About

Known credits:
45
Birthday:
1928-10-28
Place of birth:
Tokyo, Japan
Website:
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Yōko Sugi

Overview

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

Acting
1995 Picture Bride Actor Aunt Sode 59
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1980 Hito Hata: Raise the Banner Actor Hostess Yoko N/A
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1973 The Twilight Years Actor Mrs. Kihara (widow) 58
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1971 Kininaru Yomesan Actor N/A
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1960 Jiyūgaoka fujin Actor N/A
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1958 Executive Chair Actor Hideko Funada N/A
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1958 The Third President Actor N/A
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1958 Assistant President Actor N/A
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1957 A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1 Actor N/A
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1957 A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2 Actor Sayako Muromachi N/A
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1956 Women in Prison Actor Kayo Sagawa, prisoner 58
Average
1956 Morishige, where are you going? Actor Setsuko Mori N/A
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1956 A Wife's Heart Actor Yumiko 58
Average
1955 Forever a Woman Actor Kinuko 59
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1955 To Love and Forgive Actor N/A
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1955 The First Kiss Actor 59
Average
1955 The Moon Has Risen Actor Ayako 59
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1954 Wedding Season Actor N/A
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1954 君死に給うことなかれ Actor N/A
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1954 Five Sisters Actor 58
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1954 The Devil comes and plays the Flute Actor N/A
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1954 Sound of the Mountain Actor Tanizaki Hideko 60
Fair
1953 Girls in the Orchard Actor N/A
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1953 Youth of Heiji Senigata Actor N/A
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1953 Aijô ni tsuite Actor N/A
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1953 Mr. Pu Actor 58
Average
1953 Husband and Wife Actor Kikuko, Isaku's wife 58
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1952 Four Asakusa Sisters Actor N/A
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1952 Tokyo Sweetheart Actor Harumi 59
Average
1952 Kin no tamago: Golden Girl Actor N/A
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1952 The Yamabiko School Actor N/A
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1952 Mr. Lucky Actor N/A
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1951 Wedding March Actor Kanako N/A
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1951 Sekidô matsuri Actor N/A
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1951 Repast Actor Mitsuko Murata 59
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1951 Wakôdo no uta Actor Yoko N/A
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1951 Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre Actor N/A
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1951 祇園物語　春怨 Actor N/A
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1951 Wakai musumetachi Actor N/A
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1950 Pursuit At Dawn Actor N/A
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1950 Duel in the Sun Actor Wife Chie N/A
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1950 Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka Actor Mariko Yamada 58
Average
1949 The Blue Mountains: Part II Actor Shinko Terazawa 58
Average
1949 The Blue Mountains: Part I Actor Shinko Terazawa 58
Average
1948 Drunken Angel Actor Dancer (uncredited) 64
Fair