Actor
Yōko Sugi
October 28, 1928 · Tokyo, Japan
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Keiju Kobayashi
7 titles together
Repast, A Wife's Heart, Husband and Wife
Chieko Nakakita
6 titles together
Drunken Angel, Sound of the Mountain, Repast
Setsuko Hara
6 titles together
Sound of the Mountain, Repast, The Blue Mountains: Part II
Kamatari Fujiwara
6 titles together
Husband and Wife, Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka, The Blue Mountains: Part II
Toshirō Mifune
5 titles together
Drunken Angel, Picture Bride, A Wife's Heart
Eiko Miyoshi
5 titles together
A Wife's Heart, Husband and Wife, Five Sisters
Full filmography · 53
Picture Bride
as Aunt Sode
19956.5
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner
as Hostess Yoko
1980
The Twilight Years
as Mrs. Kihara (widow)
1973
Jiyūgaoka fujin
cast
1960
The Path Under the Platanes
as Hisako Iwamoto
1959
Executive Chair
as Hideko Funada
1958
The Third President
cast
1958
Assistant President
cast
1958
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 2
as Sayako Muromachi
1957
A Rainbow Plays in My Heart: Part 1
cast
1957
Tokyo dayo Okkasan
cast
1957
Women in Prison
as Kayo Sagawa, prisoner
1956