Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
5/29/1922
Place of Birth
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
千石规子Noriko Sengoku
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 g...
Known For
Seven Samurai
as Wife of Gono Family
Kwaidan
as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Invasion of Astro-Monster
as Female Delegate
Third Class Executives
as Personnel Chief's wife
Blind Beast
as Shino
The Idiot
as Takako
Scandal
as Sumie
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Fortune Teller
Floating Clouds
Unknown Role
Suddenly, Like a Storm
as Yuki's mother
The Quiet Duel
as Apprentice Nurse
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Unknown Role
The Shape of Night
Unknown Role
I Live in Fear
as Kimie Nakajima
Rebellion of Japan
Unknown Role
Police Precinct Part 2
Unknown Role
The Munekata Sisters
Unknown Role
Ken
as Kiuchi
Girls of the Night
as Shizuka
The Face
as Hisako
Career Timeline
1990
1982
1965
1964
1962
1961
1960
1957
1956
Dotanba
Role unknown
Shin ono ga tsumi
as Osaku
Summer in Eclipse
as Kumi
Women in Prison
as Tenko Takahashi, prisoner
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship
Role unknown
Twice on a Certain Night
Role unknown
Police Precinct Part 2
Role unknown
Masura o hashutsu fukai
Role unknown
The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
Role unknown