Noriko Sengoku
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!
Hirose Tatsu
1988
Film
Seven Samurai
Wife of Gono Family
1954
Series
Dr. Coto's Clinic
内つる子
2003
Film
Kwaidan
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
1965
Film
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Delegate
1965
Film
Stray Dog
Girl
1949
Film
Drunken Angel
Gin
1948
Film
Apple Blossom Town
1963
Film
Love's Family Tree
1961
Film
Blind Beast
Shino
1969
Film
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Fortune Teller
1960
Film
The Idiot
Takako
1951
Film
Floating Clouds
1955
Film
Out
Chiyoko Azuma
2002
Film
I Live in Fear
Kimie Nakajima
1955
Film
The Inheritance
Sayo Iida
1962
Film
Shin ono ga tsumi
Osaku
1956
Film
The Trap
Asa
1996
Film
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Chie (Proprietress)
1960
Film
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
Film
Girls of the Night
Shizuka
1961
Series
Takeshi-kun, Hai!
Nishino Kiku
1985
Film
Snow Country
Masseuse
1957
Film
The Naked General
1958
Series
Attention Please
1970
Film
The Quiet Duel
Apprentice Nurse
1949
Film
Weeping Doll
Ochika
1951
Film
The Sea and Poison
Old Woman
1986
I Am a Medical Examiner
1964
Film
Karaoke Terror
Old Woman at the Inn
2003
Film
Dorei no machi
1951
Film
Echo Mountain
Osen Miyoshi
1959
Film
The Big Wave
Toru's mother
1961
Film
Foghorn
1952
Film
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Asa
1995
Film
The Curio Master
1960
Film
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Asa
1994
Film
College Champ
1962
Film
Leave My Girl Alone
Landlord
1986
Film
Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
1982
Film
The Shape of Night
1964
Film
Scandal
Sumie
1950
Film
Beast Alley
1965
Film
恐妻時代
1952
Film
Trap of Suicide Kilometer
1964
Film
Okoge
Kinoe Yoshino
1992
Film
Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
1949
Film
Roppongi Banana Boys
1989
Film
Sweet Sweat
Okesa's owner
1964
Film
School in the Crosshairs
Koji's Grandmother
1981
Film
Legend of the Cat Monster
Manager
1983
Film
Aces Wild
1961
Film
The Munekata Sisters
1950
Film
Here Is a Spring
1955
Film
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Film
Women in Prison
Tenko Takahashi, prisoner
1956
Film
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953
Film
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
Film
City of the Spider
1950
Film
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Film
A Woman's Identity
1962
Film
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
Film
Stray Dog
1973
Film
Fifty-Fifty
1963
Film
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
Film
Fox and Raccoon
Wife Tomi
1959
Film
A Salaryman's Reckless Family
1963
Film
Itsuko to sono haha
Chie Sasaki
1954
Film
Time Limit
2003
Film
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961
Film
The Lady of Musashino
Maid in the Ono house
1951
Film
White Beast
1950
Film
Rebellion of Japan
1967
Film
Police Precinct Part 2
1956
Film
Actress
daughter Kuniko
1947
Film
Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties
1982
Film
Whisper of the Spirits
1987
Film
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
Film
Great Incidents
1967
Film
Bonds of Love
Tobacco Shop Owner
1969
Film
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964
Film
Hateful Things
1957
Film
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985
Film
An Edoite Judge
Wife Ohana
1953
Film
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Film
This Madding Crowd
1962
Film
Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
1990
Film
Third Class Executives
Personnel Chief's wife
1952
Film
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Film
Utako's Story
1949
Film
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
1987
Film
Rebellion
1957
Film
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
1954
Film
The White Orchid
1951
Film
The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
1956
Film
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957
Film
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990
Film
五十円横町
1955
Film
Ken
Kiuchi
1964
Film
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1980
Film
Eternal Love
1968
Film
The Weed of Crime
1962
Film
Policeman's Diary
Sei
1955
Film
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
Film
Dotanba
1956
Film
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
1956
Film
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
3rd Sin
1964
Film
The Face
Hisako
1957
Film
Island of Horrors
Tsukiyo
1949
Film
Yatsuhaka-mura
1951
Nurse's Husband
1980
Film
Masura o hashutsu fukai
1956
Film
A Woman's Life
1949
Donden Family (Pretend Divorce)
Evening Calm
1957
Film
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Film
Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
1983
Film
Battle of Roses
1950
Film
Summer in Eclipse
Kumi
1956
Film
Hotoke
Shinako
2001
Film
Escape from the City of Death
1952
Film
Geisha in the Old City
Okura
1957
Film
Clan Revival
1954
Film
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
Toku (Housekeeper)
1979
Film
Four Seasons of Women
Dancer-style woman
1950
Film
Suddenly, Like a Storm
Yuki's mother
1977
Film
Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord
1950
Film
Kōruisō
1951
Film
The Whisper of Spring
1952
獄門島 総集篇
1950
Film
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
1982
Film
Tokyo dayo Okkasan
1957