
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."
112
Films
3
TV Shows
Known For
115 Credits
Seven Samurai
as Wife of Gono Family
1954

Dr. Coto's Clinic
as 内つる子
2003

Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985

Out
as Chiyoko Azuma
2002

The Trap
as Asa
1996

Invasion of Astro-Monster
as Female Delegate
1965

Kwaidan
as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
1965

The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!
as Hirose Tatsu
1988

Takeshi-kun, Hai!
as Nishino Kiku
1985

Stray Dog
as Girl
1949

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Fortune Teller
1960

Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
1990