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."
Filmography (122 titles)
6.9MovieTokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
5.7MovieKaraoke Terror
Old Woman at the Inn · 2003
8.7ShowDr. Coto's Clinic
内つる子 · 2003
7.0MovieTime Limit
2003
5.6MovieOut
Chiyoko Azuma · 2002
10.0MovieHotoke
Shinako · 2001
6.8MovieThe Trap
Asa · 1996
7.2MovieThe Stairway to the Distant Past
Asa · 1995
7.5MovieThe Most Terrible Time in My Life
Asa · 1994
6.0MovieOkoge
Kinoe Yoshino · 1992
MovieHole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990
MovieVirgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
1990
9.0MovieRoppongi Banana Boys
1989
4.0ShowThe Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!
Hirose Tatsu · 1988
6.0MovieThere Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
1987
MovieWhisper of the Spirits
1987
7.5MovieLeave My Girl Alone
Landlord · 1986
7.1MovieThe Sea and Poison
Old Woman · 1986
6.0ShowTakeshi-kun, Hai!
Nishino Kiku · 1985
MovieSotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985
5.0MovieLegend of the Cat Monster
Manager · 1983
MovieLowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
1983
8.0MovieLowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
1982
MovieSeducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties
1982
9.0MovieThe Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
1982
6.4MovieSchool in the Crosshairs
Koji's Grandmother · 1981
MovieThe House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1980
Nurse's Husband
1980
MovieThe Bride of the Ghost Lake
Toku (Housekeeper) · 1979
9.0MovieSuddenly, Like a Storm
Yuki's mother · 1977