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...
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Kwaidan
as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...
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Stray Dog
as GirlA bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot,...
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When 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....
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Drunken Angel
as GinDoctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he...
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The Idiot
as TakakoKameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved...
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I Live in Fear
as Kimie NakajimaKiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an...
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Invasion of Astro-Monster
as Female DelegateAstronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the...
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The Quiet Duel
as Apprentice NurseA young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. During the...
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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as uncreditedAdapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age...
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Scandal
as SumieA celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a...
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Blind Beast
as ShinoA blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a...
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Floating Clouds
as uncreditedA married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young...
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Girls of the Night
as ShizukaIn the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently release from one of...
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The Most Terrible Time in My Life
as AsaMaiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese...
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Karaoke 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...
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The Munekata Sisters
as uncreditedSetsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She...
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The Sea and Poison
as Old womanTwo interns and a nurse are interrogated by American MPs for their involvement in an atrocity...
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Beast Alley
as uncredited"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite...
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The Stairway to the Distant Past
as AsaBroke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to...
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Snow Country
as MasseuseIt's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He...
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Rebellion of Japan
as uncreditedSuzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist...
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The 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...
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The Inheritance
as Sayo IidaA dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose...
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School in the Crosshairs
as Koji's GrandmotherMitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic...
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Foghorn
as uncreditedA Japanese woman, the mistress of an American, falls in love with her servant.
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There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
as uncreditedBenio, a peppy tomboy, is surprised to learn that she has been secretly betrothed by her...
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White Beast
as uncreditedThe critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring...
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Third Class Executives
as Personnel Chief's wife1950s Japanese comedy.
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The Trap
as AsaWhen a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I...
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Policeman's Diary
as SeiLending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not...
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Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
as uncreditedSequel to "Island of Horrors" (獄門島, 1949).
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Hotoke
as ShinakoRai pedals his bike and trailer about town, collecting old iron and sowing flower seeds. Because...
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Sweet Sweat
as Okesa's ownerThis film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo),...
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Actress
as daughter KunikoSumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought...
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Hatamoto taikutsu otoko torimono hikae: Dokusatsu maden
as uncredited1950 Japanese movie
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An Edoite Judge
as Wife OhanaPeriod film about a feudal era judge living in Edo
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Leave My Girl Alone
as LandlordHitomi, a former orphan who is trying to leave behind her delinquent ways, one day agrees to...
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Stray Dog
as uncreditedWhen his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is...
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The Face
as HisakoA notorious abortion doctor fell down from a night train and he was dead. A man who knows the...
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The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
as uncreditedDetective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.
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Lowly 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...
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Out
as Chiyoko AzumaWhen pregnant lunchbox factory worker Yayoi has finally taken all the abuse she can handle, she...
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Rebellion
as uncreditedIn the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a...
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Battle of Roses
as uncreditedA Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by...
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Weeping Doll
as OchikaA Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.
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Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
as uncredited5th installment of the Pantsu no ana video series released by BOMB magazine
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The Shape of Night
as uncreditedYoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, works as a bar hostess at night. She begins a passionate...
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Legend of the Cat Monster
as ManagerA legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A...
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Kisan Detective Story: The Mysterious Doll-Maker
as uncredited1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.
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Roppongi Banana Boys
as uncreditedA stylish light comedy about the “Banana boys”— two boys who were born and raised in Roppongi...
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Bonds of Love
as Tobacco Shop OwnerAdapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel...
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Okoge
as Kinoe YoshinoA straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his...
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Itsuko to sono haha
as Chie SasakiAn elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.
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The Youth and His Amulet
as uncreditedGen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the...
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Suddenly, 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...
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Twice on a Certain Night
as uncreditedPoor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband,...
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The White Orchid
as uncreditedA Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
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Eternal Love
as uncreditedThe love story of an aspiring architect and a charcoal-making daughter, who discover that they...
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The Whisper of Spring
as uncreditedAfter graduating from a high school in the Seto Inland Sea, Koji, a childhood friend of Yaeko,...
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Women 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...
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Four Seasons of Women
as Dancer-style womanWoman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda
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Time Limit
as uncreditedMizusawa (Takenouchi Yutaka), an explosives expert, is arrested and charged with a string of...
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Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
as uncreditedReprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune...
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Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
as uncreditedAfter discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police...
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The Weed of Crime
as uncreditedToho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.
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Geisha in the Old City
as OkuraDirected by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a...
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Clan Revival
as uncreditedAfter the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete...
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Island of Horrors
as TsukiyoKindaichi challenges the mystery of an incident in which three sisters were killed one after the...
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The Big Wave
as Toru's motherYukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically...
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Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
as uncreditedMomoko Watanabe—a student who, upon visiting a shrine in order to wish good luck on a friend of...
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Shin ono ga tsumi
as Osaku20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).
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Shi no machi wo nogarete
as uncreditedGroup of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.
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Virgin Story 5 Only You Want to Be Cuddled
as uncreditedOriginal Video film.
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The Devil comes and plays the Flute
as uncreditedThe film depicts the exploits of Kindaichi Kosuke, who pursues a series of serial murders that...
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The 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...
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Dear Mr. Prime Minister
as uncreditedKakumaru (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is an unpopular manzai performer who is too good-natured but has a...
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Yoru no yūwaku-sha hisho-chi no kyōfu kinpatsu bijo o nerau kyūketsu no kiba
as uncreditedJapanese horror movie from 1982.
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Takeshi-kun, Hai!
as Nishino KikuSet in slums of Tokyo, the daily life of the child Takeshi Kitano and his family is depicted...
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The 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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