
Noriko Sengoku
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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
Credits

Seven Samurai (1954)
as Wife of Gono Family

Kwaidan (1965)
as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
as Delegate

Stray Dog (1949)
as Girl

Drunken Angel (1948)
as Gin

The Idiot (1951)
as Takako

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Actor

Blind Beast (1969)
as Shino

Scandal (1950)
as Sumie

The Trap (1996)
as Asa

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
as Fortune Teller

Beast Alley (1965)
Actor

Floating Clouds (1955)
Actor

I Live in Fear (1955)
as Kimie Nakajima

Out (2002)
as Chiyoko Azuma

Snow Country (1957)
as Masseuse

School in the Crosshairs (1981)
as Koji's Grandmother

The Sea and Poison (1986)
as Old Woman

The Inheritance (1962)
as Sayo Iida

The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1994)
as Asa

Ken (1964)
as Kiuchi

The Munekata Sisters (1950)
Actor

The Quiet Duel (1949)
as Apprentice Nurse

Girls of the Night (1961)
as Shizuka

White Beast (1950)
Actor

The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995)
as Asa

Karaoke Terror (2003)
as Old Woman at the Inn

The Lady of Musashino (1951)
as Maid in the Ono house

Rebellion (1957)
Actor

The Shape of Night (1964)
Actor

The White Orchid (1951)
Actor

Stray Dog (1973)
Actor

Island of Horrors (1949)
as Tsukiyo

There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl (1987)
Actor

Suddenly, Like a Storm (1977)
as Yuki's mother

Sotsugyou -GRADUATION- (1985)
Actor

This Madding Crowd (1962)
Actor

Okoge (1992)
as Kinoe Yoshino

Aces Wild (1961)
Actor

Leave My Girl Alone (1986)
as Landlord

Hotoke (2001)
as Shinako

Time Limit (2003)
Actor
Nurse's Husband (1980)
Actor

Sweet Sweat (1964)
as Okesa's owner

The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye (1956)
Actor

Jiyūgaoka fujin (1960)
Actor

Chikuhō no kodomotachi (1960)
Actor

Dotanba (1956)
Actor

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship (1956)
Actor

Twice on a Certain Night (1956)
Actor

Legend of the Cat Monster (1983)
as Manager

Trap of Suicide Kilometer (1964)
Actor

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer (1957)
Actor

The Youth and His Amulet (1961)
Actor

College Champ (1962)
Actor

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox (1961)
Actor

Geisha in the Old City (1957)
as Okura

Sararīman yajikita dōchū (1961)
Actor

Rebellion of Japan (1967)
Actor

Here Is a Spring (1955)
Actor

A Woman's Life (1949)
Actor

Four Seasons of Women (1950)
as Dancer-style woman

Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker (1953)
Actor

恐妻時代 (1952)
Actor

The Undefeated Woman (1958)
Actor

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag (1964)
Actor

Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled (1990)
Actor

Foghorn (1952)
Actor

Fifty-Fifty (1963)
Actor

Utako's Story (1949)
Actor

The Weed of Crime (1962)
Actor

Bonds of Love (1969)
as Tobacco Shop Owner

Masura o hashutsu fukai (1956)
Actor

Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord (1950)
Actor

Eternal Love (1968)
Actor

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking (1960)
as Chie (Proprietress)

An Edoite Judge (1953)
as Wife Ohana

Itsuko to sono haha (1954)
as Chie Sasaki

Police Precinct Part 2 (1956)
Actor

Hagure kigeki mandara (1962)
Actor

Clan Revival (1954)
Actor

Battle of Roses (1950)
Actor

Love's Family Tree (1961)
Actor

Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood (1982)
Actor

Roppongi Banana Boys (1989)
Actor

Dear Mr. Prime Minister (1964)
Actor

The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation (1980)
Actor

Policeman's Diary (1955)
as Sei

The Devil comes and plays the Flute (1954)
Actor
Donden Family (Pretend Divorce) (—)
Actor

Fox and Raccoon (1959)
as Wife Tomi

Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen (1949)
Actor

Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star! (1990)
Actor

五十円横町 (1955)
Actor

A Woman's Identity (1962)
Actor

The Whisper of Spring (1952)
Actor

Weeping Doll (1951)
as Ochika

Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins (1964)
as 3rd Sin

Yatsuhaka-mura (1951)
Actor

Women in Prison (1956)
as Tenko Takahashi, prisoner

Third Class Executives (1952)
as Personnel Chief's wife

Actress (1947)
as daughter Kuniko

The Big Wave (1961)
as Toru's mother

Summer in Eclipse (1956)
as Kumi

Whisper of the Spirits (1987)
Actor

Shi no machi wo nogarete (1952)
Actor

The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn (1982)
Actor

The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji (1956)
Actor

Echo Mountain (1959)
as Osen Miyoshi

Hateful Things (1957)
Actor

Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass (1983)
Actor

Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties (1982)
Actor

Shin ono ga tsumi (1956)
as Osaku

The Bride of the Ghost Lake (1979)
as Toku (Housekeeper)
Evening Calm (1957)
Actor

The Face (1957)
as Hisako

Zoku santō jūyaku (1952)
Actor
獄門島 総集篇 (1950)
Actor

Kumo no Machi (1950)
Actor





