Yōko Sugi


Yōko Sugi was a Japanese actress who performed major roles in films like Aoi sanmyaku and Repast.

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.

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.
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. When she returned 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.
Sugi moved back to Japan in 2017. She died on May 15, 2019 of colon cancer in Tokyo.

Filmography