Noriko Sengoku
Acting
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."
Films (115)
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
Karaoke Terror
2003
Time Limit
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
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990
Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
1990
Roppongi Banana Boys
1989
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
1987
Whisper of the Spirits
1987
Leave My Girl Alone
1986
The Sea and Poison
1986
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983
Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
1983
Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
1982
Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties
1982
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
1982
School in the Crosshairs
1981
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1980
Nurse's Husband
1980
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
1979
Suddenly, Like a Storm
1977
Stray Dog
1973
Bonds of Love
1969
Blind Beast
1969
Eternal Love
1968
Rebellion of Japan
1967
Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965
Beast Alley
1965
Kwaidan
1965
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
The Shape of Night
1964
Sweet Sweat
1964
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964
Ken
1964
Trap of Suicide Kilometer
1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Fifty-Fifty
1963
The Weed of Crime
1962
College Champ
1962
This Madding Crowd
1962
A Woman's Identity
1962
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
The Inheritance
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Love's Family Tree
1961
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
Girls of the Night
1961
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961
The Big Wave
1961
Aces Wild
1961
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
Fox and Raccoon
1959
Echo Mountain
1959
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957
Geisha in the Old City
1957
Hateful Things
1957
Snow Country
1957
Rebellion
1957
Evening Calm
1957
The Face
1957
Dotanba
1956
Shin ono ga tsumi
1956
Summer in Eclipse
1956
Women in Prison
1956
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
1956
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
Police Precinct Part 2
1956
Masura o hashutsu fukai
1956
The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
1956
I Live in Fear
1955
五十円横町
1955
Here Is a Spring
1955
Policeman's Diary
1955
Floating Clouds
1955
Clan Revival
1954
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
1954
Seven Samurai
1954
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953
An Edoite Judge
1953
The Whisper of Spring
1952
恐妻時代
1952
Third Class Executives
1952
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
Foghorn
1952
Yatsuhaka-mura
1951
The Lady of Musashino
1951
The Idiot
1951
Weeping Doll
1951
The White Orchid
1951
Battle of Roses
1950
Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord
1950
The Munekata Sisters
1950
White Beast
1950
Scandal
1950
Four Seasons of Women
1950
獄門島 総集篇
1950
Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
1949
Island of Horrors
1949
Stray Dog
1949
Konna onna ni dare ga shita
1949
The Quiet Duel
1949
A Woman's Life
1949
Drunken Angel
1948
Actress
1947