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 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.
Filmography
Picture Bride
as Aunt Sode
Picture Bride
as Aunt Sode
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
as Hostess Yoko
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
as Hostess Yoko
The Twilight Years
as Mrs. Kihara (widow)
The Twilight Years
as Mrs. Kihara (widow)
Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi
Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi
Jiyūgaoka fujin
Jiyūgaoka fujin
The Path Under the Platanes
as Hisako Iwamoto
The Path Under the Platanes
as Hisako Iwamoto
Executive Chair
as Hideko Funada
Executive Chair
as Hideko Funada
The Third President
The Third President
Assistant President
Assistant President
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Sayako Muromachi
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Sayako Muromachi
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
Women in Prison
as Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
Women in Prison
as Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
In Case of One Woman
as Ranko Fujita
In Case of One Woman
as Ranko Fujita
Morishige, where are you going?
as Setsuko Mori
Morishige, where are you going?
as Setsuko Mori
A Wife's Heart
as Yumiko
A Wife's Heart
as Yumiko
Everyone's Sweetheart
Everyone's Sweetheart
Forever a Woman
as Kinuko
Forever a Woman
as Kinuko
To Love and Forgive
To Love and Forgive
The First Kiss
as Rinko
The First Kiss
as Rinko
The Moon Has Risen
as Ayako
The Moon Has Risen
as Ayako
Wedding Season
Wedding Season
The Pleasures of Vice
as Yukiko
The Pleasures of Vice
as Yukiko
Five Sisters
Five Sisters
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
Young Eyes
Young Eyes
Sound of the Mountain
as Tanizaki Hideko
Sound of the Mountain
as Tanizaki Hideko
Girls in the Orchard
Girls in the Orchard
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Moth Lamp
Moth Lamp
About Love
About Love
Mr. Pu
Mr. Pu
Gendai shojo
Gendai shojo
Husband and Wife
as Kikuko, Isaku's wife
Husband and Wife
as Kikuko, Isaku's wife
Oka wa hanazakari
Oka wa hanazakari
A Guide to Marriage
A Guide to Marriage
Four Asakusa Sisters
Four Asakusa Sisters
Tokyo Sweetheart
as Harumi
Tokyo Sweetheart
as Harumi
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
The Yamabiko School
The Yamabiko School
Mr. Lucky
Mr. Lucky
A Meeting of Youths
as Kumiko
A Meeting of Youths
as Kumiko
Wedding March
as Kanako
Wedding March
as Kanako
Sekidô matsuri
Sekidô matsuri
Repast
as Mitsuko Murata
Repast
as Mitsuko Murata
Wakai musumetachi
Wakai musumetachi
Pursuit At Dawn
Pursuit At Dawn
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
as Mariko Yamada
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
as Mariko Yamada
A Woman's Face
A Woman's Face
The Blue Mountains: Part II
as Shinko Terazawa
The Blue Mountains: Part II
as Shinko Terazawa
The Blue Mountains: Part I
as Shinko Terazawa
The Blue Mountains: Part I
as Shinko Terazawa
Drunken Angel
as Dancer (uncredited)
Drunken Angel
as Dancer (uncredited)