Noriko Sengoku

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Noriko Sengoku

Acting May 29, 1922

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

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 ma…

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Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai

8.5 1954 Movie
Kwaidan

Kwaidan

7.7 1965 Movie
Stray Dog

Stray Dog

7.6 1949 Movie
Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel

7.6 1948 Movie
Invasion of Astro-Monster

Invasion of Astro-Monster

6.8 1965 Movie
The Idiot

The Idiot

7.0 1951 Movie
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

8.0 1960 Movie
I Live in Fear

I Live in Fear

7.3 1955 Movie
Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

7.7 1955 Movie
Blind Beast

Blind Beast

6.5 1969 Movie
Dr. Coto's Clinic

Dr. Coto's Clinic

8.7 2003 TV Show
Scandal

Scandal

6.9 1950 Movie

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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."

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2007
    Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

    Movie

  2. 2003
    Karaoke Terror

    Movie Old Woman at the Inn

  3. 2003
    Dr. Coto's Clinic

    TV show 内つる子

  4. 2003
    Time Limit

    Movie

  5. 2002
    Out

    Movie Chiyoko Azuma

  6. 2001
    Hotoke

    Movie Shinako

  7. 1996
    The Trap

    Movie Asa

  8. 1995
    The Stairway to the Distant Past

    Movie Asa

  9. 1994
    The Most Terrible Time in My Life

    Movie Asa

  10. 1992
    Okoge

    Movie Kinoe Yoshino

  11. 1990
    Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!

    Movie

  12. 1990
    Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled

    Movie

  13. 1989
    Roppongi Banana Boys

    Movie

  14. 1988
    The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!

    TV show Hirose Tatsu

  15. 1987
    There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl

    Movie

  16. 1987
    Whisper of the Spirits

    Movie

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  1. 1986
    Leave My Girl Alone

    Movie Landlord

  2. 1986
    The Sea and Poison

    Movie Old Woman

  3. 1985
    Takeshi-kun, Hai!

    TV show Nishino Kiku

  4. 1985
    Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-

    Movie

  5. 1983
    Legend of the Cat Monster

    Movie Manager

  6. 1983
    Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass

    Movie

  7. 1982
    Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood

    Movie

  8. 1982
    Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties

    Movie

  9. 1982
    The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn

    Movie

  10. 1981
    School in the Crosshairs

    Movie Koji's Grandmother

  11. 1980
    The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation

    Movie

  12. 1980
    Nurse's Husband

    Movie

  13. 1979
    The Bride of the Ghost Lake

    Movie Toku (Housekeeper)

  14. 1977
    Suddenly, Like a Storm

    Movie Yuki's mother

  15. 1973
    Stray Dog

    Movie

  16. 1970
    Attention Please

    TV show

  17. 1969
    Bonds of Love

    Movie Tobacco Shop Owner

  18. 1969
    Blind Beast

    Movie Shino

  19. 1968
    Eternal Love

    Movie

  20. 1967
    Great Incidents

    Movie

  21. 1967
    Rebellion of Japan

    Movie

  22. 1965
    Invasion of Astro-Monster

    Movie Delegate

  23. 1965
    Masseur War Story

    Movie

  24. 1965
    Beast Alley

    Movie