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
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."
Filmography
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
Karaoke Terror
2003
as Old Woman at the Inn
Time Limit
2003
Out
2002
as Chiyoko Azuma
Hotoke
2001
as Shinako
The Trap
1996
as Asa
The Stairway to the Distant Past
1995
as Asa
The Most Terrible Time in My Life
1994
as Asa
Okoge
1992
as Kinoe Yoshino
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990
Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
1990
Roppongi Banana Boys
1989
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
1987
Whisper of the Spirits
1987
Leave My Girl Alone
1986
as Landlord
The Sea and Poison
1986
as Old Woman
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
1985
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983
as Manager
Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
1983
Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
1982
Seducer of the Night: Terror in the summer resort, bloodsucking fangs for blonde beauties
1982
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
1982
School in the Crosshairs
1981
as Koji's Grandmother
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
1980