Noriko Sengoku
- Acting
- May 29, 1922 · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
- December 27, 2012
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
Filmography
- Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
- Karaoke Terror · Old Woman at the Inn
- Dr. Coto's Clinic · 内つる子
- Time Limit
- Out · Chiyoko Azuma
- Hotoke · Shinako
- The Trap · Asa
- The Stairway to the Distant Past · Asa
- The Most Terrible Time in My Life · Asa
- Okoge · Kinoe Yoshino
- Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
- Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
- Roppongi Banana Boys
- The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms! · Hirose Tatsu
- There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
- Whisper of the Spirits
- Leave My Girl Alone · Landlord
- The Sea and Poison · Old Woman
- Takeshi-kun, Hai! · Nishino Kiku
- Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
- Legend of the Cat Monster · Manager
- Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
- Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
- Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties
- The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
- School in the Crosshairs · Koji's Grandmother
- The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
- Nurse's Husband
- The Bride of the Ghost Lake · Toku (Housekeeper)
- Suddenly, Like a Storm · Yuki's mother
- Stray Dog
- Attention Please
- Bonds of Love · Tobacco Shop Owner
- Blind Beast · Shino
- Eternal Love
- Great Incidents
- Rebellion of Japan
- Invasion of Astro-Monster · Delegate
- Masseur War Story
- Beast Alley
- Kwaidan · Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
- Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins · 3rd Sin
- The Shape of Night
- Sweet Sweat · Okesa's owner
- I Am a Medical Examiner
- Dear Mr. Prime Minister
- Ken · Kiuchi
- Trap of Suicide Kilometer
- Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
- Apple Blossom Town
- Fifty-Fifty
- A Salaryman's Reckless Family
- The Weed of Crime
- College Champ
- This Madding Crowd
- A Woman's Identity
- Hagure kigeki mandara
- The Inheritance · Sayo Iida
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
- Love's Family Tree
- The Youth and His Amulet
- Girls of the Night · Shizuka
- Sararīman yajikita dōchū
- The Big Wave · Toru's mother
- Aces Wild
- Chikuhō no kodomotachi
- Count on Me
- Jiyūgaoka fujin
- The Curio Master
- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs · Fortune Teller
- New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking · Chie (Proprietress)
- Chiyoda Castle in Flames
- Fox and Raccoon · Wife Tomi
- Echo Mountain · Osen Miyoshi
- The Naked General
- The Undefeated Woman
- Don't Make a Mistake!
- Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
- Geisha in the Old City · Okura
- Hateful Things