Noriko Sengoku
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
May 29, 1922 (104 years old)
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
| 2007 | Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad | |
| 2003 | Karaoke TerrorOld Woman at the Inn | |
| 2003 | Time Limit | |
| 2003 | Dr. Coto's Clinic内つる子 | |
| 2002 | OutChiyoko Azuma | |
| 2001 | HotokeShinako | |
| 1996 | The TrapAsa | |
| 1995 | The Stairway to the Distant PastAsa | |
| 1994 | The Most Terrible Time in My LifeAsa | |
| 1992 | OkogeKinoe Yoshino | |
| 1990 | Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled | |
| 1990 | Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star! | |
| 1989 | Roppongi Banana Boys | |
| 1988 | The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!Hirose Tatsu | |
| 1987 | Whisper of the Spirits | |
| 1987 | There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl | |
| 1986 | The Sea and PoisonOld Woman | |
| 1986 | Leave My Girl AloneLandlord | |
| 1985 | Sotsugyou -GRADUATION- | |
| 1985 | Takeshi-kun, Hai!Nishino Kiku | |
| 1983 | Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass | |
| 1983 | Legend of the Cat MonsterManager | |
| 1982 | Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties | |
| 1982 | The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn | |
| 1982 | Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood | |
| 1981 | School in the CrosshairsKoji's Grandmother | |
| 1980 | Nurse's Husband | |
| 1980 | The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation | |
| 1979 | The Bride of the Ghost LakeToku (Housekeeper) | |
| 1977 | Suddenly, Like a StormYuki's mother | |
| 1973 | Stray Dog | |
| 1969 | Blind BeastShino | |
| 1969 | Bonds of LoveTobacco Shop Owner | |
| 1968 | Eternal Love | |
| 1967 | Rebellion of Japan | |
| 1965 | KwaidanVillage Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow") | |
| 1965 | Invasion of Astro-MonsterFemale Delegate | |
| 1965 | Beast Alley | |
| 1964 | The Shape of Night | |
| 1964 | Dear Mr. Prime Minister | |
| 1964 | Sweet SweatOkesa's owner | |
| 1964 | Trap of Suicide Kilometer | |
| 1964 | KenKiuchi | |
| 1964 | Mr. Giant's Victory Flag | |
| 1964 | Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins3rd Sin | |
| 1963 | Fifty-Fifty | |
| 1962 | Hagure kigeki mandara | |
| 1962 | A Woman's Identity | |
| 1962 | The InheritanceSayo Iida | |
| 1962 | The Weed of Crime | |
| 1962 | This Madding Crowd | |
| 1962 | College Champ | |
| 1961 | Sararīman yajikita dōchū | |
| 1961 | Love's Family Tree | |
| 1961 | The Youth and His Amulet | |
| 1961 | The Big WaveToru's mother | |
| 1961 | Girls of the NightShizuka | |
| 1961 | Aces Wild | |
| 1961 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox | |
| 1960 | When a Woman Ascends the StairsFortune Teller | |
| 1960 | Jiyūgaoka fujin | |
| 1960 | Chikuhō no kodomotachi | |
| 1960 | New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and DrinkingChie (Proprietress) | |
| 1959 | Echo MountainOsen Miyoshi | |
| 1959 | Fox and RaccoonWife Tomi | |
| 1958 | The Undefeated Woman | |
| 1957 | Evening Calm | |
| 1957 | Geisha in the Old CityOkura | |
| 1957 | Snow CountryMasseuse | |
| 1957 | The FaceHisako | |
| 1957 | Rebellion | |
| 1957 | Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer | |
| 1957 | Hateful Things | |
| 1956 | Dotanba | |
| 1956 | Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship | |
| 1956 | The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye | |
| 1956 | Shin ono ga tsumiOsaku | |
| 1956 | Women in PrisonTenko Takahashi, prisoner | |
| 1956 | Twice on a Certain Night | |
| 1956 | Police Precinct Part 2 | |
| 1956 | Masura o hashutsu fukai | |
| 1956 | Summer in EclipseKumi | |
| 1955 | I Live in FearKimie Nakajima | |
| 1955 | Floating Clouds | |
| 1955 | Policeman's DiarySei | |
| 1955 | 五十円横町 | |
| 1955 | Here Is a Spring | |
| 1954 | Seven SamuraiWife of Gono Family | |
| 1954 | Clan Revival | |
| 1954 | The Devil comes and plays the Flute | |
| 1954 | Itsuko to sono hahaChie Sasaki | |
| 1953 | An Edoite JudgeWife Ohana | |
| 1953 | Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker | |
| 1952 | The Whisper of Spring | |
| 1952 | 恐妻時代 | |
| 1952 | Third Class ExecutivesPersonnel Chief's wife | |
| 1952 | Foghorn | |
| 1952 | Shi no machi wo nogarete | |
| 1951 | The IdiotTakako | |
| 1951 | The Lady of MusashinoMaid in the Ono house | |
| 1951 | Weeping DollOchika | |
| 1951 | The White Orchid | |
| 1951 | Yatsuhaka-mura | |
| 1950 | ScandalSumie | |
| 1950 | Four Seasons of WomenDancer-style woman | |
| 1950 | Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord | |
| 1950 | The Munekata Sisters | |
| 1950 | Battle of Roses | |
| 1950 | White Beast | |
| 1950 | 獄門島 総集篇 | |
| 1949 | Stray DogGirl | |
| 1949 | Island of HorrorsTsukiyo | |
| 1949 | Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen | |
| 1949 | The Quiet DuelApprentice Nurse | |
| 1949 | A Woman's Life | |
| 1949 | Utako's Story | |
| 1948 | Drunken AngelGin | |
| 1947 | Actressdaughter Kuniko | |
| - | Donden Family (Pretend Divorce) |














