Noriko Sengoku
134 movies · 4 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 29, 1922
- Died
- Dec 27, 2012 (age 90)
- 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
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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."
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Noriko Sengoku: movies and TV shows
Acting (138)
- Upcoming
- 2007
- 2003 Karaoke Terror
as Old Woman at the Inn
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002 Out
as Chiyoko Azuma
- 2001 Hotoke
as Shinako
- 1996 The Trap
as Asa
- 1995
- 1994
- 1992 Okoge
as Kinoe Yoshino
- 1990
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1987
- 1986 Leave My Girl Alone
as Landlord
- 1986 The Sea and Poison
as Old Woman
- 1985
- 1985
- 1983 Legend of the Cat Monster
as Manager
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981 School in the Crosshairs
as Koji's Grandmother
- 1980
- 1980
- 1979 The Bride of the Ghost Lake
as Toku (Housekeeper)
- 1977 Suddenly, Like a Storm
as Yuki's mother
- 1973
- 1970
- 1969 Bonds of Love
as Tobacco Shop Owner
- 1969 Blind Beast
as Shino
- 1968
- 1967
- 1967
- 1965 Invasion of Astro-Monster
as Delegate
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 Kwaidan
as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
- 1964 Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
as 3rd Sin
- 1964
- 1964 Sweet Sweat
as Okesa's owner
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 Ken
as Kiuchi
- 1964
- 1964
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 The Inheritance
as Sayo Iida
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Girls of the Night
as Shizuka
- 1961
- 1961 The Big Wave
as Toru's mother
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Fortune Teller
- 1960 New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Chie (Proprietress)
- 1959
- 1959 Fox and Raccoon
as Wife Tomi
- 1959 Echo Mountain
as Osen Miyoshi
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957
- 1957 Geisha in the Old City
as Okura
- 1957
- 1957 Snow Country
as Masseuse
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 The Face
as Hisako
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 Shin ono ga tsumi
as Osaku
- 1956 Summer in Eclipse
as Kumi
- 1956 Women in Prison
as Tenko Takahashi, prisoner
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1955 I Live in Fear
as Kimie Nakajima
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Policeman's Diary
as Sei
- 1955
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Seven Samurai
as Wife of Gono Family
- 1954 Itsuko to sono haha
as Chie Sasaki
- 1953
- 1953 An Edoite Judge
as Wife Ohana
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Third Class Executives
as Personnel Chief's wife
- 1952
- 1952
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 The Lady of Musashino
as Maid in the Ono house
- 1951
- 1951 The Idiot
as Takako
- 1951 Weeping Doll
as Ochika
- 1951
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950 Scandal
as Sumie
- 1950 Four Seasons of Women
as Dancer-style woman
- 1950
- 1949
- 1949 Island of Horrors
as Tsukiyo
- 1949 Stray Dog
as Girl
- 1949
- 1949 The Quiet Duel
as Apprentice Nurse
- 1949
- 1948 Drunken Angel
as Gin
- 1947 Actress
as daughter Kuniko