7.7
7.7
Five Sisters
1954
Yōko Sugi
Acting
Born:October 28, 1928
Died:May 15, 2019(aged 90)
Birthplace:Tokyo, Japan
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CommunityBiography
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 (46 movies)
7.6
7.6
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
as Harumi
7.5
7.5
Repast
1951
as Mitsuko Murata
7.5
7.5
Forever a Woman
1955
as Kinuko
7.3
7.3
Sound of the Mountain
1954
as Tanizaki Hideko
6.8
6.8
A Wife's Heart
1956
as Yumiko
6.8
6.8
The Moon Has Risen
1955
as Ayako
6.8
6.8
The Blue Mountains: Part II
1949
as Shinko Terazawa
6.6
6.6
Husband and Wife
1953
as Kikuko, Isaku's wife
6.5
6.5
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950
as Mariko Yamada
6.5
6.5
Mr. Pu
1953
6.4
6.4
Picture Bride
1995
as Aunt Sode
6.3
6.3
The Blue Mountains: Part I
1949
as Shinko Terazawa
6.3
6.3
The First Kiss
1955
6.0
6.0
The Twilight Years
1973
as Mrs. Kihara (widow)
1.0
1.0
Women in Prison
1956
as Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
Aijô ni tsuite
1953
Duel in the Sun
1950
as Wife Chie
Sekidô matsuri
1951
Wedding March
1951
as Kanako
Wedding Season
1954
A Woman's Face
1949
祇園物語 春怨
1951
The Devil comes and plays the Flute
1954
Morishige, where are you going?
1956
as Setsuko Mori
Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi
1961
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
Executive Chair
1958
as Hideko Funada
Aku no tanoshisa
1954
as Yukiko
The Third President
1958
The Path Under the Platanes
1959
as Hisako Iwamoto
The Yamabiko School
1952
Four Asakusa Sisters
1952
Pursuit At Dawn
1950
Girls in the Orchard
1953
Mr. Lucky
1952
To Love and Forgive
1955
Wakôdo no uta
1951
as Yoko
Wakai musumetachi
1951
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
1957
as Sayako Muromachi
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
1957
Youth of Heiji Senigata
1953
君死に給うことなかれ
1954
Assistant President
1958
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
1980
as Hostess Yoko
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