Noriko Sengoku
Born May 29, 1922 (Age: 103)
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Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
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."
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."
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Filmography
Out
2002
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as Chiyoko Azuma
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Age: 80
The Trap
1996
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as Asa
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Age: 73
Okoge
1992
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as Kinoe Yoshino
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Age: 69
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990
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as
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Age: 68
Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
1990
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as
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Age: 67
Roppongi Banana Boys
1989
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as
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Age: 67
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
1987
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as
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Age: 65
Whisper of the Spirits
1987
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as
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Age: 64
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985
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as
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Age: 62
Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties
1982
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as
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Age: 60
School in the Crosshairs
1981
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as Koji's Grandmother
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Age: 59
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1980
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as
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Age: 58
No Image
Nurse's Husband
1980
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as
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Age: 57
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
1979
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as Toku (Housekeeper)
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Age: 57
Suddenly, Like a Storm
1977
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as Yuki's mother
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Age: 54
Stray Dog
1973
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as
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Age: 51
Bonds of Love
1969
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as Tobacco Shop Owner
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Age: 46
Blind Beast
1969
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as Shino
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Age: 46
Eternal Love
1968
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as
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Age: 45
Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965
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as Female Delegate
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Age: 43
Beast Alley
1965
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as
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Age: 43
Kwaidan
1965
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as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
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Age: 42
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
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as 3rd Sin
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Age: 42
The Shape of Night
1964
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as
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Age: 42
Sweet Sweat
1964
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as Okesa's owner
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Age: 42
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964
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as
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Age: 41
Ken
1964
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as Kiuchi
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Age: 41
Trap of Suicide Kilometer
1964
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as
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Age: 41
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
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as
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Age: 41
Fifty-Fifty
1963
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as
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Age: 41
The Weed of Crime
1962
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as
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Age: 40
College Champ
1962
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as
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Age: 40
This Madding Crowd
1962
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as
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Age: 40
A Woman's Identity
1962
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as
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Age: 39
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
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as
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Age: 39
The Inheritance
1962
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as Sayo Iida
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Age: 39
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
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as
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Age: 39
Love's Family Tree
1961
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as
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Age: 39
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
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as
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Age: 39
Girls of the Night
1961
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as Shizuka
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Age: 39
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961
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as
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Age: 39
The Big Wave
1961
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as Toru's mother
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Age: 38
Aces Wild
1961
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Age: 38
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
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as
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Age: 38
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
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as
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Age: 38
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
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as Fortune Teller
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Age: 37
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
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as Chie (Proprietress)
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Age: 37
Fox and Raccoon
1959
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as Wife Tomi
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Age: 36
Echo Mountain
1959
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as Osen Miyoshi
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Age: 36
The Undefeated Woman
1958
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as
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Age: 36
Dotanba
1956
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as
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Age: 34
Shin ono ga tsumi
1956
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as Osaku
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Age: 34
Summer in Eclipse
1956
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as Kumi
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Age: 34
Women in Prison
1956
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as Tenko Takahashi, prisoner
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Age: 34
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
1956
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as
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Age: 34
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
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as
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Age: 34
Police Precinct Part 2
1956
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as
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Age: 33
Masura o hashutsu fukai
1956
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as
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Age: 33
The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
1956
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as
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Age: 33
I Live in Fear
1955
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as Kimie Nakajima
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Age: 33
五十円横町
1955
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as
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Age: 33
Here Is a Spring
1955
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as
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Age: 32
Policeman's Diary
1955
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as Sei
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Age: 32
Floating Clouds
1955
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as
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Age: 32
Clan Revival
1954
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as
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Age: 31
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
1954
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as
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Age: 31
Seven Samurai
1954
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as Wife of Gono Family
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Age: 31
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
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as Chie Sasaki
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Age: 31
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953
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as
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Age: 31
An Edoite Judge
1953
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as Wife Ohana
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Age: 30
Battle of Roses
1950
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as
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Age: 28
Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord
1950
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as
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Age: 28
The Munekata Sisters
1950
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as
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Age: 28
White Beast
1950
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as
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Age: 28
Scandal
1950
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as Sumie
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Age: 27
Four Seasons of Women
1950
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as Dancer-style woman
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Age: 27
No Image
獄門島 総集篇
1950
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as
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Age: 27