
Noriko Sengoku
Known for Acting · 123 credits
- Born
- 1922-05-29
- Died
- 2012-12-27
- Place of birth
- Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- 千石规子 · Noriko Sengoku
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
TV Shows (4)
Movies (119)

Seven Samurai
1954
as Wife of Gono Family

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

The Idiot
1951
as Takako

Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965
as Delegate

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
as Fortune Teller

Stray Dog
1949
as Girl

Beast Alley
1965

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
as Chie (Proprietress)

The Quiet Duel
1949
as Apprentice Nurse

Scandal
1950
as Sumie

Karaoke Terror
2003
as Old Woman at the Inn

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007

Floating Clouds
1955

Drunken Angel
1948
as Gin

Blind Beast
1969
as Shino

I Live in Fear
1955
as Kimie Nakajima

The Shape of Night
1964

Dotanba
1956

Snow Country
1957
as Masseuse

School in the Crosshairs
1981
as Koji's Grandmother

The Inheritance
1962
as Sayo Iida

Out
2002
as Chiyoko Azuma

Leave My Girl Alone
1986
as Landlord

The Munekata Sisters
1950

Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961

Sweet Sweat
1964
as Okesa's owner

The Trap
1996
as Asa

Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
Donden Family (Pretend Divorce)

The Sea and Poison
1986
as Old Woman

Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
1982

Island of Horrors
1949
as Tsukiyo

Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960

Ken
1964
as Kiuchi

Third Class Executives
1952
as Personnel Chief's wife

Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985

Legend of the Cat Monster
1983
as Manager

There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
1987

Actress
1947
as daughter Kuniko

The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994
as Asa
Nurse's Husband
1980

Okoge
1992
as Kinoe Yoshino

White Beast
1950

Rebellion of Japan
1967

This Madding Crowd
1962

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
1956

The Lady of Musashino
1951
as Maid in the Ono house

Policeman's Diary
1955
as Sei

Weeping Doll
1951
as Ochika

Girls of the Night
1961
as Shizuka

Roppongi Banana Boys
1989

Suddenly, Like a Storm
1977
as Yuki's mother

College Champ
1962

The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
as Asa

Stray Dog
1973

The Youth and His Amulet
1961

Here Is a Spring
1955

Eternal Love
1968

Time Limit
2003

The White Orchid
1951

Clan Revival
1954

Hagure kigeki mandara
1962

The Undefeated Woman
1958

Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964

Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952

Rebellion
1957

恐妻時代
1952

Twice on a Certain Night
1956

A Woman's Life
1949

Itsuko to sono haha
1954
as Chie Sasaki

Fifty-Fifty
1963

Hotoke
2001
as Shinako

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964

A Woman's Identity
1962

Women in Prison
1956
as Tenko Takahashi, prisoner

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957

The Face
1957
as Hisako

Love's Family Tree
1961

Four Seasons of Women
1950
as Dancer-style woman

Foghorn
1952

Utako's Story
1949

Masura o hashutsu fukai
1956

Echo Mountain
1959
as Osen Miyoshi

The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
1982

Bonds of Love
1969
as Tobacco Shop Owner

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961

The Devil comes and plays the Flute
1954

Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord
1950

Fox and Raccoon
1959
as Wife Tomi

Battle of Roses
1950

An Edoite Judge
1953
as Wife Ohana
Evening Calm
1957

The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
1956

Trap of Suicide Kilometer
1964

Police Precinct Part 2
1956

The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1980

Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
1990

Aces Wild
1961

五十円横町
1955

The Weed of Crime
1962

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

Whisper of the Spirits
1987

Shin ono ga tsumi
1956
as Osaku

The Big Wave
1961
as Toru's mother

Geisha in the Old City
1957
as Okura

Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
1949

Yatsuhaka-mura
1951

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

The Whisper of Spring
1952

Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
1983

Summer in Eclipse
1956
as Kumi

Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953
獄門島 総集篇
1950

The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956

Hateful Things
1957

Kumo no Machi
1950

The Bride of the Ghost Lake
1979
as Toku (Housekeeper)

Zoku santō jūyaku
1952

Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
as 3rd Sin
About 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 Hir… With 123 credits spanning from 1947 to 2007, Noriko Sengoku has appeared in 119 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Noriko Sengoku Movies
- Seven Samurai (1954) — as Wife of Gono Family
- Kwaidan (1965) — as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
- The Idiot (1951) — as Takako
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) — as Delegate
- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) — as Fortune Teller
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