Yōko Sugi

Personal Info

Birthday

October 28, 1928

Day of Death

2019-05-15

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

Ёко Суги

Йоко Суги

Yōko Sugi

Biography

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.

Known For

Drunken Angel

Wedding March

Sound of the Mountain

A Wife's Heart

Forever a Woman

Repast

Picture Bride

The Moon Has Risen

Filmography

1995
Picture Bride
as Aunt Sode
1980
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
as Hostess Yoko
1973
The Twilight Years
as Mrs. Kihara (widow)
1958
Executive Chair
as Hideko Funada
1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Sayako Muromachi
1956
Women in Prison
as Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
Morishige, where are you going?
as Setsuko Mori
A Wife's Heart
as Yumiko
1955
Forever a Woman
as Kinuko
The Moon Has Risen
as Ayako
1954
Sound of the Mountain
as Tanizaki Hideko
1953
Husband and Wife
as Kikuko, Isaku's wife
1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
as Harumi
1951
Wedding March
as Kanako
Repast
as Mitsuko Murata
Wakôdo no uta
as Yoko
1950
Duel in the Sun
as Wife Chie
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
as Mariko Yamada
1949
The Blue Mountains: Part II
as Shinko Terazawa
The Blue Mountains: Part I
as Shinko Terazawa
1948
Drunken Angel
as Dancer (uncredited)