Cast & creator
Noriko Sengoku
Best known for Seven Samurai, Dr. Coto's Clinic, Invasion of Astro-Monster
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."
Also known as: 千石规子, Noriko Sengoku
133
film credits
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television credits
137
1947–2007 · acting roles
7.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (137)
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Seven Samurai
Wife of Gono Family
1954
Dr. Coto's Clinic
内つる子
2003
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Delegate
1965
Drunken Angel
Gin
1948
Kwaidan
Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
1965
The Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!
Hirose Tatsu
1988
Takeshi-kun, Hai!
Nishino Kiku
1985
Attention Please
1970
Stray Dog
Girl
1949
The Idiot
Takako
1951
I Live in Fear
Kimie Nakajima
1955
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
The Quiet Duel
Apprentice Nurse
1949
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Fortune Teller
1960
Floating Clouds
1955
Masseur War Story
1965
Out
Chiyoko Azuma
2002
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Masura no Hashitsu Sequel: It's Hard to Be a Company
1956
Scandal
Sumie
1950
Great Incidents
1967
The Trap
Asa
1996
The Curio Master
1960
The Inheritance
Sayo Iida
1962
Dorei no machi
1951
School in the Crosshairs
Koji's Grandmother
1981
The Munekata Sisters
1950
A Salaryman's Reckless Family
1963
Apple Blossom Town
1963
Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife
1957
Count on Me
1960
Okoge
Kinoe Yoshino
1992
Girls of the Night
Shizuka
1961
The Shape of Night
1964
Blind Beast
Shino
1969
The Stairway to the Distant Past
Asa
1995
Snow Country
Masseuse
1957
Don't Make a Mistake!
1958
This Madding Crowd
1962
Foghorn
1952
Women in Prison
Tenko Takahashi, prisoner
1956
Karaoke Terror
Old Woman at the Inn
2003I Am a Medical Examiner
1964
The Sea and Poison
Old Woman
1986
Leave My Girl Alone
Landlord
1986
Fox and Raccoon
Wife Tomi
1959
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
3rd Sin
1964
Legend of the Cat Monster
Manager
1983
The Lady of Musashino
Maid in the Ono house
1951
Kōruisō
1951
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990
Shin ono ga tsumi
Osaku
1956
Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
1982
Ken
Kiuchi
1964
Beast Alley
1965
Echo Mountain
Osen Miyoshi
1959
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
1982
Actress
daughter Kuniko
1947
Geisha in the Old City
Okura
1957
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985
Policeman's Diary
Sei
1955
Weeping Doll
Ochika
1951
Rebellion of Japan
1967
Aces Wild
1961
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
1987
Itsuko to sono haha
Chie Sasaki
1954
The White Orchid
1951
The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
1956Nurse's Husband
1980
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
1956
City of the Spider
1950
Stray Dog
1973
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Chie (Proprietress)
1960
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
Island of Horrors
Tsukiyo
1949
The Naked General
1958
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Asa
1994
College Champ
1962
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
Third Class Executives
Personnel Chief's wife
1952Evening Calm
1957
The Weed of Crime
1962
Here Is Tokyo, Mother
1957
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
The Face
Hisako
1957
Here Is a Spring
1955
Hotoke
Shinako
2001
A Woman's Identity
1962
Four Seasons of Women
Dancer-style woman
1950
恐妻時代
1952
Utako's Story
1949
Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties
1982
Roppongi Banana Boys
1989
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
1954
Sweet Sweat
Okesa's owner
1964
Dotanba
1956
Yatsuhaka-mura
1951
White Beast
1950
Time Limit
2003
Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
1983
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961
Summer in Eclipse
Kumi
1956
Rebellion
1957
Trap of Suicide Kilometer
1964
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
Toku (Housekeeper)
1979
The Big Wave
Toru's mother
1961
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
1957
An Edoite Judge
Wife Ohana
1953
Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
1949
Whisper of the Spirits
1987
The Whisper of Spring
1952
Battle of Roses
1950
Escape from the City of Death
1952
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Masura o hashutsu fukai
1956
A Woman's Life
1949
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1980獄門島 総集篇
1950
Suddenly, Like a Storm
Yuki's mother
1977
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
Police Precinct Part 2
1956
Eternal Love
1968
Gojūen yokochō
1955
Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
1953
Hateful Things
1957Donden Family (Pretend Divorce)
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
1964
Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
1990
Love's Family Tree
1961
Bonds of Love
Tobacco Shop Owner
1969
Fifty-Fifty
1963
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Clan Revival
1954