Noriko Sengoku
Reiko Mori, 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.
Seven Samurai
as Wife of Gono FamilyA samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town...
Movie pageStray Dog
as GirlA bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot,...
Movie pageInvasion of Astro-Monster
as Female DelegateAstronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the...
Movie pageBlind Beast
as ShinoA blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a...
Movie pageDrunken Angel
as GinDoctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he...
Movie pageI Live in Fear
as Kimie NakajimaKiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an...
Movie pageKwaidan
as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...
Movie pageScandal
as SumieA celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a...
Movie pageThe Idiot
as TakakoKameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved...
Movie pageWhen a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Fortune TellerKeiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow....
Movie pagePoliceman's Diary
as SeiLending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not...
Movie pageThe Quiet Duel
as Apprentice NurseA young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. During the...
Movie pageFloating Clouds
as uncreditedA married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young...
Movie pageSchool in the Crosshairs
as Koji's GrandmotherMitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic...
Movie pageThe Munekata Sisters
as uncreditedSetsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She...
Movie pageThe Inheritance
as Sayo IidaOn his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among...
Movie pageTokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as uncreditedAdapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age...
Movie pageShi no machi wo nogarete
as uncreditedGroup of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.
Movie pageBattle of Roses
as uncreditedA Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by...
Movie pageThe White Orchid
as uncreditedA Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
Movie pageThe Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
as uncreditedDetective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.
Movie pageThe Stairway to the Distant Past
as AsaBroke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to...
Movie pageThe Trap
as AsaWhen a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I...
Movie pageThe Most Terrible Time in My Life
as AsaMaiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese...
Movie pageThe Weed of Crime
as uncreditedToho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.
Movie pageLowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
as uncreditedAccused of being a spy for a rival clan by Nanbu Clan samurai who then attack him, the 'Lowly...
Movie pageOut
as Chiyoko AzumaWhen pregnant lunchbox factory worker Yayoi has finally taken all the abuse she can handle, she...
Movie pageWomen in Prison
as Tenko Takahashi, prisonerThe woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There...
Movie pageBonds of Love
as Tobacco Shop OwnerAdapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel...
Movie pageBeast Alley
as uncredited"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite...
Movie pageSnow Country
as MasseuseIt's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He...
Movie pageOkoge
as Kinoe YoshinoA straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his...
Movie pageWhite Beast
as uncreditedThe critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring...
Movie pageLeave My Girl Alone
as LandlordHitomi, a former orphan who is trying to leave behind her delinquent ways, one day agrees to...
Movie pageKaraoke Terror
as Old Woman at the InnOne of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track...
Movie pageSuddenly, Like a Storm
as Yuki's mother21-year-old Hideo Ishida is a reckless young man. Today again, he took part in a car race with a...
Movie pageThe Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
as uncreditedAfter saving a young Lord from an assassination attempt the Lowly Ronin finds that he is now a...
Movie pageStray Dog
as uncreditedWhen his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is...
Movie pageItsuko to sono haha
as Chie SasakiAn elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.
Movie pagePolice Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
as uncreditedAfter discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police...
Movie pageThe Sea and Poison
as Old womanTwo interns and a nurse are interrogated by American MPs for their involvement in an atrocity...
Movie pageThere Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
as uncreditedBenio, a peppy tomboy, is surprised to learn that she has been secretly betrothed by her...
Movie pageTime Limit
as uncreditedMizusawa (Takenouchi Yutaka), an explosives expert, is arrested and charged with a string of...
Movie pageRebellion
as uncreditedIn the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a...
Movie pageGirls of the Night
as ShizukaIn the late 1950's prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this...
Movie pageTwice on a Certain Night
as uncreditedPoor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband,...
Movie pageLowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
as uncreditedReprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune...
Movie pageIsland of Horrors
as TsukiyoKindaichi challenges the mystery of an incident in which three sisters were killed one after the...
Movie pageSotsugyou -GRADUATION-
as uncreditedMomoko Watanabe—a student who, upon visiting a shrine in order to wish good luck on a friend of...
Movie pageThe Shape of Night
as uncreditedYoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, works as a bar hostess at night. She begins a passionate...
Movie pageThe Whisper of Spring
as uncreditedAfter graduating from a high school in the Seto Inland Sea, Koji, a childhood friend of Yaeko,...
Movie pagePrison Gate Island Clarification
as uncreditedSequel to "Island of Horrors" (獄門島, 1949).
Movie pageLegend of the Cat Monster
as ManagerA legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A...
Movie pageActress
as daughter KunikoSumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought...
Movie pageRoppongi Banana Boys
as uncreditedA stylish light comedy about the “Banana boys”— two boys who were born and raised in Roppongi...
Movie pageHatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Dokusatsu maden
as uncredited1950 Japanese movie
Movie pageThe Lady of Musashino
as Maid in the Ono houseSet in post-war Japan, The Lady of Musashino tells the story of Michiko, a disillusioned young...
Movie pageThe Youth and His Amulet
as uncreditedGen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the...
Movie pageRebellion of Japan
as uncreditedSuzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist...
Movie pageFoghorn
as uncreditedA Japanese woman, the mistress of an American, falls in love with her servant.
Movie pageEternal Love
as uncreditedThe love story of an aspiring architect and a charcoal-making daughter, who discover that they...
Movie pageShin ono ga tsumi
as Osaku20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).
Movie pageThe Face
as HisakoA notorious abortion doctor fell down from a night train and he was dead. A man who knows the...
Movie pageClan Revival
as uncreditedAfter the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete...
Movie pageAn Edoite Judge
as Wife OhanaPeriod film about a feudal era judge living in Edo
Movie pageThird Class Executives
as Personnel Chief's wife1950s Japanese comedy.
Movie pageKisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
as uncredited1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.
Movie pageThe Big Wave
as Toru's motherYukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically...
Movie pageFour Seasons of Women
as Dancer-style womanWoman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda
Movie pageDear Mr. Prime Minister
as uncreditedKakumaru (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is an unpopular manzai performer who is too good-natured but has a...
Movie pageHole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star in my Pants!
as uncredited5th installment of the Pantsu no ana video series released by BOMB magazine
Movie pageWeeping Doll
as OchikaA Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.
Movie pageVirgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
as uncreditedOriginal Video film.
Movie pageTakeshi-kun, Hai!
as Nishino KikuSet in slums of Tokyo, the daily life of the child Takeshi Kitano and his family is depicted...
TV Show pageThe Young Wife Rolls Her Arms!
as Hirose TatsuTomoko and Satoshi who got married after the great love affair. Start a sweet newly-married life...
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