- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 28, 1928
- Place of Birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- May 15, 2019
Yōko Sugi
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 s…
Filmography
moviePicture Bride
1995 · Aunt Sode
movieHito Hata: Raise the Banner
1980 · Hostess Yoko
movieThe Twilight Years
1973 · Mrs. Kihara (widow)
tvKininaru Yomesan
1971
Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi
movieKyūsenman no akarui hitomi
1961
movieJiyūgaoka fujin
1960
movieThe Path Under the Platanes
1959 · Hisako Iwamoto
movieExecutive Chair
1958 · Hideko Funada
movieThe Third President
1958
movieAssistant President
1958
movieA Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1957 · Sayako Muromachi
movieA Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957
movieWomen in Prison
1956 · Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
In Case of One Woman
movieIn Case of One Woman
1956 · Ranko Fujita
movieMorishige, where are you going?
1956 · Setsuko Mori
movieA Wife's Heart
1956 · Yumiko
movieForever a Woman
1955 · Kinuko
movieTo Love and Forgive
1955
movieThe First Kiss
1955 · Rinko
movieThe Moon Has Risen
1955 · Ayako
movieWedding Season
1954
movieAku no tanoshisa
1954 · Yukiko
movieFive Sisters
1954
movieThe Devil comes and plays the Flute
1954
Young Eyes
movieYoung Eyes
1954
movieSound of the Mountain
1954 · Tanizaki Hideko
movieGirls in the Orchard
1953
movieYouth of Heiji Senigata
1953
movieMoth Lamp
1953
movieAijô ni tsuite
1953
movieMr. Pu
1953
movieHusband and Wife
1953 · Kikuko, Isaku's wife
movieOka wa hanazakari
1952
movieA Guide to Marriage
1952
movieFour Asakusa Sisters
1952
movieTokyo Sweetheart
1952 · Harumi
movieKin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
movieThe Yamabiko School
1952
movieMr. Lucky
1952
movieA Meeting of Youths
1952 · Kumiko
movieWedding March
1951 · Kanako
movieSekidô matsuri
1951
movieRepast
1951 · Mitsuko Murata
Wakôdo no uta
movieWakôdo no uta
1951 · Yoko
movieMeeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
movie祇園物語 春怨
1951
movieWakai musumetachi
1951
moviePursuit At Dawn
1950
movieDuel in the Sun
1950 · Wife Chie
movieConduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950 · Mariko Yamada
movieA Woman's Face
1949
movieThe Blue Mountains: Part II
1949 · Shinko Terazawa
movieThe Blue Mountains: Part I
1949 · Shinko Terazawa
movieDrunken Angel
1948 · Dancer (uncredited)