1928-10-28 Tokyo, Japan
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.
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Picture Bride | Aunt Sode | 1995-05-05 |
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Hito Hata: Raise the Banner | Hostess Yoko | 1980-12-06 |
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恍惚の人 | Mrs. Kihara (widow) | 1973-01-15 |
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九千万の明るい瞳 | 1961-02-02 | |
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自由ケ丘夫人 | 1960-09-18 | |
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すずかけの散歩道 | Hisako Iwamoto | 1959-01-09 |
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続・社長三代記 | 1958-03-18 | |
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社長三代記 | 1958-01-03 | |
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重役の椅子 | Hideko Funada | 1958-04-08 |
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わが胸に虹は消えず: 第一部 | 1957-07-09 | |
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わが胸に虹は消えず: 第二部 | Sayako Muromachi | 1957-07-09 |
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ある女の場合 | Ranko Fujita | 1956-08-22 |
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女囚と共に | Kayo Sagawa, prisoner | 1956-09-11 |
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妻の心 | Yumiko | 1956-05-03 |
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森繁よ何処へ行く | Setsuko Mori | 1956-06-14 |
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朝霧 | 1955-11-08 | |
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月は上りぬ | Ayako | 1955-01-08 |
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くちづけ | Rinko | 1955-09-21 |
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乳房よ永遠なれ | Kinuko | 1955-11-23 |
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悪魔が来りて笛を吹く | 1954-04-27 | |
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結婚期 | 1954-11-16 | |
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若い瞳 | 1954-02-24 | |
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悪の愉しさ | Yukiko | 1954-10-05 |
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山の音 | Tanizaki Hideko | 1954-01-15 |
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女の暦 | 1954-06-08 | |
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天晴れ一番手柄 青春銭形平次 | 1953-08-19 | |
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愛情について | 1953-05-14 | |
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プーサン | 1953-04-15 | |
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夫婦 | Kikuko, Isaku's wife | 1953-01-22 |
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誘蛾燈 | 1953-07-10 | |
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花の中の娘たち | 1953-09-15 | |
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結婚案内 | 1952-09-25 | |
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青春会議 | Kumiko | 1952-01-17 |
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丘は花ざかり | 1952-11-18 | |
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浅草四人姉妹 | 1952-08-07 | |
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ラッキーさん | 1952-02-02 | |
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東京の恋人 | Harumi | 1952-07-15 |
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山びこ学校 | 1952-05-01 | |
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金の卵 | 1952-05-14 | |
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戦後派お化け大会 | 1951-08-03 | |
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祇園物語 春怨 | 1951-04-21 | |
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めし | Mitsuko Murata | 1951-11-23 |
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若人の歌 | Yoko | 1951-08-31 |
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結婚行進曲 | Kanako | 1951-12-28 |
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若い娘たち | 1951-04-07 | |
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赤道祭 | 1951-12-07 | |
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白昼の決闘 | Wife Chie | 1950-03-07 |
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暁の追跡 | 1950-06-01 | |
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石中先生行状記 | Mariko Yamada | 1950-01-22 |
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續 青い山脈 | Shinko Terazawa | 1949-07-26 |
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女の顔 | 1949-11-28 | |
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青い山脈 | Shinko Terazawa | 1949-07-19 |
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酔いどれ天使 | Dancer (uncredited) | 1948-04-27 |
