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."

Cast

The Whisper of Spring

Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

Island of Horrors

Hagure kigeki mandara

An Edoite Judge

Four Seasons of Women

Dancer-style woman

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship

Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled

The Most Terrible Time in My Life

Third Class Executives

Personnel Chief's wife

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

Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-

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

A Woman's Identity

Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker

Whisper of the Spirits

Sararīman yajikita dōchū

Love's Family Tree

Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen

Old Woman at the Inn

The Shape of Night

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

The Stairway to the Distant Past

The Sea and Poison

Floating Clouds

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Female Delegate

Apprentice Nurse

Wife of Gono Family

The Lady of Musashino

Maid in the Ono house

Dear Mr. Prime Minister

The Inheritance

The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye

Policeman's Diary

The Munekata Sisters

Rebellion of Japan

Nurse's Husband

There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl

Battle of Roses

Geisha in the Old City

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

Donden Family (Pretend Divorce)

The Weed of Crime

The Devil comes and plays the Flute

Roppongi Banana Boys

Tobacco Shop Owner

Suddenly, Like a Storm

Shi no machi wo nogarete

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn

Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass

The Youth and His Amulet

School in the Crosshairs

Koji's Grandmother

Shin ono ga tsumi

Leave My Girl Alone

Women in Prison

Tenko Takahashi, prisoner

Girls of the Night

This Madding Crowd

daughter Kuniko

The White Orchid

Twice on a Certain Night

Itsuko to sono haha

Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood

Legend of the Cat Monster

Police Precinct Part 2

五十円横町

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer

Konna onna ni dare ga shita

Masura o hashutsu fukai

The Undefeated Woman

Jiyūgaoka fujin

Chikuhō no kodomotachi

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

Chie (Proprietress)

Here Is a Spring

Summer in Eclipse

Trap of Suicide Kilometer

Fox and Raccoon

獄門島総集篇

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag