Name
Noriko Sengoku
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1922-05-29
Deathday
2012-12-27 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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
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A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The tow...
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Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as th...
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In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with ...
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Following the death of Mr Masago, his wife Satomi loses the family's cosmetics company to ...
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Keiko Yukawa is a former prostitute and the newest inmate at White Lily, a female rehabili...
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A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a...
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An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his...
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A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a...
- 1952 The Whisper of Spring
- 1949 Stray Dog as Girl
- 1965 Kwaidan as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
- 1955 I Live in Fear as Kimie Nakajima
- 1951 The Idiot as Takako
- 1948 Drunken Angel as Gin
- 1950 Scandal as Sumie
- 1949 Island of Horrors as Tsukiyo
- 1962 Hagure kigeki mandara
- 1963 Fifty-Fifty
- 1952 恐妻時代
- 1953 An Edoite Judge as Wife Ohana
- 1950 Four Seasons of Women as Dancer-style woman
- 1956 Dotanba
- 1956 Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
- 1990 Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
- 1994 The Most Terrible Time in My Life as Asa
- 1952 Third Class Executives as Personnel Chief's wife
- 1950 Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord
- 1985 Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
- 1990 Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
- 1962 A Woman's Identity
- 1953 Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
- 1987 Whisper of the Spirits
- 1961 Sararīman yajikita dōchū
- 1961 Love's Family Tree
- 1949 Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
- 1996 The Trap as Asa
- 1969 Blind Beast as Shino
- 2003 Karaoke Terror as Old Woman at the Inn
- 1957 Evening Calm
- 1964 The Shape of Night
- 1968 Eternal Love
- 2007 Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
- 1995 The Stairway to the Distant Past as Asa
- 1986 The Sea and Poison as Old Woman
- 1955 Floating Clouds
- 1965 Invasion of Astro-Monster as Delegate
- 1992 Okoge as Kinoe Yoshino
- 1949 The Quiet Duel as Apprentice Nurse
- 1954 Seven Samurai as Wife of Gono Family
- 1951 The Lady of Musashino as Maid in the Ono house
- 1964 Dear Mr. Prime Minister
- 1962 The Inheritance as Sayo Iida
- 1956 The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
- 1955 Policeman's Diary as Sei
- 1950 The Munekata Sisters
- 1967 Rebellion of Japan
- 1980 Nurse's Husband
- 1987 There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
- 1950 Battle of Roses
- 1957 Geisha in the Old City as Okura
- 1982 Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties
- 1954 Clan Revival
- Soon Donden Family (Pretend Divorce)
- 1962 The Weed of Crime
- 1954 The Devil comes and plays the Flute
- 1964 Sweet Sweat as Okesa's owner
- 1989 Roppongi Banana Boys
- 2002 Out as Chiyoko Azuma
- 1952 Foghorn
- 1969 Bonds of Love as Tobacco Shop Owner
- 1973 Stray Dog
- 1957 Snow Country as Masseuse
- 1957 The Face as Hisako
- 1977 Suddenly, Like a Storm as Yuki's mother
- 1952 Escape from the City of Death
- 1950 White Beast
- 1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs as Fortune Teller
- 1982 The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
- 1983 Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
- 1961 The Youth and His Amulet
- 1981 School in the Crosshairs as Koji's Grandmother
- 1961 The Big Wave as Toru's mother
- 1957 Rebellion
- 2003 Time Limit
- 1956 Shin ono ga tsumi as Osaku
- 1951 Weeping Doll as Ochika
- 1986 Leave My Girl Alone as Landlord
- 1959 Echo Mountain as Osen Miyoshi
- 1956 Women in Prison as Tenko Takahashi, prisoner
- 1961 Girls of the Night as Shizuka
- 1962 This Madding Crowd
- 1947 Actress as daughter Kuniko
- 1951 The White Orchid
- 1956 Twice on a Certain Night
- 1954 Itsuko to sono haha as Chie Sasaki
- 1982 Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
- 1983 Legend of the Cat Monster as Manager
- 1956 Police Precinct Part 2
- 1955 五十円横町
- 1957 Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
- 1965 Beast Alley
- 1949 A Woman's Life
- 2001 Hotoke as Shinako
- 1949 Utako's Story
- 1961 Aces Wild
- 1956 Masura o hashutsu fukai
- 1958 The Undefeated Woman
- 1960 Jiyūgaoka fujin
- 1960 Chikuhō no kodomotachi
- 1961 A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
- 1980 The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
- 1960 New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking as Chie (Proprietress)
- 1955 Here Is a Spring
- 1956 Summer in Eclipse as Kumi
- 1964 Trap of Suicide Kilometer
- 1959 Fox and Raccoon as Wife Tomi
- 1964 Ken as Kiuchi
- 1962 College Champ
- 1957 Hateful Things
- 1951 Yatsuhaka-mura
- 1950 獄門島 総集篇
- 1964 Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
- 1979 The Bride of the Ghost Lake as Toku (Housekeeper)
- 1964 Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins as 3rd Sin
- 1950 City of the Spider
- 1952 Zoku santō jūyaku
- 1956 The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
- 1967 Great Incidents
- 1951 Dorei no machi
- 1960 The Curio Master
- 1958 The Naked General
- 1951 Kōruisō
- 1964 I Am a Medical Examiner
- 1963 Apple Blossom Town
- 1963 A Salaryman's Reckless Family
- 1957 Tokyo dayo Okkasan
- 1958 Don't Make a Mistake!
- 1957 Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife
- 1965 Masseur War Story
- 1960 Count on Me
- 1988 The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms! ( 12 episodes ) as Hirose Tatsu
- 1985 Takeshi-kun, Hai! ( 30 episodes ) as Nishino Kiku
- 2003 Dr. Coto's Clinic ( 22 episodes ) as 内つる子
- 1970 Attention Please ( 32 episodes )
