Acting · Tokyo, Japan · Born October 28, 1928
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.
MoviePicture Bride
1995
as Aunt Sode
MovieHito Hata: Raise the Banner
1980
as Hostess Yoko
MovieThe Twilight Years
1973
as Mrs. Kihara (widow)
TVKininaru Yomesan
1971
Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi
1961
MovieJiyūgaoka fujin
1960
MovieThe Path Under the Platanes
1959
as Hisako Iwamoto
MovieExecutive Chair
1958
as Hideko Funada
MovieThe Third President
1958
MovieAssistant President
1958
MovieA Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1957
as Sayako Muromachi
MovieA Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957
MovieWomen in Prison
1956
as Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
In Case of One Woman
1956
as Ranko Fujita
MovieMorishige, where are you going?
1956
as Setsuko Mori
MovieA Wife's Heart
1956
as Yumiko
MovieForever a Woman
1955
as Kinuko
MovieTo Love and Forgive
1955
MovieThe First Kiss
1955
as Rinko
MovieThe Moon Has Risen
1955
as Ayako
MovieWedding Season
1954
MovieAku no tanoshisa
1954
as Yukiko
MovieFive Sisters
1954
MovieThe Devil comes and plays the Flute
1954
Young Eyes
1954
MovieSound of the Mountain
1954
as 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
as Kikuko, Isaku's wife
MovieOka wa hanazakari
1952
MovieA Guide to Marriage
1952
MovieFour Asakusa Sisters
1952
MovieTokyo Sweetheart
1952
as Harumi
MovieKin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
MovieThe Yamabiko School
1952
MovieMr. Lucky
1952
MovieA Meeting of Youths
1952
as Kumiko
MovieWedding March
1951
as Kanako
MovieSekidô matsuri
1951
MovieRepast
1951
as Mitsuko Murata
Wakôdo no uta
1951
as 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
as Wife Chie
MovieConduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950
as Mariko Yamada
MovieA Woman's Face
1949
MovieThe Blue Mountains: Part II
1949
as Shinko Terazawa
MovieThe Blue Mountains: Part I
1949
as Shinko Terazawa
MovieDrunken Angel
1948
as Dancer (uncredited)
