Cast

Noriko Sengoku

Acting

Cast

Noriko Sengoku

Known for

Acting

Born

1922-05-29

From

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Died

2012-12-27

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."

Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

Biography

Seven Samurai

Echo Mountain

Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood

Foghorn

Kwaidan

Women in Prison

Shin ono ga tsumi

Weeping Doll

Drunken Angel

I Live in Fear

The Trap

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Stray Dog

Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins

The Idiot

Kumo no Machi

The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji

The Quiet Duel

Actress

Floating Clouds

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

Zoku santō jūyaku

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Karaoke Terror

The Sea and Poison

Out

Blind Beast

The Munekata Sisters

Evening Calm

School in the Crosshairs

The Bride of the Ghost Lake

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Scandal

Ken

Leave My Girl Alone

Snow Country

Stray Dog

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

The Stairway to the Distant Past

The Face

Fox and Raccoon

There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl

The Inheritance

The Devil comes and plays the Flute

Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-

The Most Terrible Time in My Life

The Shape of Night

Twice on a Certain Night

The Weed of Crime

Okoge

Geisha in the Old City

The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye

Beast Alley

Here Is a Spring

Girls of the Night

White Beast

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship

A Woman's Identity

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag

Roppongi Banana Boys

Dotanba

Aces Wild

恐妻時代

Nurse's Husband

Donden Family (Pretend Divorce)

Time Limit

Dear Mr. Prime Minister

The Lady of Musashino

Yatsuhaka-mura

Whisper of the Spirits

Third Class Executives

Four Seasons of Women

Hateful Things

Rebellion of Japan

Sweet Sweat

Shi no machi wo nogarete

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