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Noriko Sengoku

29th May 1922 Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan Acting

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."

125 Movies 4 TV Shows 134 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Out 19th October 2002 as Chiyoko Azuma
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Hotoke 25th August 2001 as Shinako
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Okoge 26th May 1992 as Kinoe Yoshino
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Kwaidan 6th January 1965 as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
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Ken 14th March 1964 as Kiuchi
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Actress 29th December 1947 as daughter Kuniko