Noriko Sengoku
Acting
Born: May 29, 1922 · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Died: December 27, 2012 (aged 90)
Highest Rated
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
Seven Samurai
1954
Kwaidan
1965
Stray Dog
1949
Drunken Angel
1948
Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965
The Idiot
1951
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
I Live in Fear
1955
Floating Clouds
1955
Blind Beast
1969
Scandal
1950
The Quiet Duel
1949
Photos (3)
Movies (124)
Seven Samurai
Wife of Gono Family
Kwaidan
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Delegate
Drunken Angel
Gin
Stray Dog
Girl
The Trap
Asa
I Live in Fear
Kimie Nakajima
The Quiet Duel
Apprentice Nurse
The Idiot
Takako
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957
Out
Chiyoko Azuma
The Inheritance
Sayo Iida
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Fortune Teller
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
The Shape of Night
1964
Blind Beast
Shino
Women in Prison
Tenko Takahashi, prisoner
Floating Clouds
1955
Foghorn
1952
Girls of the Night
Shizuka
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985
Scandal
Sumie
The Munekata Sisters
1950
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Asa
The Naked General
1958
Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
1982
Echo Mountain
Osen Miyoshi
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Karaoke Terror
Old Woman at the Inn
Dorei no machi
1951
The Sea and Poison
Old Woman
School in the Crosshairs
Koji's Grandmother
Shin ono ga tsumi
Osaku
Leave My Girl Alone
Landlord
The Curio Master
1960
Don't Make a Mistake!
1958
White Beast
1950
Weeping Doll
Ochika
Ken
Kiuchi
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Love's Family Tree
1961
Great Incidents
1967
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Chie (Proprietress)
Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
1949
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Asa
Beast Alley
1965
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
1954
The Lady of Musashino
Maid in the Ono house
The White Orchid
1951
Police Precinct Part 2
1956
Fifty-Fifty
1963
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
Time Limit
2003
The Big Wave
Toru's mother
Okoge
Kinoe Yoshino
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
1987
Apple Blossom Town
1963
City of the Spider
1950
Fox and Raccoon
Wife Tomi
Rebellion
1957
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
1956
Snow Country
Masseuse
Hotoke
Shinako
Here Is a Spring
1955
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
Stray Dog
1973
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
Roppongi Banana Boys
1989
Itsuko to sono haha
Chie Sasaki
Legend of the Cat Monster
Manager
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961
Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties
1982
恐妻時代
1952
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Third Class Executives
Personnel Chief's wife
This Madding Crowd
1962
The Weed of Crime
1962
Trap of Suicide Kilometer
1964
Rebellion of Japan
1967
Sweet Sweat
Okesa's owner
Aces Wild
1961
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1980
A Salaryman's Reckless Family
1963
An Edoite Judge
Wife Ohana
Tokyo dayo Okkasan
1957
Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
1983
The Face
Hisako
Dotanba
1956
Hateful Things
1957
Policeman's Diary
Sei
A Woman's Identity
1962
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Battle of Roses
1950
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
五十円横町
1955
Eternal Love
1968
Geisha in the Old City
Okura
Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
1990
Yatsuhaka-mura
1951
The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
1956
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
1982
Actress
daughter Kuniko
Utako's Story
1949
Clan Revival
1954
Summer in Eclipse
Kumi
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
Toku (Housekeeper)
Suddenly, Like a Storm
Yuki's mother
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990
Island of Horrors
Tsukiyo
A Woman's Life
1949
The Whisper of Spring
1952
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964
Four Seasons of Women
Dancer-style woman
Kōruisō
1951
College Champ
1962
Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord
1950
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
Masura o hashutsu fukai
1956
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953
Whisper of the Spirits
1987
Escape from the City of Death
1952
Bonds of Love
Tobacco Shop Owner
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
3rd Sin
