Yōko Sugi (杉 葉子) (October 28, 1928 – May 15, 2019) was a Japanese actress who performed major roles in films like Aoi sanmyaku and Repast.

Yōko Sugi
杉葉子
Sugi (left) and Setsuko Hara in Aoi Sanmyaku
Born	(0009-11-01)October 28, 1928 Tokyo, Japan
Died	May 15, 2019 (2019-05-16) (aged 90)
Occupation	Actress

Early life

Sugi was born on October 28, 1928 in what is now Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. In 1945 she graduated from a Japanese high school in Shanghai.[1]

Career

After returning to Japan in 1947, Sugi entered the second Toho New Face competition. She joined Toho after winning the competition. She soon gained popularity as a calm and refined actress. Her first film was Aoi sanmyaku, which released in 1949. Sugi performed in several other coming of age films, and became known for them.[2]

In 1962, Sugi married an American, retired from the entertainment industry, and moved to the United States. She worked at the New Otani Hotel in Los Angeles.[2] Occasionally returning to Japan, she appeared in films like The Twilight Years. She served as a Japanese Cultural Envoy to the United States for the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2005.[3]

Sugi moved back to Japan in 2017. She died on May 15, 2019 of colon cancer in Tokyo.[1]

Filmography

• Aoi sanmyaku (1949)
• Repast (1951)[4]
• Tokyo Sweetheart (1952)
• Husband and Wife (1953)
• The Sound of the Mountain (1954)[4]
• Onna no Koyomi (1954)[5]
• The Eternal Breasts (1955)
• The Moon Has Risen (1955)
• A Wife's Heart (1956)
• A Rainbow Plays in my Heart (1957)[6]
• The Twilight Years (1973)
• Picture Bride (1994)

References

External links

• Yōko Sugi at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)