
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