Noriko Sengoku
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."
123 acting credits
Acting · 123
Seven Samurai
1954
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003
Kwaidan
1965
Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965
Takeshi-kun, Hai!
1985
Stray Dog
1949
Drunken Angel
1948
Floating Clouds
1955
The Idiot
1951
The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!
1988
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
The Quiet Duel
1949
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
Scandal
1950
The Inheritance
1962
The Sea and Poison
1986
Blind Beast
1969
School in the Crosshairs
1981
Beast Alley
1965
Snow Country
1957
I Live in Fear
1955
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994
Sweet Sweat
1964
Okoge
1992
Dotanba
1956
Here Is a Spring
1955
Third Class Executives
1952
Leave My Girl Alone
1986
The Munekata Sisters
1950
Girls of the Night
1961
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
College Champ
1962
Hotoke
2001
White Beast
1950
Out
2002
Stray Dog
1973
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
The Trap
1996
The Lady of Musashino
1951
Ken
1964
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961
Karaoke Terror
2003
Donden Family (Pretend Divorce)
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The Shape of Night
1964
The White Orchid
1951
Aces Wild
1961
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
1987
Actress
1947
Trap of Suicide Kilometer
1964
Roppongi Banana Boys
1989
Fifty-Fifty
1963
This Madding Crowd
1962
Rebellion of Japan
1967
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
Island of Horrors
1949
Rebellion
1957
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Four Seasons of Women
1950
Nurse's Husband
1980
Policeman's Diary
1955
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
1956
恐妻時代
1952
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
Fox and Raccoon
1959
Time Limit
2003
Bonds of Love
1969
The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
1956
A Woman's Identity
1962
A Woman's Life
1949
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
1983
The Weed of Crime
1962
Geisha in the Old City
1957
Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
1949
Eternal Love
1968
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990
Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
1990
Love's Family Tree
1961
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983
An Edoite Judge
1953
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
1982
Battle of Roses
1950
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
1954
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Masura o hashutsu fukai
1956
Whisper of the Spirits
1987
五十円横町
1955
The Big Wave
1961
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1980
Yatsuhaka-mura
1951
Suddenly, Like a Storm
1977
Clan Revival
1954
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Police Precinct Part 2
1956
Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord
1950
Echo Mountain
1959
Evening Calm
1957
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964
The Face
1957
Women in Prison
1956
Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
1982
Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties
1982
The Whisper of Spring
1952
Hateful Things
1957
Summer in Eclipse
1956
獄門島 総集篇
1950
Foghorn
1952
Utako's Story
1949
Weeping Doll
1951
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
1979
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
Shin ono ga tsumi
1956
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
Kumo no Machi
1950
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Attention Please
1970