Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai was a Japanese actress who started acting in 1947 and made her film debut in 1951 with Kaze Ni Soyogu Ashi. During the following decade she appeared in films such as The Bad Sleep Well, Ikiru, and The Human Condition. Over her career she appeared in more than 150 films and also worked on stage. Her performance as a cross mother-in-law in the 1973 television serial Hissatsu Shiokinin made her well known, and she went on to take many maternal roles. For her part in Juzo Itami's 1984 film The Funeral, she won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress in 1985. In 1990 the Japanese government awarded her the Purple Ribbon Medal. In 2008 she starred in My Grandma, and Guinness Book of Records recognized her as the oldest actress in a leading film role. She retired in 2010.