About
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."
Known for
Seven SamuraiMovie • 1954
Dr. Coto's ClinicSeries • 2003
Invasion of Astro-MonsterMovie • 1965
KwaidanMovie • 1965
Drunken AngelMovie • 1948
Stray DogMovie • 1949
The IdiotMovie • 1951
Floating CloudsMovie • 1955
Blind BeastMovie • 1969
I Live in FearMovie • 1955
The Quiet DuelMovie • 1949
ScandalMovie • 1950
When a Woman Ascends the StairsMovie • 1960
The InheritanceMovie • 1962
The Munekata SistersMovie • 1950
Girls of the NightMovie • 1961
The Lady of MusashinoMovie • 1951
School in the CrosshairsMovie • 1981