Known For
Acting
Born
May 29, 1922
Died
Dec 27, 2012
Place of Birth
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Credits
123 titles
Noriko Sengoku
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
Rebellion of Japan
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Delegate
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
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
Ken
Kiuchi
Trap of Suicide Kilometer
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Fifty-Fifty
The Weed of Crime
College Champ
This Madding Crowd