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.
Acted in 55
1990s
- 1995
Picture Bride
Aunt Sode
1980s
- 1980
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
Hostess Yoko
1970s
- 1973
The Twilight Years
Mrs. Kihara (widow)
- 1971
Kininaru Yomesan
TV
1960s
- 1960
Jiyūgaoka fujin
Movie
1950s
- 1959
The Path Under the Platanes
Hisako Iwamoto
- 1958
Executive Chair
Hideko Funada
The Third President
Movie
Assistant President
Movie
- 1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
Sayako Muromachi
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
Movie
Here Is Tokyo, Mother
Movie
Come Back Soon
Movie
Sanpei Mejiro Story: My Wife
Movie
- 1956
Women in Prison
Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
Morishige, where are you going?
Setsuko Mori
A Wife's Heart
Yumiko
Everyone's Sweetheart
Movie
The First Love of a Cha Cha Girl
Movie
- 1955
To Love and Forgive
Movie
The First Kiss
Rinko
The Moon Has Risen
Ayako
- 1954
Wedding Season
Movie
The Pleasures of Vice
Yukiko
Five Sisters
Movie
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
Movie
Sound of the Mountain
Tanizaki Hideko
- 1953
Girls in the Orchard
Movie
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Movie
Moth Lamp
Movie
About Love
Movie
Mr. Pu
Movie
Husband and Wife
Kikuko, Isaku's wife
- 1952
Oka wa hanazakari
Movie
A Guide to Marriage
Movie
Four Asakusa Sisters
Movie
Tokyo Sweetheart
Harumi
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Movie
The Yamabiko School
Movie
Mr. Lucky
Movie
A Meeting of Youths
Kumiko
- 1951
Wedding March
Kanako
Sekidô matsuri
Movie
Repast
Mitsuko Murata
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
Movie
祇園物語 春怨
Movie
Wakai musumetachi
Movie
- 1950
Pursuit At Dawn
Movie
Duel in the Sun
Wife Chie
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
Mariko Yamada
1940s
- 1949
A Woman's Face
Movie
The Blue Mountains: Part II
Shinko Terazawa
- 1948
