Yōko Sugi (8 October 1928 – 15 May 2019) was a Japanese actress mainly active in the 1950s, who appeared in films of Mikio Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka and Tadashi Imai.
Yōko Sugi (8 October 1928 – 15 May 2019) was a Japanese actress mainly active in the 1950s, who appeared in films of Mikio Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka and Tadashi Imai.
Sugi was born on 28 October 1928 in what is now Bunkyō Ward, Tokyo, Japan. In 1947, she auditioned at Toho studio's "New Face" competition and received a contract. She debuted in Tadashi Imai's 1949 Aoi Sanmyaku, and performed in several other coming of age films. She repeatedly appeared in films of Mikio Naruse, including Repast, Husband and Wife, and Sound of the Mountain, and in Kinuyo Tanaka's Forever a Woman and The Moon Has Risen.
In 1962, Sugi married an American, retired from the entertainment industry, and moved to the United States, where she worked as a public relations manager at the New Otani Hotel in Los Angeles. Occasionally returning to Japan, she appeared in films like Shirō Toyoda's The Twilight Years. She served as a Japanese Cultural Envoy to the United States for the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2005.
Sugi moved back to Japan in 2017. She died of cancer on May 15, 2019.
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Filmography (Movies)
Picture Bride
Character:Aunt Sode
Release Date:05/05/1995
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
Character:Hostess Yoko
Release Date:06/12/1980
The Twilight Years
Character:Mrs. Kihara (widow)
Release Date:15/01/1973
Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi
Character:
Release Date:02/02/1961
Jiyūgaoka fujin
Character:
Release Date:18/09/1960
The Path Under the Platanes
Character:Hisako Iwamoto
Release Date:09/01/1959
Executive Chair
Character:Hideko Funada
Release Date:08/04/1958
The Third President
Character:
Release Date:18/03/1958
Assistant President
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1958
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
Character:Sayako Muromachi
Release Date:09/07/1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
Character:
Release Date:09/07/1957
Women in Prison
Character:Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
Release Date:11/09/1956
Morishige, where are you going?
Character:Setsuko Mori
Release Date:14/06/1956
A Wife's Heart
Character:Yumiko
Release Date:03/05/1956
Forever a Woman
Character:Kinuko
Release Date:23/11/1955
To Love and Forgive
Character:
Release Date:08/11/1955
The First Kiss
Character:
Release Date:21/09/1955
The Moon Has Risen
Character:Ayako
Release Date:08/01/1955
Wedding Season
Character:
Release Date:16/11/1954
君死に給うことなかれ
Character:
Release Date:20/10/1954
Aku no tanoshisa
Character:Yukiko
Release Date:05/10/1954
Five Sisters
Character:
Release Date:08/06/1954
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
Character:
Release Date:27/04/1954
Sound of the Mountain
Character:Tanizaki Hideko
Release Date:15/01/1954
Girls in the Orchard
Character:
Release Date:15/09/1953
Youth of Heiji Senigata
Character:
Release Date:19/08/1953
Aijô ni tsuite
Character:
Release Date:14/05/1953
Mr. Pu
Character:
Release Date:15/04/1953
Husband and Wife
Character:Kikuko, Isaku's wife
Release Date:22/01/1953
Four Asakusa Sisters
Character:
Release Date:07/08/1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
Character:Harumi
Release Date:15/07/1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Character:
Release Date:14/05/1952
The Yamabiko School
Character:
Release Date:01/05/1952
Mr. Lucky
Character:
Release Date:02/02/1952
Wedding March
Character:Kanako
Release Date:28/12/1951
Sekidô matsuri
Character:
Release Date:07/12/1951
Repast
Character:Mitsuko Murata
Release Date:23/11/1951
Wakôdo no uta
Character:Yoko
Release Date:31/08/1951
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
Character:
Release Date:03/08/1951
祇園物語 春怨
Character:
Release Date:21/04/1951
Wakai musumetachi
Character:
Release Date:07/04/1951
Pursuit At Dawn
Character:
Release Date:01/06/1950
Duel in the Sun
Character:Wife Chie
Release Date:07/03/1950
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
Character:Mariko Yamada
Release Date:22/01/1950
A Woman's Face
Character:
Release Date:28/11/1949
The Blue Mountains: Part II
Character:Shinko Terazawa
Release Date:26/07/1949
The Blue Mountains: Part I
Character:Shinko Terazawa
Release Date:19/07/1949
Drunken Angel
Character:Dancer (uncredited)
Release Date:27/04/1948
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