Yōko Sugi
Known for Acting · 53 credits
- Born
- 1928-10-28
- Died
- 2019-05-15
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Ёко Суги · Йоко Суги
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (52)
Drunken Angel
1948
as Dancer (uncredited)
Forever a Woman
1955
as Kinuko
Picture Bride
1995
as Aunt Sode
Sound of the Mountain
1954
as Tanizaki Hideko
Women in Prison
1956
as Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
The Moon Has Risen
1955
as Ayako
Wakôdo no uta
1951
as Yoko
Repast
1951
as Mitsuko Murata
A Wife's Heart
1956
as Yumiko
The Yamabiko School
1952
The Blue Mountains: Part I
1949
as Shinko Terazawa
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957
Husband and Wife
1953
as Kikuko, Isaku's wife
Wakai musumetachi
1951
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
Five Sisters
1954
Executive Chair
1958
as Hideko Funada
The Third President
1958
Mr. Pu
1953
Sekidô matsuri
1951
The Twilight Years
1973
as Mrs. Kihara (widow)
A Woman's Face
1949
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950
as Mariko Yamada
Youth of Heiji Senigata
1953
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
as Harumi
The Blue Mountains: Part II
1949
as Shinko Terazawa
Pursuit At Dawn
1950
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
Wedding Season
1954
Duel in the Sun
1950
as Wife Chie
Mr. Lucky
1952
The First Kiss
1955
as Rinko
Morishige, where are you going?
1956
as Setsuko Mori
To Love and Forgive
1955
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1957
as Sayako Muromachi
Girls in the Orchard
1953
祇園物語 春怨
1951
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
1954
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi
1961
In Case of One Woman
1956
as Ranko Fujita
Four Asakusa Sisters
1952
Assistant President
1958
Wedding March
1951
as Kanako
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
1980
as Hostess Yoko
Aku no tanoshisa
1954
as Yukiko
Aijô ni tsuite
1953
Oka wa hanazakari
1952
A Meeting of Youths
1952
as Kumiko
Young Eyes
1954
Moth Lamp
1953
The Path Under the Platanes
1959
as Hisako Iwamoto
About Yōko Sugi
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 K… With 53 credits spanning from 1948 to 1995, Yōko Sugi has appeared in 52 films and 1 TV show.
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- Drunken Angel (1948) — as Dancer (uncredited)
- Forever a Woman (1955) — as Kinuko
- Picture Bride (1995) — as Aunt Sode
- Sound of the Mountain (1954) — as Tanizaki Hideko
- Women in Prison (1956) — as Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
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