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)
