caption death_date years_active birth_place name birth_date image article_title birth_name
noriko -lrb- 1948 -rrb- sengoku as gin in '' drunken angel '' december 27 , 2012 1947 -- 2012 tokyo , japan noriko sengoku 29 april 1922 drunken-angel-1 .31.36 . jpg noriko sengoku
 reiko mori
noriko sengoku

, known by her stage name , 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 '' -lrb- 1948 -rrb- , `` the quiet duel '' -lrb- 1949 -rrb- , `` stray dog '' -lrb- 1949 -rrb- , `` scandal '' -lrb- 1950 -rrb- , `` the idiot '' -lrb- 1951 -rrb- and `` seven samurai '' -lrb- 1954 -rrb- .
