Quick Facts
Born:
1922-05-29
Birthplace:
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Credits:
119 Total Roles
Noriko Sengoku
Acting
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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."
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
Seven Samurai
Wife of Gono Family
Kwaidan
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Stray Dog
Girl
Drunken Angel
Gin
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Female Delegate
The Idiot
Takako
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Fortune Teller
I Live in Fear
Kimie Nakajima
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad MOVIE | Self |
| 2003 | Karaoke Terror MOVIE | Old Woman at the Inn |
| 2003 | Dr. Coto's Clinic TV | 内つる子 |
| 2003 | Time Limit MOVIE | Self |
| 2002 | Out MOVIE | Chiyoko Azuma |
| 2001 | Hotoke MOVIE | Shinako |
| 1996 | The Trap MOVIE | Asa |
| 1995 | The Stairway to the Distant Past MOVIE | Asa |
| 1994 | The Most Terrible Time in My Life MOVIE | Asa |
| 1992 | Okoge MOVIE | Kinoe Yoshino |