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 esca
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."
Born
May 29, 1922
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Died
Dec 27, 2012
Known For
Acting
Movies
134 acting
0 crew
Popularity
1.2
Known For
Seven Samurai
1954
as Wife of Gono Family
Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965
as Delegate
Kwaidan
1965
as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Drunken Angel
1948
as Gin
Stray Dog
1949
as Girl
Scandal
1950
as Sumie
The Idiot
1951
as Takako
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
as Fortune Teller
Floating Clouds
1955
I Live in Fear
1955
as Kimie Nakajima
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