Noriko Sengoku
Actor
May 29, 1922 — December 27, 2012 (90 years)
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."
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
| 2007 | |
| 2003 | Shôwa kayô daizenshû · as Old Woman At The Inn |
| 2003 | Fukumimi · as Cast |
| 2003 | Dr. Coto's Clinic · as 内つる子 |
| 2002 | Out · as Chiyoko Azuma |
| 2001 | Hotoke · as Shinako |
| 1996 | The Trap · as Asa |
| 1995 | Tora-san to the Rescue · as Lily's Mother |
| 1995 | The Stairway to the Distant Past · as Asa |
| 1993 | The Most Terrible Time in My Life · as Asa |
| 1992 | Okoge · as Kinoe Yoshino |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | Waka Okusama wa Udemakuri · as Hirose Tatsu |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | Bokuno onna ni teodasuna · as Landlord |
| 1986 | The Sea and Poison · as Old Woman |
| 1983 | Legend of the Cat Monster · as Manager |
| 1981 | School in the Crosshairs · as Koji's Grandmother |
| 1979 | Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B · as Shika Ikeuchi |
| 1977 | Seishi Yokomizo · as Cast |
| 1973 | |
| 1969 | Blind Beast · as Shino |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1965 | Invasion of Astro-Monster · as Female Delegate |
| 1964 | Kwaidan · as Village Woman (segment "the Woman Of The Snow") |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | An Outlaw · as Cast |
| 1964 | Ken · as Kiuchi |
| 1964 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | The Inheritance · as Sayo Iida |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Girls of the Night · as Shizuka |
| 1960 | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs · as Fortune Teller |
| 1957 | Keishichô monogatari: Yoru no nokemono · as Cast |
| 1957 | Untamed Woman · as Cast |
| 1957 | Snow Country · as Masseuse |
| 1957 | Kao · as Hisako |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | |
| 1955 | I Live in Fear · as Kimie Nakajima |
| 1955 | Yamitarô henka · as Cast |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | Keisatsu nikki · as Sei |
| 1955 | |
| 1954 | Clan Revival: Part 3 · as Cast |
| 1954 | Clan Revival: Part 2 · as Cast |
| 1954 | |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai · as Wife Of Gono FamilyOn Plex |
| 1952 | The Life of Oharu · as Lady-In-Waiting SakuraiOn Plex |
| 1951 | The Lady of Musashino · as Maid In The Ono HouseOn Plex |
| 1951 | The Idiot · as Takako |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | Scandal · as SumieOn Plex |
| 1949 | Stray Dog · as GirlOn Plex |
| 1949 | The Shocked Girls · as Cast |
| 1949 | The Quiet Duel · as Apprentice NurseOn Plex |
| 1948 | Drunken Angel · as GinOn Plex |