Yōko Sugi

Yōko Sugi

Known for

Acting

Born

October 28, 1928

Birthplace

Tokyo, Japan

Died

May 15, 2019 (aged 90)

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 U...

Best known work

Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel
1948
Sound of the Mountain
Sound of the Mountain
1954
Repast
Repast
1951
Forever a Woman
Forever a Woman
1955
The Moon Has Risen
The Moon Has Risen
1955
Picture Bride
Picture Bride
1995
A Wife's Heart
A Wife's Heart
1956
Husband and Wife
Husband and Wife
1953
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950
The Blue Mountains: Part II
The Blue Mountains: Part II
1949

Filmography

  1. 1995

    Picture Bride

    as Aunt Sode

  2. 1980

  3. 1973

    The Twilight Years

    as Mrs. Kihara (widow)

  4. 1971

    Kininaru YomesanTV
  5. 1961

  6. 1960

  7. 1959

  8. 1958

    Executive Chair

    as Hideko Funada

  9. 1958

  10. 1958

  11. 1957

  12. 1957

  13. 1957

  14. 1957

  15. 1957

  16. 1956

    Women in Prison

    as Kayo Sagawa, prisoner

  17. 1956

    In Case of One Woman

    as Ranko Fujita

  18. 1956

  19. 1956

  20. 1956

  21. 1956

  22. 1955

  23. 1955

  24. 1955

  25. 1955

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