- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 16, 1926
- Place of Birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- August 28, 2014
Tokuko Sugiyama
Tokuko Sugiyama (杉山 とく子), also known by her birth name and former stage name Tokuko Sugiyama (杉山 徳子), was a Japanese actress born on August 16, 1926, in Tokyo. She is renowned for her notable roles in the film "The Town with a View of the Capsule" (キューポラのある街) and the TV dramas "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" (男はつらいよ) and "Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari Series" (渡る世間は鬼ばかりシリーズ). After completing her education at Jissen Women's Academy Second High School, Sugiyama initially worked as a nursery school teacher and in Chiba Newspaper's advertising department. Her journey into the entertainment industry began when she applied to Toho's New Face audition and later joined the Bungakuza theater company in 1946. Following two years of training, she became a part of the Haiyūza theater company in 1948 and marked her stage debut with "Tooku e no Hitsuji Goya" (遠くへの羊飼い) the same year. Sugiyama's film debut occurre…
Filmography
movieVillage of Dreams
1996 · Grandmother
tvMaking It Through
1990
movieTales of a Golden Geisha
1990 · Takuma Restaurant Manager
movieFlower Season
1990
movieWar and Flowers
1989
movieBungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso
1989 · Takashi Ōgaki
movieThe Wives of Rokumeikan
1988
movieA Taxing Woman
1987 · Grocery Store Owner's Wife
movieMetamorphosis
1986
movieMofuku no niau hitozuma futari
1986 · Shizue
movieFinal Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
movieThe Empty Table
1985
movieTora-san, the Go-Between
1985 · Koharu
movieHearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982 · Kagari's mother
movieTora-san's Promise
1981
movieAuto Town
1981
movieFoster Daddy, Tora!
1980
movieTwelve Months
1980 · Stepmother (voice)
movieA Distant Cry from Spring
1980 · Housewife Next Door
movieWhite-haired Demon
1978
movieStage-Struck Tora-san
1978
movieTora-san Plays Cupid
1977
movieThe Wild Swans
1977 · Witch (voice)
movieThe Village
1975
movieGreat Jailbreak
1975
movieCenter of Tokyo
1974 · Zenzo's Wife
movieKobayashi Takiji
1974
movieTora-san's Runaway
1970
movieIt's Tough Being a Man (Television Drama DVD Edit Edition)
1968
tvIt's Tough Being a Man
1968
movieHorus: Prince of the Sun
1968 · Chahal (voice)
moviePolice Precinct: Landfill No. 19
1962
movieFoundry Town
1962 · Tomi (Jun's mother)
movieHow Do You Live?
1960
moviePolice Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene
1959
movieThe Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · (uncredited)
movieThe Forest Is Alive
1956