Kazuko Shimizu (Japanese: 清水 和子, Hepburn: Shimizu Kazuko, 9 August 1935 – 26 March 2014), known professionally as Noriko Matsumoto (松本 典子, Matsumoto Noriko), was a Japanese actress and stage director.
She and her husband, playwright Kunio Shimizu, were co-founders of the stage company Mokutōsha.
[1][2] and educated at Ohtani Gakuen and the Haiyuza Theatre Company training school.
[2][3] Her last performance was at the June 2001 Theater X [ja] production of Joyū N.[3] Outside of the stage, also had some film and television credits,[4] including as Fumiko in The Warped Ones.
[4] Her funeral was restricted to close relatives, with Shimizu serving as the chief mourner.