Noriko Sengoku
Acting
- Born:
- 1922-05-29
- Died:
- 2012-12-27
- Place of birth:
- Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Time Limit
Out
Hotoke
The Trap
The Stairway to the Distant Past
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Okoge
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!
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
Whisper of the Spirits
Leave My Girl Alone
The Sea and Poison
Takeshi-kun, Hai!
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
Legend of the Cat Monster
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
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
Nurse's Husband
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
Suddenly, Like a Storm
Stray Dog
Attention Please
Bonds of Love
Blind Beast
Eternal Love
Great Incidents
Rebellion of Japan
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Masseur War Story
Beast Alley
Kwaidan
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
The Shape of Night
Sweet Sweat
I Am a Medical Examiner
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
Ken
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
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Love's Family Tree
The Youth and His Amulet
Girls of the Night
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
The Big Wave
Aces Wild
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
Count on Me
Jiyūgaoka fujin
The Curio Master
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Chiyoda Castle in Flames
Fox and Raccoon
Echo Mountain
The Naked General
The Undefeated Woman
Don't Make a Mistake!
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
Geisha in the Old City
Hateful Things
Snow Country
Rebellion
Here Is Tokyo, Mother
Evening Calm
Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife
The Face
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Dotanba
Shin ono ga tsumi
Summer in Eclipse
Women in Prison
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
Twice on a Certain Night
Police Precinct Part 2
Masura no Hashitsu Sequel: It's Hard to Be a Company
Masura o hashutsu fukai
The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
I Live in Fear
Gojūen yokochō
Here Is a Spring
Policeman's Diary
Floating Clouds
Clan Revival
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
Seven Samurai
Itsuko to sono haha
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
An Edoite Judge
The Whisper of Spring
恐妻時代
Zoku santō jūyaku
Third Class Executives
Escape from the City of Death
Foghorn
Kōruisō
Yatsuhaka-mura
The Lady of Musashino
Dorei no machi
The Idiot
Weeping Doll
The White Orchid
Battle of Roses
Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord
The Munekata Sisters
White Beast
City of the Spider
Scandal
Four Seasons of Women
獄門島 総集篇
Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
Island of Horrors
Stray Dog
Utako's Story
The Quiet Duel
A Woman's Life
Drunken Angel
Actress
Donden Family (Pretend Divorce)