Acting
Noriko Sengoku
JA, EN cinema · 134 credits
Born
29 May 1922
Died
27 December 2012 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Also known as 千石规子 · Noriko Sengoku
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
Karaoke Terror
as Old Woman at the Inn
Out
as Chiyoko Azuma
Hotoke
as Shinako
The Trap
as Asa
Okoge
as Kinoe Yoshino
The Sea and Poison
as Old Woman
Leave My Girl Alone
as Landlord
Legend of the Cat Monster
as Manager
School in the Crosshairs
as Koji's Grandmother
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
as Toku (Housekeeper)
Suddenly, Like a Storm
as Yuki's mother
Blind Beast
as Shino
Bonds of Love
as Tobacco Shop Owner
Kwaidan
as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Invasion of Astro-Monster
as Delegate
Sweet Sweat
as Okesa's owner
Ken
as Kiuchi
The Inheritance
as Sayo Iida
The Big Wave
as Toru's mother
Girls of the Night
as Shizuka
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Fortune Teller
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Chie (Proprietress)
Echo Mountain
as Osen Miyoshi
Fox and Raccoon
as Wife Tomi
Snow Country
as Masseuse
The Face
as Hisako
Dotanba
Actor
Women in Prison
as Tenko Takahashi, prisoner
I Live in Fear
as Kimie Nakajima
Seven Samurai
as Wife of Gono Family
Itsuko to sono haha
as Chie Sasaki
An Edoite Judge
as Wife Ohana
Third Class Executives
as Personnel Chief's wife
Foghorn
Actor
The Idiot
as Takako
The Lady of Musashino
as Maid in the Ono house
Weeping Doll
as Ochika
Scandal
as Sumie
Four Seasons of Women
as Dancer-style woman
Stray Dog
as Girl
Island of Horrors
as Tsukiyo
The Quiet Duel
as Apprentice Nurse
Actress
as daughter Kuniko