Noriko Sengoku
Acting
1922-05-29 · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Reiko Mori (April 29, 1922 – December 27, 2012), known by her stage name Noriko Sengoku, was a Japanese film and television actress active primarily in the 1950s and 1960s. She made her film debut in 1947 and starred in several of Akira Kurosawa's early films such as Drunken Angel, The Quiet Duel, Stray Dog, Scandal, The Idiot and Seven Samurai. During the war, she was a member of the traveling theater troupe Sakura-tai , which was wiped out in the Hiroshima atomic bombing . However, she escaped the atomic bombing because she was away from Hiroshima giving birth She was highly praised as a great supporting actress, and excelled in the role of a spiteful landlady. She believed that "a supporting role is like a 'screw in each corner'; if even one screw comes loose, the whole thing falls apart."
Filmography
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007 · Movie
Karaoke Terror
2003 · Movie
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003 · Series
Time Limit
2003 · Movie
Out
2002 · Movie
Hotoke
2001 · Movie
The Trap
1996 · Movie
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995 · Movie
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994 · Movie
Okoge
1992 · Movie
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990 · Movie
Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
1990 · Movie
Roppongi Banana Boys
1989 · Movie
The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!
1988 · Series
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
1987 · Movie
Whisper of the Spirits
1987 · Movie
Leave My Girl Alone
1986 · Movie
The Sea and Poison
1986 · Movie
Takeshi-kun, Hai!
1985 · Series
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985 · Movie
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983 · Movie
Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
1983 · Movie
Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
1982 · Movie
Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties
1982 · Movie
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
1982 · Movie
School in the Crosshairs
1981 · Movie
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1980 · Movie
Nurse's Husband
1980 · Movie
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
1979 · Movie
Suddenly, Like a Storm
1977 · Movie
Stray Dog
1973 · Movie
Attention Please
1970 · Series
Bonds of Love
1969 · Movie
Blind Beast
1969 · Movie
Eternal Love
1968 · Movie
Great Incidents
1967 · Movie
Rebellion of Japan
1967 · Movie
Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965 · Movie
Beast Alley
1965 · Movie
Kwaidan
1965 · Movie
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964 · Movie
The Shape of Night
1964 · Movie
Sweet Sweat
1964 · Movie
I Am a Medical Examiner
1964 · Movie
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964 · Movie
Ken
1964 · Movie
Trap of Suicide Kilometer
1964 · Movie
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964 · Movie
Apple Blossom Town
1963 · Movie
Fifty-Fifty
1963 · Movie
A Salaryman's Reckless Family
1963 · Movie
The Weed of Crime
1962 · Movie
College Champ
1962 · Movie
This Madding Crowd
1962 · Movie
A Woman's Identity
1962 · Movie
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962 · Movie
The Inheritance
1962 · Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961 · Movie
Love's Family Tree
1961 · Movie
The Youth and His Amulet
1961 · Movie
Girls of the Night
1961 · Movie
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961 · Movie
The Big Wave
1961 · Movie
Aces Wild
1961 · Movie
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960 · Movie
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960 · Movie
The Curio Master
1960 · Movie
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 · Movie
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960 · Movie
Fox and Raccoon
1959 · Movie
Echo Mountain
1959 · Movie
The Naked General
1958 · Movie
The Undefeated Woman
1958 · Movie
Don't Make a Mistake!
1958 · Movie
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957 · Movie
Geisha in the Old City
1957 · Movie
Hateful Things
1957 · Movie
Rebellion
1957 · Movie
Snow Country
1957 · Movie
Tokyo dayo Okkasan
1957 · Movie
Evening Calm
1957 · Movie
Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife
1957 · Movie
The Face
1957 · Movie
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956 · Movie
Dotanba
1956 · Movie
Shin ono ga tsumi
1956 · Movie
Summer in Eclipse
1956 · Movie
Women in Prison
1956 · Movie
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
1956 · Movie
Twice on a Certain Night
1956 · Movie
Police Precinct Part 2
1956 · Movie
Masura o hashutsu fukai
1956 · Movie
The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
1956 · Movie
I Live in Fear
1955 · Movie
五十円横町
1955 · Movie
Here Is a Spring
1955 · Movie
Policeman's Diary
1955 · Movie
Floating Clouds
1955 · Movie
Clan Revival
1954 · Movie
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
1954 · Movie
Seven Samurai
1954 · Movie
Itsuko to sono haha
1954 · Movie
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953 · Movie
An Edoite Judge
1953 · Movie
The Whisper of Spring
1952 · Movie
恐妻時代
1952 · Movie
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952 · Movie
Third Class Executives
1952 · Movie
Escape from the City of Death
1952 · Movie
Foghorn
1952 · Movie
Kōruisō
1951 · Movie
Yatsuhaka-mura
1951 · Movie
The Lady of Musashino
1951 · Movie
Dorei no machi
1951 · Movie
The Idiot
1951 · Movie
Weeping Doll
1951 · Movie
The White Orchid
1951 · Movie
Battle of Roses
1950 · Movie
Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord
1950 · Movie
The Munekata Sisters
1950 · Movie
City of the Spider
1950 · Movie
White Beast
1950 · Movie
Scandal
1950 · Movie
Four Seasons of Women
1950 · Movie
獄門島 総集篇
1950 · Movie
Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
1949 · Movie
Island of Horrors
1949 · Movie
Stray Dog
1949 · Movie
Utako's Story
1949 · Movie
The Quiet Duel
1949 · Movie
A Woman's Life
1949 · Movie
Drunken Angel
1948 · Movie
Actress
1947 · Movie
Donden Family (Pretend Divorce)
Movie