bank robber, the crew runs afoul of the giant lobster Ebirah, and washes up on the shore of an island, where a terrorist organization manufactures heavy water for their purposes, as well as a chemical that keeps Ebirah at bay. The organization, known as the Red Bamboo, has enslaved natives from Infant Island to help them, but the natives hope to awaken Mothra (now a full-grown moth metamorphosed from the larva that appeared in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster) to rescue them.
Red Beard (1965)
, 3h5Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Kinuyo Tanaka, Takashi Shimura, Yūzō Kayama, Kyōko Kagawa, Chishū Ryū
Roles Resident
Rating82%
The film takes place in Koishikawa, a district of Edo (the former name of the city of Tokyo), in the 19th century. Young Dr. Noboru Yasumoto (Yūzō Kayama) is the film's protagonist. Trained in a Dutch medical school in Nagasaki, the arrogant Yasumoto aspires to the status of personal physician of the Shogunate, a position currently held by a close relative; his father is already a well-established, highly competent physician. Yasumoto believes that he should progress through the safe, and well-protected, army structure of medical education. However, for Yasumoto's post-graduate medical training, he has been assigned to a rural clinic under the guidance of Akahige ("Red Beard"), Dr. Kyojō Niide (played by Toshiro Mifune). Dr. Niide may seem like a tyrannical task master, but in reality he is a compassionate clinic director. Initially, Yasumoto is livid at his posting, believing that he has little to gain from working under Akahige. Dr. Yasumoto feels that Dr. Niide is only interested in his medical notes and soon rebels against the clinic director. He refuses to wear his uniform, disdains the food and spartan environment, and enters the forbidden garden where he meets "The Mantis" (Kyōko Kagawa), a mysterious patient that only Dr. Niide can treat.
Yojimbo (1961)
, 1h50Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Katō
Roles Farmer's Ex-wife
Rating81%
It is 1860, and the era of the Tokugawa shogunate is coming to a close. A rōnin, or masterless samurai, wanders into a small town divided by a gang war between two gangsters, Seibei and Ushitora. Ushitora used to be Seibei's right-hand man, until Seibei decided that his son Yoichiro would succeed him. Tazaemon, the silk merchant and mayor, backs Seibei, while Tokuemon the sake brewer is allied with Ushitora. Gonji, the owner of an inn, advises the stranger to leave while he can, but after sizing up the situation, the rōnin tells Gonji that the town would be better off with both sides dead, and that he intends to stay.
, 1h51Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Noriko Sengoku, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Katō, Reiko Dan
Roles Mineko
Rating79%
Keiko, a young widow, becomes a hostess in Ginza nightclubs (mizu shōbai) to make ends meet. The story recounts the struggles to maintain her independence in a male-dominated society.
Summer Clouds (1958)
, 2h8Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Chikage Awashima, Yōko Tsukasa, Isao Kimura, Michiyo Aratama, Keiju Kobayashi, Kumi Mizuno
Rating73%
Yaé est une veuve de guerre. Elle vit à la campagne dans sa belle-famille avec son fils unique. À l'occasion d'une réforme de l'héritage chez les paysans, un journaliste vient l'interroger pour faire un reportage. Ils tombent progressivement amoureux, au fur et à mesure de rencontres où elle lui raconte la vie des paysans à cette époque de modernisation du Japon, à travers l'histoire de sa famille.
Varan (1958)
, 1h27Directed by Ishirō Honda
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Giant monster films, Reptile, Disaster films
Actors Myron Daniel Healey, Haruo Nakajima, Koreya Senda, Akihiko Hirata, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Noriko Honma
Roles Ken's Mom
Rating45%
A rare species of butterfly native to Siberia is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate. In response, an expedition is dispatched to their habitat, located along the Kitakami River, to discover why the insects might be living in Japan. Two members of the scientific community helm the expedition, but are mysteriously crushed by something that the police can only describe as "powerful." The nearby villagers of the Kitakami River insist that the deaths were a result of the wrath of their mountain god Baradagi-Sanjin.
Directed by Ishirō Honda
Actors Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Ken Uehara, Akihiko Hirata, Akemi Negishi, Yoshio Tsuchiya
Roles Nanny
Untamed Woman (1957)
, 2h1Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Hideko Takamine, Ken Uehara, Masayuki Mori, Daisuke Katō, Eijirō Tōno, Seiji Miyaguchi
Roles Otora, the foster mother
Rating73%
Dans les premières années de la période Taishô (après 1912), Oshima, une jeune femme d’origine campagnarde, épouse un don Juan. Elle s’occupe consciencieusement de ses affaires, tandis qu’il vaque à d’autres occupations. Quand elle lui annonce qu’elle est enceinte, il prétend que l’enfant n’est pas de lui. Furieuse, Oshima se met à la recherche de la maîtresse de son mari, la trouve et exige le divorce. De retour à la campagne, elle veut devenir indépendante et trouve une place de bonne dans un établissement. Mais le propriétaire, un homme marié, cherche à en faire sa maîtresse.
A Wife's Heart (1956)
, 1h41Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Hideko Takamine, Toshiro Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Akemi Negishi, Ranko Hanai, Yōko Sugi
Rating72%
The story is about the interactions between Kiyoko (Hideko Takamine) and her bank clerk bachelor confidant Kenkichi (Toshiro Mifune). Kiyoko, along with her husband Shinji (Keiju Kobayashi), wants to open a coffee shop and so goes to Kenkichi to ask for a loan. Family financial and emotion troubles mount within her household, and Kiyoko falls for the handsome Kenkichi. Their entire relationship is a series of beginnings and endings with the middles cut out. It is at first purely a business association, though after Shinji (at the manipulative behest of his matchmaker mother) gives a majority of the loan to his deadbeat brother Zenichi, Kiyoko starts to think that her feelings for Kenkichi may be more than platonic.
Tokyo no hito sayonara (1956)
Directed by Ishirō Honda
Actors Kichijirō Ueda, Noriko Honma, Kenji Ōyama, Kenji Sahara
Roles Natsu, Chiya's Mother (uncredited)
Rating68%
, 1h45Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Rentarō Mikuni, Kaoru Yachigusa, Kōji Tsuruta, Mariko Okada, Takashi Shimura
Roles (uncredited)
Rating74%
Takezo (Musashi) abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.