January 28, 1953 – is a Japanese people actress best known for her roles in the sukeban (delinquent girl) subgenre of Toei Company's action/erotic form of "pink film" known as Pinky Violence.
Life and career
Sugimoto began her career as a model and television personality. She made her film debut in
Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha (1971), which starred
Reiko Ike. Sugimoto's and Ike's careers would become closely linked in several of
Toei Company's
Pinky Violent films, in which they were usually cast as rivals.
In 1973, Sugimoto won one of the Newcomer of the Year Awards at the Élan d'or Awards given by the All Nippon Producers Association (ANPA).
Sugimoto's best-known solo role was in , the "over-the-top" crime film from (1974).
In 1978 she abandoned her film career for marriage, and later became a nursery school teacher.
Selected filmography
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Onsen mimizu geisha (3 July 1971)
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Mesubachi no gyakushu (27 October 1971)
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Gendai yakuza: chizakura san kyodai (19 November 1971)
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Mesubachi no chosen (3 February 1972)
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Tokugawa sekkusu kinshi-rei: shikijō daimyō (26 April 1972)
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Onsen suppon geisha (3 July 1972)
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Sukeban gerira (12 August 1972)
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Kyōfu joshikōkō: Onna bōryoku kyōshitsu (29 September 1972)
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Ero shogun to nijyuichi nin no aisho (2 December 1972)
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Sukeban (13 January 1973)
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Teppōdama no bigaku (10 February 1973)
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Kyōfu joshikōkō: bōkō rinchi kyōshitsu (31 March 1973)
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Sukeban – Kankain Dasso (24 May 1973)
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Zenka onna: koroshi-bushi (27 October 1973)
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Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa (21 May 1974)
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Matsuri no junbi (8 November 1975)
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Nagasaki Hangachōu (TV series) (1975)
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Boso panikku: Dai gekitotsu (28 February 1976)
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