Noriko Sengoku
Born May 29, 1922 · 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."
Known for
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003
Karaoke Terror
2003
Out
2002
Hotoke
2001
The Trap
1996
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994
Okoge
1992
Roppongi Banana Boys
1989
The Sea and Poison
1986
Leave My Girl Alone
1986
Takeshi-kun, Hai!
1985
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983
Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
1983
Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
1982
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
1982
School in the Crosshairs
1981
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1980
Suddenly, Like a Storm
1977
Stray Dog
1973
Blind Beast
1969
Bonds of Love
1969
Eternal Love
1968
Rebellion of Japan
1967
Great Incidents
1967
Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965
Kwaidan
1965
Beast Alley
1965
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
The Shape of Night
1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Trap of Suicide Kilometer
1964
Sweet Sweat
1964
Ken
1964
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964
Fifty-Fifty
1963
The Inheritance
1962
The Weed of Crime
1962
A Woman's Identity
1962
This Madding Crowd
1962
College Champ
1962
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Girls of the Night
1961
The Big Wave
1961
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Aces Wild
1961
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
Echo Mountain
1959
Fox and Raccoon
1959
The Face
1957
Snow Country
1957
Geisha in the Old City
1957
Rebellion
1957
Women in Prison
1956
Shin ono ga tsumi
1956
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Dotanba
1956
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
1956
The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
1956
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
Summer in Eclipse
1956
Masura o hashutsu fukai
1956
Floating Clouds
1955
I Live in Fear
1955
Here Is a Spring
1955
Policeman's Diary
1955
五十円横町
1955
Seven Samurai
1954
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
1954
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
Clan Revival
1954
An Edoite Judge
1953
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953
Foghorn
1952
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
Third Class Executives
1952
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
恐妻時代
1952
The Whisper of Spring
1952
Weeping Doll
1951
The Idiot
1951
Yatsuhaka-mura
1951
The Lady of Musashino
1951
Kumo no Machi
1950
Scandal
1950
The Munekata Sisters
1950
Four Seasons of Women
1950
White Beast
1950
Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord
1950
Battle of Roses
1950
Stray Dog
1949
The Quiet Duel
1949
A Woman's Life
1949
Island of Horrors
1949
Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
1949
Drunken Angel
1948
Actress
1947