Noriko Sengoku
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1922-05-29
Day of Death
2012-12-27 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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
Acting
(2007)
(2003)
Karaoke Terror
as Old Woman at the Inn
(2003)
(2002)
Out
as Chiyoko Azuma
(2001)
Hotoke
as Shinako
(1996)
The Trap
as Asa
(1995)
(1994)
(1992)
Okoge
as Kinoe Yoshino
(1990)
(1990)
(1989)
(1987)
(1987)
(1986)
The Sea and Poison
as Old woman
(1986)
Leave My Girl Alone
as Landlord
(1985)
(1983)
(1983)
Legend of the Cat Monster
as Manager
(1982)
(1982)
(1982)
(1981)
School in the Crosshairs
as Koji's Grandmother
(1980)
(1980)
(1977)
Suddenly, Like a Storm
as Yuki's mother
(1973)
(1969)
Blind Beast
as Shino
(1969)
Bonds of Love
as Tobacco Shop Owner
(1968)
(1967)
(1965)
Invasion of Astro-Monster
as Female Delegate
(1965)
Kwaidan
as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
(1965)
(1964)
Ken
as Kiuchi
(1964)
(1964)
Sweet Sweat
as Okesa's owner
(1964)
(1964)
(1963)
(1962)
The Inheritance
as Sayo Iida
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
Girls of the Night
as Shizuka
(1961)
(1961)
The Big Wave
as Toru's mother
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Fortune Teller
(1960)
(1960)
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Chie (Proprietress)
(1960)
(1959)
Echo Mountain
as Osen Miyoshi
(1959)
Fox and Raccoon
as Wife Tomi
(1958)
(1957)
Snow Country
as Masseuse
(1957)
(1957)
Geisha in the Old City
as Okura
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
The Face
as Hisako
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
Women in Prison
as Tenko Takahashi, prisoner
(1956)
(1956)
Shin ono ga tsumi
as Osaku
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
Summer in Eclipse
as Kumi
(1955)
I Live in Fear
as Kimie Nakajima
(1955)
(1955)
Policeman's Diary
as Sei
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
Seven Samurai
as Wife of Gono Family
(1954)
(1954)
Itsuko to sono haha
as Chie Sasaki
(1954)
(1953)
(1953)
An Edoite Judge
as Wife Ohana
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
Third Class Executives
as Personnel Chief's wife
(1952)
(1951)
The Idiot
as Takako
(1951)
The Lady of Musashino
as Maid in the Ono house
(1951)
Weeping Doll
as Ochika
(1951)
(1950)
Scandal
as Sumie
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
(1950)
Four Seasons of Women
as Dancer-style woman
(1949)
Stray Dog
as Girl
(1949)
The Quiet Duel
as Apprentice Nurse
(1949)
(1949)
Island of Horrors
as Tsukiyo
(1949)
(1949)
(1948)
Drunken Angel
as Gin
(1947)
Actress
as daughter Kuniko