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Yōko Sugi

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
54

Gender
Female

Birthday
October 28, 1928 (97 years old)

Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan

Yōko Sugi

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

Acting

1995Picture Brideas Aunt Sode
1980Hito Hata: Raise the Banneras Hostess Yoko
1973The Twilight Yearsas Mrs. Kihara (widow)
1971Kininaru Yomesanas
1961Kyūsenman no akarui hitomias
1960Jiyūgaoka fujinas
1959The Path Under the Platanesas Hisako Iwamoto
1958Executive Chairas Hideko Funada
1958The Third Presidentas
1958Assistant Presidentas
1957A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1as
1957A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2as Sayako Muromachi
1956Women in Prisonas Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
1956In Case of One Womanas Ranko Fujita
1956Morishige, where are you going?as Setsuko Mori
1956A Wife's Heartas Yumiko
1955Forever a Womanas Kinuko
1955To Love and Forgiveas
1955The First Kissas Rinko
1955The Moon Has Risenas Ayako
1954Wedding Seasonas
1954Aku no tanoshisaas Yukiko
1954Five Sistersas
1954The Devil comes and plays the Fluteas
1954Young Eyesas
1954Sound of the Mountainas Tanizaki Hideko
1953Girls in the Orchardas
1953Youth of Heiji Senigataas
1953Moth Lampas
1953Aijô ni tsuiteas
1953Mr. Puas
1953Husband and Wifeas Kikuko, Isaku's wife
1952Oka wa hanazakarias
1952A Guide to Marriageas
1952Four Asakusa Sistersas
1952Tokyo Sweetheartas Harumi
1952Kin no tamago: Golden Girlas
1952The Yamabiko Schoolas
1952Mr. Luckyas
1952A Meeting of Youthsas Kumiko
1951Wedding Marchas Kanako
1951Sekidô matsurias
1951Repastas Mitsuko Murata
1951Wakôdo no utaas Yoko
1951Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerreas
1951祇園物語 春怨as
1951Wakai musumetachias
1950Pursuit At Dawnas
1950Duel in the Sunas Wife Chie
1950Conduct Report on Professor Ishinakaas Mariko Yamada
1949A Woman's Faceas
1949The Blue Mountains: Part IIas Shinko Terazawa
1949The Blue Mountains: Part Ias Shinko Terazawa
1948Drunken Angelas Dancer (uncredited)

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