Acting
Yōko Sugi
EN, JA cinema · 59 credits
Born
28 October 1928
Died
15 May 2019 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as Ёко Суги · Йоко Суги
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
Filmography
Picture Bride
as Aunt Sode
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
as Hostess Yoko
The Twilight Years
as Mrs. Kihara (widow)
The Path Under the Platanes
as Hisako Iwamoto
Executive Chair
as Hideko Funada
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Sayako Muromachi
A Wife's Heart
as Yumiko
Women in Prison
as Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
Morishige, where are you going?
as Setsuko Mori
ある女の場合
1956
In Case of One Woman
as Ranko Fujita
Forever a Woman
as Kinuko
The Moon Has Risen
as Ayako
The First Kiss
as Rinko
Sound of the Mountain
as Tanizaki Hideko
Husband and Wife
as Kikuko, Isaku's wife
Mr. Pu
Actor
Tokyo Sweetheart
as Harumi
Wedding March
as Kanako
Repast
as Mitsuko Murata
Duel in the Sun
as Wife Chie
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
as Mariko Yamada
The Blue Mountains: Part I
as Shinko Terazawa
The Blue Mountains: Part II
as Shinko Terazawa
Drunken Angel
as Dancer (uncredited)