Yōko Sugi

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
DiedMay 15, 2019 (2019-05-16) (aged 90)
OccupationActress

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

References
  1. "俳優の杉葉子さん死去「青い山脈」ヒロイン役 90歳". アサヒ・コム. 朝日新聞社. May 23, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  2. "Japanese film actress Yoko Sugi dies at 90 - The Mainichi". 2019-05-24. Archived from the original on 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  3. "List of Japan Cultural Envoys | AGENCY FOR CULTURAL AFFAIRS". www.bunka.go.jp. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  4. Armstrong, Richard B. (2007). The Rough Guide to film (1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 9781405384988. OCLC 741751638.
  5. McDonald, Keiko I. (2015). From book to screen : modern Japanese literature in films. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781315292410. OCLC 961208503.
  6. Ryfle, Steve; Godziszewski, Ed (2017). Ishiro Honda : a life in film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa. Middletown, Connecticut. ISBN 9780819577412. OCLC 987909733.
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