Miki Sugimoto (杉本 美樹, Sugimoto Miki, January 28, 1953 –) is a
Japanese actress best known for her roles in the sukeban (delinquent girl) subgenre of
Toei'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's Pinky Violent films, in which they were usually cast as rivals.[1] 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).[2]
Sugimoto's best-known solo role was in Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs, the "over-the-top" crime film from (
1974).[1] When Toei expanded into the European market in the 1970s, Sugimoto's 1973 film Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School was released by Telemondial in France as Girl Boss – Les etudiantes en caval.[3] In
1978 she abandoned her film career for marriage, and later became a nursery school teacher.[1]
Selected filmography
Hot Springs Earthworm Geisha (温泉みみず芸者, Onsen mimizu geisha) (3 July 1971)
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Counterattack (女番長ブルース 牝蜂の逆襲, Mesubachi no gyakushu) (27 October 1971)
Today's Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers (現代やくざ 血桜三兄弟, Gendai yakuza: chizakura san kyodai) (19 November 1971)
Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Challenge (女番長ブルース 牝蜂の挑戦, Mesubachi no chosen) (3 February 1972)
Tokugawa Sex Ban: Lustful Lord (徳川セックス禁止令 色情大名, Tokugawa sekkusu kinshi-rei: shikijō daimyō) (26 April 1972)
Hot Springs Snapping Turtle Geisha (温泉スッポン芸者, Onsen suppon geisha) (3 July 1972)